Every week the Stereogum staff chooses the five best new songs of the week. The eligibility period begins and ends Thursdays right before midnight. You can hear this week’s picks below and on Stereogum’s Favorite New Music Spotify playlist, which is updated weekly. (An expanded playlist of our new music picks is available to members on Spotify and Apple Music, …

Hawaii-born, Oklahoma-raised musician PawPaw Rod has come a long way since his 2020 debut single “HIT EM WHERE IT HURTS.” Since releasing his 2024 EP Doobie Mouth, it seems Rod has been in an incubating period. He only released one single last year “Safe Spaces,” which had a soothing country twang to it. Today, the… The post PawPaw Rod – …

Robbie Williams now has the most UK #1 albums of all time. The former Take That member’s latest, Britpop, debuted atop the UK album chart today, becoming his 16th #1. That surpasses the record of 15 set by the Beatles in 2000 with the release of their hits collection 1. According to The Guardian, Williams did it in 29 years, …

Honey Dijon is back with her first release of 2026. It’s a fierce club single called “Slight Werk” that features British singer-rapper Bree Runway. Dijon has been a touring force, but she hasn’t put out much music in recent years. Of course there was 2024’s Jamie XX collab “Baddy On The Floor,” and last year,… The post Honey Dijon – …

In 2004, after the O.C.-abetted success of their 2003 album Transatlanticism, Death Cab For Cutie left the small independent record label Barsuk and signed to Atlantic, a major label. They’ve remained with Atlantic ever since, releasing six albums for the label, most recently 2022’s quite strong Asphalt Meadows. With that release, their contract with the label was finally completed. Today, …

Holder are from Western Massachusetts, and they’re part of the scene of extremely young bands who are into reviving the thundering metalcore sounds of the ’00s in extremely sincere and epic ways. Holder combine that stuff with first-generation screamo, and they’ve got a feral immediacy that I find really powerful. They released an extremely cool… The post Holder – “Inconsolable” …

The recent trashy-fun hit Netflix miniseries His & Hers takes place in the small Georgia town of Dahlonega, which means I kept getting Ashley McBryde stuck in my head when I watched it. This was a good thing. “A Little Dive Bar In Dahlonega” is the kind of song that you want to have stuck… The post Ashley McBryde – …

Franz Ferdinand released their most recent album The Human Fear about a year ago, and they’ve used the intervening time to remind us that they can make anything sound like a Franz Ferdinand song. Recently, they’ve covered Chappell Roan, Britney Spears, and the Smiths (with Johnny Marr). More recently, they visited Australia and paid tribute to their host country with …

Three years ago, a Barcelona band called Belgrado released an album called Intra Apogeum on the international DIY punk label La Vida Es Un Mus, and we thought it was cool as hell. Despite their label affiliation, Belgrado weren’t making punk. Instead, their sound and aesthetic was straight out of time, a well-observed and specific… The post Belgrado Announce New …

Roc Marciano makes the same album over and over again, and this is a good thing. Marci was already a veteran who’d been through the music-business wringer when he released his 2010 solo debut Marcberg, the album that basically invented a whole new strain of underground rap. On that record, Marci muttered free-associate fly shit… The post Roc Marciano Releases …