Yes yes yes, it’s the Gum posting GUM. You figured it out. You’re very clever. GUM is the solo project from Jay Watson, touring Tame Impala member and co-leader of the Perth psych-rock band POND. GUM’s last solo album was 2023’s Saturnia. After that he teamed up with King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard’s Ambrose Kenny-Smith to release the collaborative …

Last year, singer-songwriter Faye Webster held her first-ever YoYo Invitational event to Berkeley. Over the weekend, Webster brought another YoYo Invitational to her Atlanta hometown, and she expanded on the previous year’s version. This time around, the whole thing wasn’t just dedicated to the art of yoyo tricks. Webster also staged Atlanta’s first-ever LVBL (LiveBall tennis) tournament, as well as …

In The Alternative Number Ones, I’m reviewing every #1 single in the history of the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks/Alternative Songs, starting with the moment that the chart launched in 1988. This column is a companion piece to The Number Ones, and it’s for members only. Thank you to everyone who’s helping to keep Stereogum afloat.

If you’re looking for a tidal wave of sounds to consume you this morning, I would direct you to the new Lemondaze single “polari.” Here, the Cambridge, England-based quartet — Isis de Chastelain, Rosie Heard-Edwards, Finn Fox, and Jonty Freeman — has unlocked that quintessential weightless shoegaze euphoria that feels incredible to be consumed by. The song also announces their …

DITZ know how to hook you. It’s one of the many reasons we dubbed them a Band To Watch. The Brighton combo released Never Exhale, one of the best albums of the year so far, and are not done yet. Today, they’ve dropped two new singles “Don Enzo Magic Carpet Salesman” and “Kalimba Song,” which are available as a 12″ …

Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Cuba as an “extremely dangerous” Category 3 hurricane after tearing through Jamaica as a Category 5 storm, one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes in recorded…

Flavor Flav is bringing his trademark energy back to Team USA, this time on ice. After earning praise for hyping up the U.S. women’s water polo team during the Paris…

The WNBA and the Women’s National Basketball Players Association are reportedly unlikely to reach a new collective bargaining agreement before Friday’s deadline, according to The Athletic. While negotiations will continue,…

A few months ago, Blood split up. The Austin-founded, Philly-based had been going strong for eight years and only got around to releasing their very good debut album Loving You Backwards last year. But, as sad as band breakups are, these goodbyes usually lead to glorious new introductions of other creative projects. Such is the case with former Blood member …

The Beths, one of New Zealand’s national treasures, just made their US late-night TV debut. The power-pop/indie-pop greats previously performed on American television in the morning, promoting 2022’s tremendous Expert In A Dying Field with an appearance on CBS Saturday Sessions. Now they’re out there hawking this year’s Straight Line Was A Lie, a campaign that brought them to Jimmy …