Stereogum

“I’m really proud of the show.  I know it’s the best show I’ve ever put on.  I’m treating it like a performance, instead of just, ‘We have to play the songs,’” says Canadian folk singer/songwriter Tamara Lindeman, AKA The Weather Station, of her tour behind Humanhood, her seventh studio...

“It’ll be a no computer, lawless and DAW-less setup, Octatrack and Machinedrum.  I’m gonna try to get people to dance… I’m gonna dance… Merriment will be had,” says Erin Hoagg, aka Rare DM, during a recent phone chat.  We’re discussing her three-date East Coast jaunt set for this weekend,...

“I’m very sorry for the delay.  Thank you for your patience,” says Jessica Pratt as she sits down in a chair center stage at the Music Hall at World Café Live this past Friday night.  The show – the Los Angeles-based folk singer/songwriter’s first headlining performance in the City...

“We’ve never gotten to play venues this big…  We’re the first band on these bills, so we feel like we’ve really got to bring our A-game,” says Brendan Dyer, founder and mainman of LA alt-rockers MILLY, who are about to embark on two pretty massive tours.  Just after a...

The last time San Fermin were in town was November of 2021, when they played City Winery Philadelphia, the city’s newest listening room.  However, tomorrow night (4/3) they’ll be headlining Underground Arts, our favorite basement in the heart of David Lynch’s Eraserhood, which regularly plays host to our favorite...

Today Brighton post-punk outfit Squid released standalone single “Fugue (Bin Song),” the follow-up to their second full-length, O Monolith, which dropped last June on Warp and which prompted Stereogum to say, “Squid turn dance-rock inside out until you can’t really dance to it anymore.  The arty, explosive O Monolith will still...

This Friday, January 26th, TORRES – who we’ve seen over the past ten years headlining Boot & Saddle and Johnny Brenda’s, in addition to providing support for artists like Strand of Oaks, Tegan and Sara, Frightened Rabbit, and Superchunk at Union Transfer and The Fillmore – will release her...

Bully, the 21st Century grunge outfit of Alicia Bognanno, is about to kick off the next leg of their tour behind Lucky For You, their fourth full-length, which dropped June 2nd on Sub Pop (who also released 2017 sophomore LP Losing and 2020’s third full-length, Sugaregg).  This batch of...

DIY punk rock troubadour Jeff Rosenstock (formerly of Bomb the Music Industry! and The Arrogant Sons of Bitches) just surprise dropped his fifth studio full-length, HELLMODE, courtesy of Polyvinyl!  The album has already produced three singles (“LIKED U BETTER,” “DOUBT,” and “HEALMODE”), all of which you’ll swear are anthems...