Around this time of year I usually publish a ranking of the highest rated comments on Stereogum articles from the past 12 months. However, in November we relaunched on a new platform, and its commenting software no longer gives me this information. Maybe this list will kick off a different annual tradition. Before I get…
In career terms, Post Malone is awfully agile. He managed to switch from rap-adjacent pop stardom to country-adjacent pop stardom, and if that’s an easy thing to do, then you try it. Unfortunately, Posty has not proven to be quite so agile in physical terms. Earlier this month, Post fell on his ass onstage, and…
Every beautiful dream has to come to an end sometime. Earlier this year, veteran Swedish metal/classical guitar shredder Yngwie Malmsteen started selling an entire line of health supplements — protein powders, probiotic capsules, electrolyte supplements — on his webstore. I hope you ordered a vast stockpile, since those Malmsteen supplements are evidently off the market…
A few months ago, Tame Impala released the bush doof-inspired album Deadbeat, and their single “Dracula” became their first-ever Hot 100 hit. Also a few months ago, Tame Impala mastermind Kevin Parker sat down with Stereogum kangaroo correspondent Rachel Brown for an interview. They didn’t talk about the new album, though. Instead, they just talked…
And now we turn our attention to 2026 with Stereogum’s annual preview of what we’re excited to hear next year. This time, I’ve broken the list into sections to provide context around which inclusions are realistic. The usual ground rules apply: no reissues, deluxes, live albums, EPs, or maxi-singles (even if they have 11 tracks)….
If you’re in the band Nickelback, or if you’re responsible for operating the band Nickelback’s social media accounts, you’re going to have to be OK with people making fun of you. It’s part of the job. Nickelback are quite possibly this century’s biggest, most obvious popular music punching bag. So when movie star and Tenacious…
A couple of weeks ago, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt announced that Washington, DC’s Kennedy Center would change its name to the Trump-Kennedy Center. Jazz musician Chuck Redd responded by canceling his annual Christmas Eve concert at the venue, and venue president Richard Grenell threatened Redd with a million-dollar lawsuit. But the potential of…
Florida rapper Doechii spent years as a word-of-mouth cult favorite, and she finally ascended to crossover-star status about a year ago. Today, she shares her first new single since her Gotye-sampling mixtape track “Anxiety” got a proper release and became a top-10 hit earlier this year. Doechii’s new song “girl, get up.” is a collaboration…
Ethel Cain started 2025 off with the release of her long experimental EP Perverts, and she followed it with the official album Willoughby Tucker, I’ll Always Love You in August. Now, Cain is ending this very busy year by sharing her Willoughby Tucker demos. Ethel Cain started out as a SoundCloud artist, and she shared…
Jack White is not a fan of Donald Trump. We know this. The newly inducted Rock And Roll Hall Of Famer has called out the Trump Administration for multiple outrages, most recently Trump’s indefensible comments on Rob Reiner’s murder. In response, Tim Burchett, a far-right Republican Congressman who represents Tennessee’s Knox County, tweeted a fake…
