This week Grimes apologized to Coachella and Evan Dando apologized to Jawbreaker but where is Taylor Swift’s apology to music bloggers for releasing a surprise album at 2AM? Happy for Charles Otto Puth Jr. though ..read more

Headie One dropped his exceptional single “Socials” on Leap Day, and he’s since announced his second album. It’s called The Last One, and its next new track reunites Headie with Stormzy, his fellow UK rap royal and “Ain’t It Different” duet partner. “Cry No More” also boasts production from Memphis’ own Tay Keith, who fucks us up a bit more delicately than usual here, in addition to Tommy Parker and Pooh Beatz ..read more

The melodically charged NYC post-punks Big Bliss released their album Vital Return last year, and it lived up to its name. Today they dropped a B-side from the project. “You’re A Man” finds Wallace May sarcastically beckoning Tim Race’s character with praise, while Race obliviously laps it up. Like so many Big Bliss songs, it’s catchy as hell and it moves with purpose ..read more

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, updated throughout the week ..read more

Pharrell Williams has been busy in court lately, and if his opponents are to be believed, it’s because he’s getting greedy with the trademarks. Early this month, news broke that Pharrell and his longtime producing partner Chad Hugo went to battle over the rights to the name the Neptunes, which the duo used for decades while teaming up on some of the best, most forward-thinking radio hits of their generation. Hugo claimed Pharrell had attempted to register trademarks the Neptunes name without consulting Hugo, in violation of their agreement to split all profits evenly ..read more

Back in March, the brilliant Montréal balladeer Myriam Gendron released “Long Way Home,” the stirring lead single from her new album Mayday. This week she released another track from the album. “Terres brûlées” is spooky and enthralling, like an old maritime folk song that would sound phenomenal sung by Thom Yorke. Gendron herself, of course, delivers her own impeccably dreary performance of the French-language track ..read more

Elton John’s album Caribou turns 50 years old this summer. He’s celebrating with a deluxe reissue to be released this Saturday for Record Store Day, which will include the previously unreleased outtake “Ducktail Jiver.” As part of the rollout for that project, Sir Elton has released footage of his first live performance of Caribou hit “The Bitch Is Back ..read more

Conor Oberst has been taking a break from the Bright Eyes reunion lately to play star-studded weekly Thursday night residencies in LA and NYC. These shows are billed as Conor Oberst And Friends, and out West, those friends included his Better Oblivion Community Center bandmate Phoebe Bridgers among others like Oberst’s fellow Monster Of Folk M. Ward and Azure Ray’s Maria Taylor ..read more

The snake is eating its tail. On “Hard Times,” the opening track and lead single from their 2017 album After Laughter, Paramore adopted a plastic neon Afropop/new wave vibe seemingly influenced by Talking Heads. Recently, Hayley Williams and friends covered “Burning Down The House” for the forthcoming compilation Everyone’s Getting Involved: A Tribute To Talking Heads’ Stop Making Sense. Now, as an extension of the Stop Making Sense festivities, lead Talking Head David Byrne has returned Paramore’s favor by covering “Hard Times.” It sounds like a David Byrne song, but then, it always has ..read more

This month marks the 25th anniversary of I Am Shelby Lynne, the great country-pop album that launched singer-songwriter Shelby Lynne to fame. Lynne famously won the Grammy for Best New Artist after that LP’s release, even though she was already ten years and six albums into her career. Lynne has been missing in action for a while. Her last album 2017’s Not Dark Yet, was a collaboration with her sister Alison Moorer, and it included their Nirvana cover. Today, Lynne is back with a new single ..read more