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From Twitter Poet to Prose Poet – Melissa Broder’s So Sad Today
In her essay My Vomit Fetish, My Self, Melissa Broder describes her barf-related sexual fantasy. She visualizes scenes of people puking on each other while having sex. She imagines these people being doted on despite how vile it may be to throw up. To her, vomiting is an act that renders someone powerless. The vulnerability of it is what turns her on. My Vomit Fetish, My Self is the grotesque,… → Read More
Laser – “Disconnect” (Stereogum Premiere)
Laser are an indie-rock trio led by former Broken Social Scene member Lisa Lobsinger, and they build warm, luminous melodies with bloopy synths and gentle → Read More
Red Pill – “90s Money” Video (Stereogum Premiere)
Hip-hop artists rarely make the booming tech industry a musical subject, but thankfully Detroit-based Red Pill is here to fill in that gap. The rapper born → Read More
Los Colognes – “Jumpin’ Jack Flash” Video (Rolling Stones Cover) (Stereogum Premiere)
Nashville six-piece Los Colognes seem perfectly fine with sitting out of frame from current musical trends, and their rootsy, bluesy folk rock is executed well → Read More
Half Waif – “Nest” (Stereogum Premiere)
Half Waif are a bewitching Brooklyn-based trio that blend fluttery, glitchy beats with classical textures, and all three members of the live band also play in → Read More
ABRA – “Fruit” Video
ABRA released fine collaborations with salute and Father/Hiko Momoji this year, but she also shared her own solo debut album Rose. The Awful Records R&B singer → Read More
Yumi Zouma – “Second Wave” Video
New Zealand dream pop trio Yumi Zouma create wispy, slow-motion dance songs with the softest pastel tones imaginable. Their music is hushed and oozy, made up of → Read More
Heron Oblivion – “Oriar” (Stereogum Premiere)
Heron Oblivion entirely comprises musicians with an established pedigree in West Coast psychedelic music, and their combined efforts couldn't sound more sublime → Read More
Stream Driftless Recordings Driftless Ambient II (Stereogum Premiere)
Listening to ambient music is a sometimes necessary means to winding down for a while, or at least for turning the morning transit into a zen experience. → Read More
Braids – “Amends (Dave Harrington Edit)”
Dave Harrington, formerly one-half of Darkside, is near the end of his 12 Days of Remixes run. He's already shared mixes of Beyoncé, Michael Jackson, The Knife → Read More
Madeira – “Let Me Down” Video
Madeira is the glossy solo project of New Zealand-native Kim Pflaum, former member of the pop group Yumi Zouma. Her newest single, "Let Me Down," just surfaced → Read More
The Silence – “Ancient Wind Part 3″ Video
The Silence is born from previous members of Ghost -- the now-defunct Japanese psych group, not the theatrical Swedish metal ghouls. Frontman Masaki Batoh's → Read More
Holy Sons – “Gnostic Device” (Stereogum Premiere)
Holy Sons is the brainchild of Emil Amos, a Portland-based multi-instrumentalist who's released 10 albums in the last 15 or so years. While largely known from → Read More
Bullion – “Loop The Loop” (Feat. Sampha)
Bullion writes bouncy synth pop with a playful eye. His last EP, Rooster, weaved cheeky samples into high-fructose electronica. He's similarly peppy on "Loop → Read More
Oneohtrix Point Never & Nate Boyce – “Repossession Sequence” Video
Daniel Lopatin's music under the Oneohtrix Point Never moniker is somewhat averse to description. It's disorienting and sends our audial perceptions into a → Read More
Joel Michael Howard – “Hit Wonder” (Stereogum Premiere)
I can't tell if Joel Michael Howard is spearheading a new genre of ironic sad pop or just putting a different spin on his usual melancholy. Either way, it → Read More
Eleanor Friedberger – “He Didn’t Mention His Mother” Video (Stereogum Premiere)
Since breaking off from the Fiery Furnaces a few years back, Eleanor Friedberger's reinvented herself as a singer-songwriter quite effortlessly. She gave us a → Read More
LNDN DRGS – “Aktive” Video (Stereogum Premiere)
Jay Worthy and Sean House, aka LNDN DRUGS, shared a full album of delectable G-funk tracks for free last week. AKTIVE featured performances from Krayzie Bone, → Read More
Stream Brothertiger Out Of Touch
The synth pop of Brooklyn-based artist Brothertiger is enchantingly warm and cottony, as if it's cloaked in a fuzzy aura. Sole operator John Jagos sings in a → Read More
Palma Violets – “Last Christmas On Planet Earth” Video
It's now officially December, and Palma Violets, our favorite snarly Brit rockers who released Danger In The Club earlier this year, are inaugurating the month → Read More