Stereogum — The Cruel World festival will once again bring giants of post-punk, new wave, and goth to Southern California next spring. Taking place at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena on May 17, the 2025 edition of the fest will be headlined by no less than New Orde... more info

Stereogum — Despite their name, the British group Stereo MC’s were never actually rappers. Instead, Stereo MC’s made a deeply hybridized form of club-pop in the late ’80s and early ’90s, and they found peers in the worlds of alt-rap and dance-rock. Th... more info

Guardian Music — Capturing the enchanted world of the Glastonbury festival site in 1993, Robin Mahoney's freewheeling, split-screen doc, now remastered and recut, has bags of energy and wit.The film is seduced by the crusties, jugglers, mushroom men and music but qui... more info

Altsounds — Leeds, UK, 22-11-11: One of the most distinctive-sounding British bands of the last 20 years, Stereo MCs are soon to head to Europe for live shows in support of album number seven, Emperor's Nightingale. As always, frontman Rob B's vocal and the drum... more info

Guardian Music — Guardian and Observer writers are picking their favourite albums – with a view that you might do the same. Here, Killian Fox pours praise on an album by Tom WaitsWhen I was 12 or 13, my older brother played two albums in the car on a long journey h... more info

Altsounds — Stereo MCs - Emperor's Nightingale out digitally August 30th Emperor's Nightingale Mega Mix http://soundcloud.com/k7-records/stereo-mcs-album-mega-mix The new album from Stereo MCs sees the UK pioneers in top form, happy to be experimenting and inc... more info

Altsounds — *London hip-hop pioneers Stereo MCs return* with a new full-length album which sees the group challenging expectations and incorporating an upbeat, song-based approach. Emperor's Nightingale feel like the next logical step forward for a band who've o... more info

Altsounds — "There's a point, when you're in a certain headspace, where you feel you can actually do anything we want to do, and not really have any preconception about it," says *Nick Hallam*. And for him and his long-time *Stereo MCs* partner, *Rob Birch*, ... more info

NME — Chrome Hoof, Freq Nasty also for July event more info

Guardian Music — Royal Festival Hall, LondonIs the official 1990s revival upon us? Stereo MCs are not an act who crop up often in 2010 – their blend of acid jazz with funk basslines and vocalist Rob Birch's scattershot raps is distinctly unfashionable. Despite... more info