Stereogum — Courtney Love, by her own admission, has quickly gone from "Geese-curious" to Geese appreciator. In a couple of Instgram reels earlier this year, the Hole frontwoman said she was still "trying to get" the Brooklyn band, later updating fans that she was "fully liking it" despite "gatekeeping elder millennial troll fans." Now, a few weeks after she posted on her story from a Geese show in the UK, she's singing along. The post Courtney Love Sings Geese appeared first on Stereogum. more info

Stereogum — Kim Petras has a brief flirtation with mainstream pop stardom after she appeared on Sam Smith’s 2022 chart-topper “Unholy,” but it didn’t fully click. Since then, Petras has gone back to making the kind of confrontational, hyper-artificial dance-pop that brought her to the dance in the first place. Earlier this year, she asked for her… The post Kim Petras – “Need For Speed” appeared first on Stereogum. more info

Stereogum — We gave Asher White earned an Artist To Watch accolade last year upon the release of her breakout album 8 Tips For Full Catastrophe Living. Since then, the Brooklyn-via-Rhode Island musician has contributed to the benefit compilation Big Hug Volume Three and released a track-by-track cover of Jessica Pratt’s debut album. Today White’s back with “Nightingale’s Version… The post Asher White – “Nightingale’s Version (Sailor’s Moon)” appeared first on Stereogum. more info

Stereogum — I don’t know how many of you care as deeply about Badly Drawn Boy’s Mercury Prize-winning 2000 debut album The Hour Of Bewilderbeast as I do, but today is a great day for anyone in that club. Fresh off the release of their self-titled debut LP, the Manchester post-rock trio Shaking Hand have covered “The… The post Shaking Hand – “The Shining” (Badly Drawn Boy Cover) appeared first on Stereogum. more info

Stereogum — Next month we’ll all get to hear Run, Run Pure Beauty, Luxembourg-based Jana Bahrich’s latest album as Francis Of Delirium. She’s already shared “Little Black Dress” and “It’s A Beautiful Life,” and today she’s back with “Requiem For A Dying Day.” The song’s a mournful ballad that reminds me of Cat Power or the ballads… The post Francis Of Delirium – “Requiem For A Dying Day” appeared first on Stereogum. more info

New York Post — Before she learned it was menopause that was causing her night sweats, brain fog, anxiety and vaginal dryness, the pop music royal wondered if she might just be “losing her marbles,” she told The Post. more info

Stereogum — Back in the days of pre-enshittified Tumblr, there was a blog called Pop Culture Died In 2009. The now-dormant account, run by blogger Matt James, dug into his mom's back issues of Star Magazine and the remnants of Web 1.0 gossip sites on the Internet Archive to surface old tabloid covers, ill-begotten paparazzi shots, and other quietly forgotten but deeply influential ephemera of 2000s pop culture. Like many Tumblr blogs, it had a hyperspecific audience: everyone who can conjure, from memory, one specific tabloid photo of Britney Spears, Paris Hilton, and Lindsay Lohan together in a car.  The post WOR$T GIRL IN AMERICA, Best Album For The Moment: Why Slayyyter’s Breaking Through After A Decade Of Trying appeared first on Stereogum. more info

Stereogum — This year marks a decade since Jilian Medford released the debut IAN SWEET album, Shapeshifter. The indie darling’s output has remained consistent since then, and 2023’s SUCKER was the latest. Now, she’s announcing Shiverstruck, out in July. The smitten lead single “Criminal Kissing” is a riot. “‘Criminal Kissing’ is a love letter to making bad… The post IAN SWEET Announces New Album Shiverstruck: Hear “Criminal Kissing” appeared first on Stereogum. more info