Stereogum — For a while now, Abel Tesfaye has been saying that he wants to stop releasing music as the Weeknd. Last year, however, he said that he might not be done with the Weeknd after all. And at a show in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday night, he offered some idea how a new Weeknd song might sound. The post The Weeknd Debuts New Song In Rio appeared first on Stereogum. more info

Stereogum — Toronto indie-pop duo Ducks Ltd. are students of the jangle. The same is true of New Jersey’s Real Estate. In either band’s music, you can hear echoes of many decades of shimmery, spangly cult-beloved underground music. Today, Ducks Ltd. and Real Estate frontman Martin Courtney get together to cover an underappreciated jangle-gem: the late Go-Betweens… The post Ducks Ltd. – “Easy Come, Easy Go” (Feat. Martin Courtney) (Grant McLellan Cover) appeared first on Stereogum. more info

Stereogum — Nedra Talley, a member of the classic early-'60s girl group the Ronettes, has passed away. In a Facebook post on Sunday, Talley's daughter said that she died at home in bed earlier that morning. The Ronettes' Instagram also shared the news. Talley, who changed her name to Nedra Tally-Ross after marrying her late husband Scott Ross in 1967, was the last surviving member of the original Ronettes. (Estelle Bennett died in 2009, while group leader Ronnie Spector passed in 2022.) No cause of death has been reported. Talley was 80. The post Nedra Talley, Last Surviving Member Of The Ronettes, Dead At 80 appeared first on Stereogum. more info

Stereogum — Nominative determinism is overrated. It’s been three years since Hurry released their last album, Don’t Look Back, which means now the timing is just about right for a new one from the Philly power-pop band. That record, Zoned Out, will arrive in July via longtime label home Lame-O. Ian Farmer of Modern Baseball and Slaughter… The post Hurry Announce New Album Zoned Out: Hear The Title Track appeared first on Stereogum. more info

Stereogum — The Indio, California country music festival Stagecoach was initially founded in 2007 as a sister festival to Coachella, and in recent years, it too has become a pressure cooker of celebrity sightings and brand sponsorships. Case in point: Sydney Sweeney's lingerie brand, which is called SYRN but pronounced like "siren" for some reason, had a karaoke bar at Stagecoach, where the Euphoria actor spent her weekend singing with the likes of Diplo, Lance Bass, Ashton Kutcher, and her boyfriend Scooter Braun. There were some country artists there too, though, like Chase Rice, Riley Green, Dan + Shay, and Bailey Zimmerman. The post Stagecoach 2026 Had Sydney Sweeney, 3OH!3, Theo Von, Chet Haze, & More Of Your Favorite Country Stars appeared first on Stereogum. more info

Stereogum — On Saturday night, Donald Trump attended the White House Correspondents' Dinner at the Washington Hilton. During the ceremony, a California resident named Cole Tomas Allen reportedly sprinted past a security checkpoint on a different floor of the hotel. Before he was arrested, Allen fired one shot that reportedly hit a Secret Service agent's bulletproof vest. Otherwise, nobody was harmed. Trump and his administration officials were taken out of the dinner, which eventually resumed. Trump seemingly faced no immediate danger. Bruce Springsteen, for one, is thankful that Trump wasn't shot. The post Springsteen Opens Show Expressing Thanks Trump Was Not Shot At WHCD appeared first on Stereogum. more info

Metalsucks — They also played a setlist rarity. The post Watch: Korn Played Their New Track “Reward The Scars” Live at Sick New World appeared first on MetalSucks. more info

Stereogum — Up until this week, Christopher Nolan's 2023 film Oppenheimer had the most lucrative opening weekend of any biopic in history. There's plenty to debate about the way Oppenheimer told the story of its subject, and the film's decision to omit any depiction of the destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki remains controversial. But Oppenheimer represents an honest attempt to reckon with the legacy of a subject who caused a great deal of suffering in the world. It earned great reviews, won the Oscar for Best Picture, and became a cultural phenomenon, especially coming out on the same weekend as Barbie. This past weekend, the Oppenheimer record was shattered by the Michael Jackson movie Michael , a biopic that pointedly refuses to reckon with anything negative that Jackson might've ever done in his life. The post Michael Jackson Movie Breaks Biopic Opening Weekend Record appeared first on Stereogum. more info