LargeHeartedBoy — Maggie Nelson reconsidered Darcey Steinke's novel Suicide Blonde (first published 25 years ago) at the Paris Review. NPR Music is streaming Beth Ditto's new album Fake Sugar. NPR Music is streaming Royal Trux's new album Platinum Tips + Ice Cream.... more info

Stereogum — Raw, nasty Southern blues-rock and twinkling, euphoric dance-pop seem like fundamentally opposed strains of music. They seem like things that you shouldn't be able to combine. But Beth Ditto has pulled it off. Ditto spent 17 years leading the band Go... more info

Idolator — Your cheat sheet to the week's new releases. The post The Drop: Your Guide To New Music Friday Featuring Hey Violet & Beth Ditto appeared first on idolator. more info

Stereogum — Former Gossip leader Beth Ditto is gearing up to release her debut solo album, Fake Sugar, in a couple of weeks. We've already heard "Fire" and "Oo La La" from it, and today she's shared another track called "We Could Run." It's a soaring pop song th... more info

Stereogum — Beth Ditto, formerly the leader of the great blues-punk band Gossip, is about to step out on her own, releasing her solo debut Fake Sugar this summer. We already posted the shit-stomping lead single "Fire," as well as its deeply satisfying video, and... more info

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New York Times — Hear the new songs that caught our critics' attention this week from Halsey, Jack White, Kneebody, Alex G, Karen Elson and more. more info

Stereogum — Earlier this week, the former Gossip leader Beth Ditto announced that she'd have a solo album called Fake Sugar out this summer, and she shared the great shit-stomper of a lead single "Fire." Today, she drops the "Fire" video, and it stars Ditto as a... more info

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Stereogum — Beth Ditto is best known as the vocalist for Gossip (formerly The Gossip), a powerhouse trio from the dance-punk era of indie rock. She released a self-titled solo EP back in 2011 but is only now officially gearing up to unleash her debut full-length... more info