Stereogum — Young Thug has been doing a lot of apologizing since recordings of phone calls from his time in prison leaked. On social media, he apologized to GloRilla for distasteful comments he made about her, and he apologized to his partner Mariah The Scien... more info

Stereogum — Hey look, it’s Drake. Our favorite guy. We can never miss Drake because he will never go away. Even when all the conventional wisdom says that Drake should vanish for a while and end the cycle of general exhaustion, he releases a ton of new musi... more info

Stereogum — Later this month, the jazz pianist Brad Mehldau will release his new album Ride Into The Sun, his tribute to the late Elliott Smith. On the LP, Mehldau covers 10 Elliott Smith songs, as well as tracks from Big Star and Nick Drake, and he also incl... more info

Stereogum — Anyone remotely conversant with 21st century rap music — or professional sports, for that matter — has probably encountered the name Magic City at some point. The Atlanta establishment is arguably the most famous strip club in the world, in pa... more info

Stereogum — In The Number Ones, I’m reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart’s beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present. Book Bonus Beat: The Number Ones: Twenty Chart-Topping Hit... more info

Stereogum — Last year, Caroline Polachek performed a beautiful rendition of Radiohead’s “True Love Waits” at Musée de l’Orangerie in Paris. On Thursday (July 31), the experimental-pop musician covered Nick Drake’s “River Man” at the Aspen Art M... more info

Stereogum — In 2019, the city of Birmingham paid tribute to its greatest musical export, renaming a bridge in the center of town after Black Sabbath. Egyptian artist Tarek Abelkawi designed a bench with the likenesses and signatures of all four Black Sabbath ... more info

Stereogum — Pusha T has been busy with the recent release of Let God Sort Em Out , the first Clipse album in 16 years, and evil Labubus. However, the rapper made time to hop on Wale’s new song “Damage Control,” and he even fit in some disses. more info

Stereogum — Drake and Central Cee opened the final night of Drake’s recent Wireless Festival residency in London by performing an unknown new song. On a livestream last night, Drake ushered that track into the world. “Which One” blends together Drake’... more info

Stereogum — Yesterday, just a couple of weeks after a victory lap performance at his star-studded farewell concert in his Birmingham hometown, Ozzy Osbourne died at 76 following a years-long battle with Parkinson’s disease. His Black Sabbath bandmates have ... more info