Stereogum — We certainly weren’t the only people who thought Brat was the Best Album Of 2024. On Saturday, Charli XCX was crowned Hitmaker Of The Year during Variety’s eighth annual Hitmakers brunch in Los Angeles. While accepting the award (following an ... more info

Magnet Magazine — 50 years ago today, Lou Reed released Sally Can’t Dance and the Velvet Underground released 1969: The Velvet Underground Live. Take off your pants—don’t you know this is a party? Read our reviews of the essential The RCA & Arista Albums Collect... more info

Stereogum — In July, Vamberator released their debut song “Sleep The Giant Of Sleeps” and announced their first album Age Of Loneliness. The band is made up of Jemaur Tayle of Shelleyan Orphan and the Cure’s former drummer Boris Williams, and today they... more info

Stereogum — Herbie Flowers, the prolific English bassist known for creating the famous riff in Lou Reed’s “Walk On The Wild Side,” has died, the BBC reports. He was 86. more info

Stereogum — In The Alternative Number Ones, I’m reviewing every #1 single in the history of the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks/Alternative Songs, starting with the moment that the chart launched in 1988. This column is a companion piece to The Number Ones, a... more info

Stereogum — Clairo, who’s currently getting even more buzz than usual thanks to her new album  Charm , has shared a cover of Lana Del Rey’s “Brooklyn Baby” for Spotify Singles. The song — which originally appeared on Lana’s 2014 album Ultraviole... more info

Stereogum — You know that thing in film and TV where music supervisors and trailer producers will take a well-known pop song and make it sound creepy? Just off the top of my head, I can remember this happening with Britney Spears, Destiny’s Child, and Lou R... more info

Stereogum — Karen O and Danger Mouse have released the tip-toeing “Super Breath,” their first new song since their 2019 album Lux Prima . Co-written by Karen O and Danger Mouse, who also produced, “Super Breath” features samples from the 2012 Tom Nor... more info

Stereogum — American rock veteran Joan As Police Woman has been making music for three decades and has performed with artists like Lou Reed, Rufus Wainwright, Damon Albarn, John Cale, and more. Today, she announced her tenth studio album Lemons, Limes And Orc... more info

Stereogum — The least-loved albums by veteran artists tend to find their way, in time, to critical rehabilitation. It’s practically an inevitability, particularly if the artist in question is deemed sufficiently historic. Lou Reed’s notorious Metal Machin... more info