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Thank you to Stereogum for premiering “1973,” the second single fromBeth Orton’s new album ‘Kidsticks,’ co-produced by Orton herself andFuck Buttons’ Andrew Hung. The album, full of Orton’s beautiful, unmistakable vocals and propulsive melodies, will be out on May 27. You can pre-order it here: bit.ly/kidsticks

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It never topped Billboard’s Hot 100, didn’t receive any Grammy nominations, and wasn’t among YouTube’s 10 most popular music videos this year, but in 2015 Drake’s “Hotline Bling” dominated online culture like no other song.

#Hotline Bling #Drake

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If there’s a lesson from 2015’s top 50 albums, it’s this: You can never be too famous to push yourself. There are plenty of relative unknowns in the group — DIY home-recording auteurs, underground extreme-metal blood-churners, edge-of-noise experimenters. But especially in the upper reaches of this year’s list, you will find plenty of people who were already famous when 2015 began. None of them found their way onto this list by making the same sorts of music they’ve always made. All of them found new ways to tinker with their voices, to make them even more powerful.

#Grimes #Kendrick Lamar #Sufjan Stevens #Carly Rae Jepsen #Vince Staples #Courtney Barnett #Hop Along #Colleen Green #Jim O'Rourke #Deafheaven #Screaming Females #Waxahatchee #Future #Titus Andronicus #Chance The Rapper #Tame Impala #Jenny Hval #The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die #Father John Misty #Jamie xx #Beach House #Chris Stapleton #Deerhunter #The Staves #Ought #Eskimeaux #Sleater-Kinney #Natalie Prass #Drake #Tribulation

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Chvrches at the Highline in New York city for Stereogum © Ryan Muir

http://www.stereogum.com/featured/the-unflinching-gaze-of-chvrches/

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Happy 40th, Sufjan!

#Sufjan Stevens

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New Painted Palms song, “Tracers,” up now on Stereogum! 

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Kanye does Glastonbury with Justin Vernon, Stage Crasher, “Bohemian Rhapsody”

#Kanye West #Glastonbury #Bon Iver #Justin Vernon #Queen

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5-4

love wins. 

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Disgusting: ISIS Just Released A 2-Star Review Of ‘In The Aeroplane Over The Sea’

As ISIS continues to increase its deadly and destructive influence across the Middle East, it becomes increasingly clear that there is no act too atrocious for the terrorist organization, and its latest disgusting salvo proves just that. Earlier this morning, members of the Islamic State released a two-star review of Neutral Milk Hotel’s sophomore album, In The Aeroplane Over The Sea.

According to reports, the devastating 500-word review, which appeared online at 7:45 a.m., attacks nearly every aspect of the 1998 indie album, again showing that ISIS is capable of anything.

Read the review

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The 50 Best Albums Of 2015 So Far

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MAD Magazine takes on festival season.

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Artists at Governor’s Ball 2015 photographed by Wilson Lee for Stereogum. More here.

#Noel Gallagher #My Morning Jacket #Vance Joy #marina and the diamonds #Benjamin Booker #Charli XCX #Chromeo #DIIV #DMAs #Governors Ball #Stereogum

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Looks like Drizzy has another leak problem.

#Drake #Tinashe

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Happy 50th, Trent.

#Trent Reznor #Nine Inch Nails

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Happy 50th birthday Krist Novoselic!

#Krist Novoselic #Nirvana

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We are pleased to bring to you the debut self-titled EP from dmasmusic. And it’s come a week early! Stream it via stereogum here!