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Remember 2018? It's fine if you don't. It's fine if you're trying to forget. But that's when… circumstances forced a few fusty news organizations to figure out whether they wanted to include the world “shithole” in their articles or just dance around it. We at Stereogum have never had that problem. We are happy to use the term “shithole,” though we are more likely to apply it to a place like Terminal 5 than entire nations and the people who come from them. Anyway, Future Terror have a new album called

Cameron Winter, frontman for the contorted classic rockers Geese (not to be confused with the popular jam band Goose), shared his

The other day, I was driving into Richmond for a show, and I noticed a big billboard hanging over Route 64. It was a picture of Mutant Academy, the great local indie-rap collective, and it said something like “Mutant Academy welcomes you to Richmond.” This was one of those digital billboards that keeps changing, and it switched over before I got a better look. Still, it made me happy.

If you know Ripley Johnson from the heavy-ass psych projects Wooden Shjips and Moon Duo, then there's a good chance you probably also know him as the force behind the considerably lighter psych project known as Rose City Band. Lightness is a big part of the Rose City band proposition, to the point that the first two singles from their upcoming album both have the word “light” in their titles.

And stream the noisy Lancaster, PA band's debut album 'Content.'

Anklebiter shall bite no more ankles forever. The Massachusetts straight edge hardcore band lasted for a brief instant and never got around to releasing an album, but all the music that they made kicks ass. Nothing lasts forever, and it's tradition for young hardcore bands to call it a day when it seems like they're just getting going. It might not be what you want, but it's the way that things are supposed to be.

There's already a shit-ton of new Christmas music out this year, and we still have just over six weeks left until the big day. Today, A Certain Ratio are throwing their Santa hat into the holiday music ring with a new EP called Christmasville UK . Lead single “Now And Laughter” is out now.

Lady Gaga has been very busy lately. She just starred as Harley Quinn in Joker: Folie à Deux , for which she recorded a whole accompanying album . Along

It's an interesting day for digital artwork on Music Twitter. Earlier, Lil Nas X shared a promo image for his new album Dreamboy , prompting London producer Sega Bodega to point out how closely it resembles the art for his 2021 single “Angel On My Shoulder.” (Nas later acknowledged Sega Bodega's art was its reference.) Now, hardcore staples Fucked Up appear peeved at James Blake because of the artwork to his just-released single “Like The End.” It bears some resemblance to their 2018 album Dose Your Dreams

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