With their first full length Appreciation Night, Chicago's Bound Stems graduated to full-fledged blog-buzz band status. No surprise, given their incessant mood shifts and Wolf Parade-meets-Modest…   Read Story »

Straight outta Athens, Georgia come The Whigs, a trio with the dig-worthy debut Give 'Em All A Fat Lip. Yes, Brian from Rolling Stone told us to check 'em out ages ago, but better late than never, we…   Read Story »

The greatest story associated with Hem involves Sally Ellyson, the contemporary Americana band's lead vocalist: When she answered the band's ad in the Village Voice, she wasn't even a singer! But a…   Read Story »

Here we have a few uncirculated mixes of "Launch Yourself" from Love And Other Planets (including a typically trippy contribution from Adem's Fridge-mate Kieran Hebden -- as Four Tet) and a host of…   Read Story »

We know these Inside the Rockers things are getting old, but they're an excuse to talk about bands we like and, in case you haven't noticed (or read on banner ads), Stereogum thinks Yellow House is…   Read Story »

This fall, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah are joining forces with Aussies Architecture in Helsinki and Brooklyn buzz band Takka Takka for a month-long trek brought to you by the word "blog." Expect this to…   Read Story »

One of the sweetest pairings we heard this summer was Swedish singer/songwriter José González's turn on Zero 7's album The Garden. "Futures" especially brought the downtempo electropop duo's…   Read Story »

You should be all over So This Is Goodbye by now but, if not, hit MySpace and stream the trickly synth, blip bass, and aspirated come-ons of "In The Morning." Better yet, here's a free MP3: Junior…   Read Story »

It's almost been six months since What Made Milwaukee Famous played Stereogum's SXSW party. Initially, we had our doubts about booking a band named after Schlitz. Turns out WMMF is actually an old…   Read Story »

On Sebadoh III Lou Barlow and Eric Gaffney added Jason Lowenstein and created one of the most important underground rock records of the past twenty years. Noisey, folky, and just plain awesome, III…   Read Story »