Were you expecting a list of this week’s best comments? That’s on you because we are of course still having a tech problem that prevents me from pulling the data. But it really is close to being fixed. A developer named Tim told me so today! As soon as that happens we will have proper Shut Up, Dude again, along with some upgrades to the site. (Any comments...

Jonny Greenwood, a member of Radiohead and the Smile and an Oscar-nominated film composer, is the subject of a news story in The Jerusalem Post noting that he performed in Tel Aviv Sunday night after attending a protest there against the Israeli government on Saturday.

This has been a disastrous year for Jennifer Lopez. The superstar’s new album This Is Me… Now debuted way down at #38 on the Billboard 200 in February, though its accompanying film This Is Me… Now: A Love Story got decent reviews. The same can’t be said for her other new movie, the Netflix original Atlas, which has been trashed by both critics and the...

Every week the Stereogum staff chooses the five best new songs of the week. The eligibility period begins and ends Thursdays right before midnight. You can hear this week’s picks below and on Stereogum’s Favorite New Music Spotify playlist, which is updated weekly. (An expanded playlist of our new music picks is available to members on Spotify and Apple...

Bill Walton, the legendary basketball player and sportscaster, died of cancer this week at age 71. Walton, a California native, was widely beloved for his freewheeling West Coast approach to life, a lifestyle that included a passionate dedication to the Grateful Dead.

It’s become a beloved tradition: Each holiday season, LCD Soundsystem play a bunch of shows in New York City, their hometown. It started out as a residency at Brooklyn Steel then expanded to other boroughs last year. The band has also camped out in certain cities on tour, doing several nights in markets like Chicago, Seattle, Boston, Philadelphia, and...