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Back in December 2022, right when S.O.S. was about to drop, SZA was the musical guest on Saturday Night Live. The host that night was Keke Palmer, who got along famously with SZA in the episode promos. Now SZA and Palmer’s paths through the entertainment industry are crossing again: As Deadline reports, the pair will star in a new buddy comedy produced...

Since their 2017 inception, it feels like the Bay Area’s AG Club have been through eons of trials and errors. The sprawling collective is spearheaded by the de facto leaders Jody Fontaine and Baby Boy and their videographers Manny Madrigal and Ivan Collaco. Everyone else caught in the colorful crossfire could become a member of the Club as well, as...

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...

The ultra-heavy Northeast hardcore band Missing Link got started during the pandemic, and they’ve got a lineup that includes members of bands like Pain Of Truth, Out For Justice, and Internal Bleeding. After a few early releases, they’ve announced plans to release their full-length debut Watch Me Bleed this summer. Expect it to go extremely hard.

For nearly two decades, Ross Farrar has been the lead singer for Ceremony, a truly great California punk band that won’t stop changing its approach. Earlier this year, a giant crowd packed into the Hollywood Palladium to see Ceremony play their 2010 classic Rohnert Park in full for what’s apparently going to be the only time ever. Farrar also made a...