Travis Barker Shares Statement On Hospitalization For “Life-Threatening Pancreatitis”

Travis Barker — the blink-182 drummer, pop-punk superproducer, and Kardashian-affiliated tabloid fixture — alarmed many onlookers by tweeting “God save me” on Tuesday, the same day he was admitted to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. It later came out that Barker had complained of cramping and was being treated for pancreatitis. Now, via various...

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Watch Ms. Lauryn Hill Reunite With Wyclef Jean To Perform Fugees Songs At Essence Fest

After announcing their reunion tour last September, Fugees made it through exactly one warm-up gig before postponing and then ultimately cancelling the rest of the shows. But if there are no official Fugees reunion shows on the books right now, people who attended Wyclef Jean’s set at the Essence Festival Friday night in New Orleans got the next best...

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Rebel Wilson & Charles Melton To Star In Movie About A K-Pop Group Stranded In Texas

“K-pop comedy” is suddenly becoming a bustling movie subgenre. Two months ago Anderson .Paak announced he would direct and star alongside his son in K-POPS!, which “centers on a washed-up musician who travels to Korea to write for K-pop stars, discovering that his long-lost son is set to front one of the country’s hottest new groups.” Now a second film...

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Day N Vegas Cancelled Due To “Logistics, Timing And Production Issues”

The hip-hop festival Day N Vegas announced its lineup less than a month ago, and they’ve already cancelled the whole event. In a message posted to their social media accounts and official website, festival organizers wrote that Day N Vegas 2022, which was scheduled to take place Sept. 2-4 at the Las Vegas Festival Grounds, will not happen due to “a...

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Shut Up, Dude: This Week’s Best Comments

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Here’s Turnstile, Post Malone, & Dua Lipa Playing Beer Pong

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The 5 Best Songs Of The Week

Every week the Stereogum staff chooses the five best new songs of the week (the eligibility period begins and ends Thursdays right before midnight). We’ve kicked off a partnership with TIDAL, the global music streaming service that offers the highest sound quality and Fan-Centered Royalties. You’ll find our new Favorite New Music playlist updated weekly...

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Kate Bush Responds To New Stranger Things Episodes, Bootleg Kate Bush T-Shirts

The last two episodes of Stranger Things Season 4 are here, and Kate Bush has issued her stamp of approval. “Whoooo Hoooo everybody! I just can’t believe it – No. 1 for the third week,” she wrote on her website. “We’re all so excited! In fact it’s all starting to feel a bit surreal.”

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Quinton Brock – “My Shadow”

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Stream Options’ Fun And Fascinating New Indie Rock Album Swimming Feeling

Swimming Feeling, the new album from Chicago recording engineer Seth Engel’s band Options, is out today. As heard on lead single “Toast,” the project presents an interesting blend of rock subgenres. I hear some power-pop in there, a bit of mathy emo, a smidge of fuzzed-out DIY crunch that reminds me of Ovlov and early Foo Fighters, some pensive clean-lined...

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