Daily Newsletter, February 18, 2024

The new albums from Friko and serpentwithfeet should be at the top of your queue today. Tap in and find a new obsession.

This week's Notable Releases include rising Chicago indie rock band Friko, Heems' comeback album, serpentwithfeet's triumphant new R&B album, and more.

Stream new releases from Idles, Caroline Polachek, Serpentwithfeet, Friko, Molly Lewis, Bear1Boss, Heems & Lapgan, Laryssa Kim, and Mari Montana

Atwood's staff share the music they've been listening to: This week's roundup includes BAILEN, The Last Dinner Party, Helado Negro, TATYANA, Vampire Weekend, Metz, Holly Humberstone, Maisy Kay, Jordan Maye, Georgia Gets By, Kitty Coen, Diana McGrane, Ellis Bullard, The Chisel, jxne, Blair Lee, Ananya, Alaina Pamela, The National Parks, & Cry Baby!

Welcome to the sixth Songs of the Week of 2024. It was a stacked week for new tracks. Vampire Weekend released two songs and they both made the list (and might’ve charted even higher if they had just put out one song and not split the vote). Even most of the honorable mentions are great this week and would’ve made the main list on other weeks.

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 Music, updated throughout the week.)

It's about time we admitted, says Brian Coney on the day of a new Metal Blade reissue, that not only is Show No Mercy the best debut album by The Big Four of thrash, but it is also Slayer's most vital and authentically joyous album

It's the week in classic indie/alternative, college rock, and more

Two essential tracks from the 1990s slowcore movement.

Bridges' smooth voice has the same echo as Marley's, but this cover adds some beautiful little touches of gentle percussion.