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“De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da ’86” went unreleased until 1995. The original versions of both that and “Don’t Stand So Close To Me” can be found on ‘Zenyatta Mondatta,’ which was also released on Oct. 3.

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The Police’s final studio recording was released 40 years ago today. “Don’t Stand So Close To Me ’86” was a newer wave take on their 1980 hit with Stewart Copeland programming a Fairlight CMI and Andy Summers experimenting with a guitar synthesizer. youtu.be/VIpC3ZqdjYo?...

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‘Friday Night Lights’ premiered 20 years ago today

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Josh Homme and Ethel Cain in Ann Demeulemeester’s Spring/Summer 2027 show at Paris Fashion Week today [📷: Peter White/Getty Images]

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These enduring LPs by the Hold Steady, the Decemberists, the Killers, and Beach House hit US record stores 20 years ago today. 💿 Which is your fave?

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Flavor Daves at today’s Power To The People festival

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Toni Basil, Jack White, Al Pacino, and Noor Alfallah hanging out without me again

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Mike Patton and Gama Mil pay tribute to El Divo de Juárez 🇲🇽

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'Synonym' happens to find Meshell Ndegeocello taking on a few songs that were trending this week: "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)," which RAYE sang at the VMAs; "Hunger Strike," which Stephen Wilson Jr. and Eddie Vedder performed at Ohana; and "Islands In The Stream" (R.I.P. Dolly).

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Meshell Ndegeocello has been releasing boundary-breaking original music for over three decades. One of her biggest hits, though, was a Van Morrison cover with John Mellencamp in 1994. Today, Ndegeocello releases ‘Synonym,’ an album of covers with a fascinating collection of collaborators…

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18 years eligible, inexplicably never nominated [📹: @scott.stereogum.com]

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Last night, Metallica became the first metal band to play Sphere, kicking off their 24-show Life Burns Faster residency, and they performed “…And Justice For All” for the first time in 12 years stereogum.com/2513357/meta... [📹: YouTube - thesquirrel6950]

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Kelly Clarkson loves AI, but thinks humans should have their own music charts, she tells ‘Las Culturistas.’ ‘Billboard’ hasn’t banned AI-generated music, but is moving toward labeling it, while industry groups are pushing for a distinction between “AI-generated” and “AI-assisted” recordings.

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Stevie Nicks at tonight’s New York City Ballet Fall Fashion Gala for which she is Honorary Chair [📷: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images]

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Stereogum @stereogum.com · 01/10/2026

L.S. Dunes’ Frank Iero at Aftershock today [📷: X - wr0aig]

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halfway out her mouth, she changed it 🎶💙 stereogum.com/2513269/snl-...

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Stereogum @stereogum.com · 01/10/2026

These albums by Solange, Jenny Hval, Bon Iver, and Nicolas Jaar came out 10 years ago today. Which is your fave?

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Stereogum @stereogum.com · 01/10/2026

r.i.p. miles davis you would’ve loved salesforce

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Williamson still splits her time between LA and Marfa though, and now she’s got an “unofficial Mile South Of Heaven” to visit on FM 2810. ‘A Mile South Of Heaven’ arrives next Friday, and she’ll present the album tonight not far from her newly unveiled highway sign. stereogum.com/2513147/jess...

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Alt-country great Jess Williamson announced ‘A Mile South Of Heaven’ with “Goodbye To All That,” an emotional, Joan Didion-inspired tune with sublime pedal steel from John Schreffler. The Dallas-born songwriter conceived it as a farewell to LA, but then changed her mind about leaving…

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R.E.M. announced a 25th anniversary reissue of ‘Reveal’ that includes a 5.1 surround sound mix, a previously unreleased Radio France set, a hardcover book, and more. It’s out Nov. 20 via Craft Recordings. Michael Shannon and Jason Narducy will tour the LP in 2041. stereogum.com/2513106/r-e-...

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Proclaiming you're unfamiliar with Treaty Oak Revival has a lot in common with saying "I don’t want to get hit with a chair” [📷: Country Chord]

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I think they meant K*LLER MIKE

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Al Pacino was there too [📷: David James Swanson]

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TVOTR, L’Rain, and Mayor Zohran Mamdani at ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ in Brooklyn last night

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Nick Valensi has been on hiatus from the Strokes since April, but last night he joined Jack White at Hollywood Palladium. The guitarist came up for the Raconteurs’ “Broken Boy Soldier” and the live debut of “Bless Yourself.” White headlines the venue again tonight with support from Twin Temple. 😈

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Ryley Walker has signed to AD 93; hear his smoldering new single "Carrier" stereogum.com/2512922/ryle...

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Bono tells ‘Rolling Stone’ he got Rosalía’s blessing to put “The Mirror Maker (Rosalía)” on U2’s ‘Carnaval de Luz,’ which explores similar themes to her ‘Lux.’ Producer Jacknife Lee says they were going to ask her to be on it, “then we realized, why would somebody sing on a song about them?”

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A nice geese doodle for tonight’s Getting Killed Again tour opener

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Stevie Wonder’s ‘Songs In The Key Of Life’ came out 50 years ago today. An anniversary tour celebrating the double album masterpiece begins next month, and today Wonder shared four previously unreleased tracks from the sessions. stereogum.com/2512942/stev...

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Madonna was the big winner at last night’s VMAs, taking home seven trophies, including one for Best Dance, which she accepted alongside two of her children stereogum.com/2512675/vmas...

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Last night, Steve Lacy kicked off his Oh Yeah? Tour with a surprise cover in Minneapolis. “It’s just been one of my favorite songs since I was stoner in high school,” he said. [📹: TikTok - cybrbf]

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wait for it 🤘 [📹: BBC Radio 1]

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Sombr covered George Michael for the boys at MTV stereogum.com/2512809/vmas...

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Pat Smear 🚬 at the VMAs, 1994 and 2026 [📷: Kevin Winter/Getty Images, Vinnie Zuffante/Getty Images]

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Danny Brown’s dark, boundary-pushing ‘Atrocity Exhibition’ was released 10 years ago today. An anniversary edition with new artwork and instrumental versions is coming on vinyl, CD, and digital on Nov. 13, and Brown will perform the album front-to-back for the first time at shows this fall.

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Geese are nominated for an award though

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This year, the VMAs dropped a dedicated rock category for the first time in 37 years. But tonight, MTV will bestow its highest honor, the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award, upon Nirvana. The award has only gone to rock bands a handful of times, and it hasn’t gone to any since Duran Duran in 2003.

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but where can I get the chimpanzee in the Red Sox jersey from the “Head Over Heels” video [📹: Nigel Dick]

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Tears For Fears won Best Big Healy In A Music Video at the 1985 VMAs [📷: Bring A Trailer]

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The musician Mk.gee and the TV show ‘Sabrina The Teenage Witch’ turn 30 years old today ✨

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Meanwhile on SNL UK, Amelia Dimoldenberg hosted, Rachel Chinouriri was the musical guest, and Oasis were revealed as a Russian psyop stereogum.com/2512776/rach...

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