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noah | July 10, 2007 3:43 am
noah | July 10, 2007 3:43 am

Popular music-review Web site plants big wet one on popular indie-rock blog. It’s like watching the high school quarterback and head cheerleader get together, except about 5000% nerdier! More »


Even Our Co-Workers Prefer Stereogum

Brian Raftery | May 24, 2007 1:38 am
Brian Raftery | May 24, 2007 1:38 am

Sigh. Well, you can say this about Gawker Media: In the Bush era, they may be the last organization left that doesn’t resort to knee-jerk cronyism. More »


Let’s Talk About Stereogum

Brian Raftery | March 8, 2007 3:14 am
Brian Raftery | March 8, 2007 3:14 am

Oh, Stereogum. How much fun it must be to live your lives as if you were still riding in the middle-section of the eighth-grade school-bus, talking down to the other kids because they’re still digging Green Jellö while you’ve moved on to Superchunk. More »



A Music-Blog Identity Crisis: Who Sucked The Fun Out Of Stereogum?

Brian Raftery | January 18, 2007 3:48 am
Brian Raftery | January 18, 2007 3:48 am

A few years ago, we discovered a fledgling, semi-regularly updated music blog called Stereogum. Written by VH1 employee Scott Lapatine, it quickly became a daily read: Earnest, easily digestible, and charmingly low-fi–much like the music it covered. We loved it. More »


The Blogger Job Board: Like One Of Those “Work From Home” Scams, But With Free CDs

noah | January 12, 2007 11:51 am
noah | January 12, 2007 11:51 am

If you see a lot of posts on elbo.ws referencing résumé-polishing, it’s because the past few days have seen not one, but two help-wanted ads from music blogs. More »


Year-End Analysis, Part V: Stereogum’s Readers Are More Indie Than You

noah | December 21, 2006 1:19 am
noah | December 21, 2006 1:19 am

Earlier today, Stereogum released the results of its readers’ poll, newly christened The Gummys; the albums list was topped by The Hold Steady’s Boys and Girls In America, with TV On The Radio, Grizzly Bear, Joanna Newsom, and The Decemberists rounding out the top five. More »



TV On The Radio Vs. Stereogum’s Commenters: A Handy Primer

noah | December 12, 2006 11:00 am
noah | December 12, 2006 11:00 am

Firestorm at Stereogum: In their second Karen O demo post, the leaker of the demos confessed, TV On The Radio guitarist Dave Sitek’s damning blog post about the CD-R allegedly being stolen from him was reprinted, and the commenters waved “Live Free (Music) Or Die” flags. More »


Universal Sends Its Legal Team Into Stereogum’s Comment Section

noah | November 20, 2006 11:25 am
noah | November 20, 2006 11:25 am

Perhaps spurred on by an aghast Bono, Universal Music Group is claiming that Bank of America committed copyright violations when two employees, Ethan Chandler and Jim Debois, performed their synergy-praising cover of “One” that made the Internet rounds last week. More »


Stereogum’s Listening Session Reveals A Slightly Tin Ear

noah | November 14, 2006 3:51 am
noah | November 14, 2006 3:51 am

Stereogum reposted the new Timbaland/Nelly Furtado/Justin Timberlake joint earlier this afternoon, and the accompanying pan contained this groaner: Not surprisingly, the beat is awesome once it kicks in, but then we’re smacked with Nelly’s vox and umm … why does hip-hop hate melody so much?! More »



$tereogum: So How Much Money We Talking Here?

Brian Raftery | October 30, 2006 10:00 am
Brian Raftery | October 30, 2006 10:00 am

More $tereogum news over the weekend, this time focusing on how site founder Scott Lapatine’s former boss, Triple H Media head Jason Hirschhorn, helped hook him up with Pilot Group’s deep-pocketed investor Bob Pittman: According to one source, Pittman told Hirschhorn to bring… More »