Always a show-stopper, Antony Hegarty's cover of Beyoncé's Hot 100 jam "Crazy In Love" is a masterclass on how to cover a song: with its rearrangement and reinterpretation, this version projects the…   Read Story »

Beyoncé and Gaga lead with 9 noms each, Britney got 7, and Kanye, Eminem, and Coldplay nabbed 4. Event airs live 9/13 from NYC with returning host Russell Brand and performances by Taylor Swift,…   Read Story »

In response to today's revelation that Beyoncé can't sing, manager/dad Matthew Knowles says, "That would be like questioning if Kobe Bryant could shoot a jump shot. The vocals were obviously…   Read Story »

Antony has his own show-stopping version of "Crazy In Love," now Stereo-favorites Pattern Is Movement throw their twist on his take, building on "the beauty of Antony and the swagger of Beyoncé."…   Read Story »

Yesterday we got a new president. Maybe you didn't realize because of the total dearth of media coverage, but don't worry that's why you come to Stereogum.com. After President Barack Obama's…   Read Story »

Barack Obama was the eighth most frequently tagged "artist" on Stereogum in the past twelve months. That makes him even more popular than Animal Collective around here, and deservedly so: Animal…   Read Story »

It'd be unfair for anyone to expect B-town to repeat the choreographic cross-cultural moment of "Single Ladies" so quickly. So why not take a page from sunglasses mannequin KanYe West's playbook.…   Read Story »

You can't escape "Single Ladies." No matter what your bookmarks tell you, Fleet Foxes aren't quite as ubiquitous, though they certainly rule the land of indie-rock year end lists. We recently heard…   Read Story »

For "If I Were A Free Fallin' Boy," DJ Earworm -- the guy who put Kanye's Auto-Tune in Radiohead's tune -- mashes together Tom Petty's "Free Fallin'" and Beyoncé's "If I Were A Boy," and returns…   Read Story »

Beyoncé's "If I Were A Boy" poses the eternal question, what if I feel the desperate need to record myself singing this song and put it up on YouTube, but I AM a boy? Will all my friends think that…   Read Story »