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News on Stereogum

• Stream Laura Marling Once I Was An Eagle

  Posted on May 20, 2013

  The British singer-songwriter Laura Marling is 23, and she’s already four albums deep into a surprisingly impactful career. (You can’t exactly credit or blame Marling for Mumford & Sons, but Marcus Mumford did get his start as Marling’s drummer.) Marling references Bill Callahan in the title to her new ...

• Watch Miguel, Prince, Icona Pop Play Billboard Music Awards 2013

  Posted on May 20, 2013

  The Billboard Music Awards have historically been the most low-rent of America’s non-niche music awards shows, but last night, the show had an unexpected viral moment when Miguel, in the middle of a particularly spirited rendition of “Adorn,” attempted to jump over a section of the audience and ended up doing ...

• The Lonely Island – “Diaper Money” Video

  Posted on May 20, 2013

  On Saturday night, SNL bid goodbye to some of this past decade’s most prime players via a bit of musical spoof — Fred Armisen as early-punk caricature Ian Rubbish, singing (with Sudekis and Hader, also departing) about it having been a lovely night. It wasn’t as moving as Stefon and Seth Meyers getting married ...

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Album reviews from Rolling Stone

• Demi

  Posted on May 17, 2013

  The title of Demi Lovato's fourth LP promises a "personal" album and Lovato gets songwriting credits on nine songs But make no mistake This is industrial-strength pop and all the better for it The songwriters include hitmaking heavyweights like Ryan ...

• American Kid

  Posted on May 17, 2013

  After detours including a Grammy-winning gospel LP and a key role in boyfriend Robert Plant's Band of Joy project Griffin is back to her day job singing her own artful country-folk songs Except here with a voice evidently stretched by her side projects ...

• Sports (30th Anniversary Edition)

  Posted on May 17, 2013

  In an era when "radio-friendly" was the coin of the Top 40-dominated realm Sports was a veritable radio reach-around spawning five Top 20 singles (This reissue adds a disc of "Hell-o Cleveland!" live versions) Lewis a recovering folk rocker filed Fifties ...