Swarm, the television series co-created by Donald Glover and Janine Nabers and features an acting debut from Billie Eilish, debuts on Prime Video today. Accompanying the show is a six-song EP (also called Swarm), which is out now and features original music by in-show fictional artist Ni’jah, who is voiced by KIRBY. The EP also […]
The Chemical Brothers – “No Reason”
The Chemical Brothers are back with a new single, “No Reason.” The English electronic duo hasn’t released an album since 2019’s No Geography, though in 2021 they emerged with the pair of singles “The Darkness That You Fear” and “Work Energy Principle” and last year they celebrated the 25th anniversary of Dig Your Own Hole […]
Watch A Trailer For Martin Scorsese’s Documentary About New York Dolls Frontman David Johansen
In November of last year, Martin Scorsese and David Tedeschi’s documentary about New York Dolls frontman David Johansen had its premiere at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam. Now the doc — Personality Crisis: One Night Only — has a new trailer and release date on Showtime (April 14 at 8 PM and hitting streaming […]
Snakehips & Tkay Maidza – “Show Me The Money”
The British dance duo Snakehips have been doing their thing for almost a decade now, and in the past year they’ve released collaborations with Tinashe, Bryce Vine, and more — all leading up to their debut album never worry, due out later this year. Their latest collaboration is with the Australian pop experimentalist Tkay Maidza, […]
Watch Billie Eilish Make Her Acting Debut In Donald Glover TV Series Swarm
Billie Eilish makes her acting debut in Swarm, the television series that was co-created by Donald Glover and Janine Nabers that debuts on Prime Video tomorrow. The show follows a young woman, played by Dominique Fishback, who becomes obsessed with one of the world’s biggest pop stars, a thinly-veiled take on the BeyHive that surrounds […]
A Requiem For The Datpiff Era
For hip-hop fans, the mixtape download service Datpiff was a necessity as much as a tool. At a time where the dynamics of the game were changing in the corporate world – Jay-Z literally became an executive — the best music was still on the streets. More specifically, it was on the internet, on a […]
Sigur Rós Announce 41-Piece Orchestra Tour, New Album In June
Do you realize Sigur Rós haven’t released a new album in 10 years? Valtari and Kveikur arrived 13 months apart in 2012 and 2013, and since then it’s been EPs, soundtracks, and other projects that should not be categorized as Official Sigur Rós Albums. They were working out new material on the road around the […]
World News – “Wrapped In Gold”
World News are a South London-based trio that draw on ’80s alternative influences such as XTC and the Fall mixed in with ’10s indie (think: Diiv, Beach Fossils, Real Estate, Small Black). In 2020 World News (Alex Evans, Rory Evans, and Malte Henning) put out an EP, Job And Money, and since then they’ve released […]
Trust Fund – “animals in war”
Trust Fund, the UK indie-pop act led by Ellis Jones, is active again after breaking up in 2018 — or at least Jones is releasing solo material under the Trust Fund name. Last year he shared the minimal one-offs “can’t take it,” “capital,” and “late nite skate.” Today he’s back with another low-key track, a […]
Ruston Kelly – “Michael Keaton”
Next month, the Nashville country-rocker and former Kacey Musgraves muse Ruston Kelly will follow his 2020 LP Shape & Destroy with a new album called The Weakness. Kelly isolated himself at home for months while working on the songs, and then he recorded them with Sharon Van Etten/Maggie Rogers collaborator Nate Mercereau. We’ve already posted […]