Welcome home, B.G. After a decade-long bid, Cash Money rapper B.G. has finally been released from prison. On Tuesday (Sep. 5), footage from Birdman’s Instagram live showed the New Orleans native and walking out of federal prison where he was embraced by family, friends and gifts. B.G., born Christopher Dorsey, was arrested in 2009 along […]
Public Opinion & Rex Tycoon – “Bug”
On their recent 7″ for Convulse Records, the Denver band Public Opinion played a Hives-adjacent, Spiritual Cramp-esque form of garage-punk. Their new single for the same label sounds way different. “Bug,” a collaboration with Pittsburgh power-pop band Rex Tycoon, is a grunge-pop track in the vein of last year’s Dazy/Militarie Gun team-up “Pressure Cooker“: huge […]
Video: Key Glock “Penny”
Balling! Key Glock is balling on another level in his “Penny” video. Fresh off his private jet, Key Glock touches down at a futuristic set full of lights and balls in the court with a team of scantily-clad eye-candy. “Ballin’, I get every penny / Twenty pointers in my mouth, ay, shoutout to my dentist,” […]
Video: Quavo “Galaxy”
You know. Quavo takes to the Dominican Republic in his new “Galaxy” music video. Directed by Keemotion, Huncho hits the tropical streets of D.R. where he spends his time with a lovely Dominican lady. “This the feeling when I get when I cop the Mercedes and I wanna splurge on my lady,” raps the Atlanta […]
Here’s To Another 40 Years Of Guided By Voices
“Let’s do some rock!” A beaming Bob Pollard had just sauntered onstage in his Fast & Bulbous T-shirt and practically curtsied to his audience. This was the first of two concerts celebrating the 40th anniversary of Guided By Voices, the prolific, poppy, deeply idiosyncratic rock band Pollard has spent most of his life heading up. […]
Watch Chvrches’ Lauren Mayberry Sing New Songs And Cover Madonna’s “Like A Prayer” In Solo Live Debut
Lauren Mayberry has been singing for the Scottish dance-pop group Chvrches for well over a decade, and she’s promising the worlds that she’s not going to stop doing that anytime soon. But right now, Mayberry is in the midst of launching a solo career. On Friday, she released the piano ballad “Are You Awake?,” her […]
KiD CuDi Delays Album; Drops 2 Songs
From the desk of CuDi. KiD CuDi has announced that he is pushing back his INSANO album, but makes up for the delay by releasing two new records. On “Ill What I Bleed”, the Cleveland rapper raps confidently over BNYX®’s hypnotic production. “No worries, the boy survived / Keep on coming out the rubble / […]
Watch Counting Crows Cover Taylor Swift In Las Vegas
Counting Crows covered Taylor Swift’s folklore track “The 1” during their show at Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas on Saturday night. In an interview a few months ago, Adam Duritz talked about his newfound appreciation for Swift after seeing her Eras Tour live. “For the last few weeks, I’ve honestly been listening to a […]
Watch Dave Matthews Band Cover Jimmy Buffett, The Band, & Pearl Jam At The Gorge
On Saturday, Dave Matthews Band played the second of three nights at The Gorge in Washington state, and they trotted out some notable covers. At the start of their performance, they honored Jimmy Buffett, who passed away this weekend, with a cover of “A Pirate Looks At Forty.” Matthews performed that same track with Buffett […]
Video: Dave East “Thru The Mud”
Muddy waters. Dave East’s enjoying nature in his music video, “Thru The Mud”. In the outdoor clip, the Harlem rapper saddles up at a ranch where he farms a herd of horses and goats, fly fishes at a creek, and reflects inside his cabin. “How I’m ‘posed to carry on? Lotta niggas gone, I don’t […]