Magdalena Bay, the giddy experimental pop duo from Los Angeles, blew up on the strength of their 2021 album Mercurial World. On the strength of that LP, Magdalena Bay toured with acts like Charli XCX and Flume, and they play Coachella for the first time tomorrow. Last year, Mercurial World got a deluxe edition. Before […]
King Krule – “Seaforth”
A few weeks ago, King Krule played some live shows where he was selling some flexi-discs featuring new songs. Today, Archy Marshall has announced a new King Krule album called Space Heavy, his follow-up to 2020’s Man Alive! He wrote it over the past few years while commuting between London and Liverpool, the two cities […]
The Tallest Man On Earth – “Looking For Love”
This week, Swedish singer-songwriter Kristian Matsson aka The Tallest Man On Earth, will release his new album Henry St. We’ve already written about lead single “Every Little Heart” and the project’s title track. Today, Matsson is sharing one more album preview, “Looking For Love,” which comes with a video directed by Jeroen Dankers (who also […]
Bob Dylan Debuts Cover Of Grateful Dead’s “Truckin’” In Tokyo
Bob Dylan has a long history with the Grateful Dead. The two acts toured together in 1987, a putting on collaborative performances that led to the live album Dylan & The Dead. In his recent book The Philosophy Of Modern Song, Dylan wrote about the Dead’s American Beauty highlight “Truckin’,” noting, “It’s got a fantastic […]
Video: Saba, No I.D. “Back In Office”
Guess who’s back. Saba is back and connects with producer No I.D. on the aptly titled “Back In Office”. Directed by Ian Lipton, the Chi-Town rapper flexes bars from a set filled with various colored backdrops and fisheye lens. “Tomato, tomato, it’s all sauce-less,” he raps over No I.D.’s instrumental. “This feel like Draino to y’all […]
Spy – “Big Man”
The Bay Area band Spy makes a raw, fast, frantic form of hardcore punk, and they do it with so much style and charisma that they’ve become one of the biggest bands on the underground in the past few years. Spy formed during the pandemic, and they’ve only been playing shows for a couple of […]
Crumb – “Crushxd”
Before today, the New York indie band Crumb hadn’t released a song in two years. That changes with “Crushxd,” a hallucinatory new track that reminds me a bit of Broadcast and Men I Trust. Produced by Jonathan Rado and Johnscott, the song is inspired by an incident that haunted Crumb’s first big US tour in […]
The Number Ones: Leona Lewis’ “Bleeding Love”
In The Number Ones, I’m reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart’s beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present. Remember Jesse McCartney? It’s fine if you don’t. Nobody’s judging. McCartney — no relation to any other famous McCartney — was one […]
Video: Ab-Soul “Herbert”
Understanding Herbert Anthony. Four months after releasing his Herbert album, Ab-Soul releases the visual for the project’s title-track. Courtesy of Omar Jones, Soulo reflects on life from inside a house which projects various images and vintage photos that bring his lyrics to life. “They will never understand Herbert Anthony,” he begins on the opening verse. […]
Rick Ross, Fat Joe, The LOX “The Game”
It’s game time. Rick Ross, Fat Joe, and The Lox get their head into “The Game” with their new single for the fantasy sports contest brand, DraftKings. Produced by Buda & Grandz, Mike Kuz, and Setfree, Jada, Rozay, Joey Crack, and Pinero connect their industry and street smarts to the victories of the sport of […]