Gangsta Grizzillz. G Perico connects with DJ Drama for his first Gangsta Grillz project, Hot Shot. Clocked in at 13 tracks, the Innerpize rapper from L.A. leads the way with its first single “Action” followed by “Ask4G“. Other tracks include “Religion”, “Rap Life”, “Karma”, and “Clicc Credits”. RJmrLA makes an appearance on “Everything”, while Steelz […]
Album: Musiq Soulchild, Hit-Boy ‘Victims & Villains’
Musiq Soulchild commissions Hit-Boy on on their collaborative album, Victims & Villains. For Musiq’s first project since 2021’s Loveyoumore, Victims & Villains finds the Philly crooner bringing his neo-soul melodies over Hit-Boy’s production. Tracks include the previously released “beat of a slow dance“, “i remember you my ex“, “beat of a slow dance“, “is it […]
Watch The 1975’s SNL Promos With Host Jenna Ortega
This weekend, the 1975 will return to Saturday Night Live as musical guest alongside host and Wednesday/Scream VI star Jenna Ortega. Promoting last year’s Being Funny In A Foreign Language, the band first played SNL in 2016 in support of I like it when you sleep, for you are so beautiful yet so unaware of […]
Sufjan Stevens’ Illinois Being Adapted Into Theatrical Dance Performance With New Arrangements
Sufjan Stevens’ Illinois has been adapted into a theatrical dance performance, which will have its world premiere this summer at the Fisher Center at Bard College. It’s a collaboration between Stevens, choreographer Justin Peck, and writer Jackie Sibblies Drury. Peck won a Tony Award for his work on the 2018 revival of Carousel on Broadway, […]
Hot Mulligan – “Shhhh! Golf Is On”
Who’s ready for some sparkling, anthemic emo? Some emo that’s poppy but also extremely, unflinchingly emo? If this is what you’re seeking, your friends in Hot Mulligan are about to satiate your hunger. The Michigan band’s new album Why Would I Watch is coming in May, and its lead single — the brilliantly titled “Shhhh! […]
Kassa Overall – “Ready To Ball”
Seattle jazz drummer, producer, and rapper Kassa Overall is already a sought-after collaborator and solo artist. He’s released two studio albums (Go Get Ice Cream And Listen To Jazz (2019) and I Think I’m Good (2020)), he’s a protege of drummer Billy Hart and pianist Geri Allen, and he’s previously worked with Yoko Ono, Jon […]
Florence + The Machine – “Just A Girl” (No Doubt Cover)
The hit Showtime series Yellowjackets — which tells the story of a high school girls soccer team stranded in the wilderness after a plane crash in the ’90s in parallel with the characters’ lives in the present — is about to return for its second season. To mark the occasion, Florence + The Machine have […]
Rachika Nayar – “hawthorn”
Last year, the Brooklyn electronic composer Rachika Nayar released Heaven Come Crashing, one of the best albums of 2022. Today, she’s announced that her two earlier projects, Our Hands Against The Dusk and fragments, are being put out on vinyl for the first time after only being released on cassette. The new edition of fragments, […]
Stream Waste Man’s Raw, Murky New Self-Titled EP
Waste Man have been around for a few years. They started in New Orleans and released their debut EP Outlaw in 2017, and they recently relocated to New York. The band’s sound is a scuzzy, intense take on post-hardcore and noise-rock — the intentionally off-putting sounds that fueled the American rock underground in the ’80s […]
Rap Radar Podcast: Punch
Photos: Nickie Rose Top Dawg Entertainment’s President, Terrence “Punch” Henderson, is sitting on top of the world. Thanks to the historic success of SZA’s sophomore album SOS, the label has a new flagship star. But make no mistake, Punch just isn’t sitting behind a desk. The Watts native can also be heard with his own hip-hop […]