New Order’s “Blue Monday” came out 40 years ago to day on March 7, 1983. The single, which is one of the best-selling 12″ singles of all time, has had a long shelf life, and today the band is celebrating its release with a line of new merchandise that includes t-shirts and a hoodie, a […]
Album Of The Week: Fever Ray Radical Romantics
You know Karin Dreijer’s still got it when they threaten to hurt a child. “This is for Zacharias, who bullied my kid in high school,” they growl on a song off Fever Ray’s new album Radical Romantics. “There’s no room for you and we know where you live/ One day we might come after you, […]
Video: Dave East Ft. Uncle Murda “Thiccer Than Water”
Harlem and Brooklyn meet in Dave East’s new music video, “Thiccer Than Water” featuring Uncle Murda. In the gritty clip, the two rappers pull out the liquor and mobb with the crews in the streets of New York City. “Drinking Henney, ain’t really been sober since,” raps East. “I’m focused on the players, I got […]
Double Wish – “Blue Dream Baby”
This week, the Orange County duo Double Wish are releasing their debut EP, Light Split Sparkle, and a little while back we posted “Know It All” from it. Today, they’re sharing a new single from it called “Blue Dream Baby.” “This is a song about struggling to get over the past. Things you can’t change,” […]
Barrie – “Empty”
At the end of the month, Barrie is releasing a new EP called 5K, whose songs are meant to keep you company while on a run. We’ve already heard “Races” from it, and today we’re getting “Empty,” which closes out the EP with a burst of dreamy realizations: “I like to be so like-minded/ I […]
Video: El Michels Affair, Black Thought “Glorious Game”
With their album Glorious Game around the corner, New York-based cinematic soul production group El Michels Affair and The Roots MC Black Thought share the upcoming album’s title-track. Directed and animated by Gergen Aloian, the accompanying animated clip depicts a panther roaming through mysterious landscape. “Ok, I’m too Black for y’all to erase / Shoot […]
Watch Ice Spice Perform “Boy’s A Liar Pt. 2” Live For The First Time At Rolling Loud
About a month ago, two rising stars, the British dance-pop singer PinkPantheress and the Bronx rapper Ice Spice, got together to release “Boy’s A Liar Pt. 2,” a new version of a PinkPantheress solo track that came out late last year. “Boy’s A Liar Pt. 2” was an immediate out-of-nowhere smash; it’s already by far […]
Two Dead In Stampede At GloRilla Concert In Rochester
Two people died and at least nine others were injured in a stampede that broke out during a GloRilla concert in Rochester on Sunday night. Attendees were leaving the Main Street Armory venue shortly after 11PM when fears that a shooting had occurred caused people to surge forward. “We do not have any evidence of […]
Heavy Feelings – “The Prize”
Heavy Feelings is a new collaborative project featuring Bristol guitarist Ben Shillabeer and Ganser co-founder Nadia Garofalo. The two initially connected after Shillabeer heard Ganser’s sophomore album, Just Look At That Sky, and they co-wrote three tracks from Shillabeer’s 2022 album, Power Reflection. Now, the two are rolling songs they wrote together under the moniker […]
Gabby’s World – “Corrina”
Gabby Smith — aka New York musician Gabby’s World — has a long-term plan for this year. In December, Smith will release the follow-up to 2018’s Beast On Beast. Until Gabby’s Sword comes out in December, Smith plans to release one new song per month. We’ve already heard “Sank” and “Closing Door.” Now, Smith has […]