Oh Sees leader John Dwyer has yet another new project. The one’s called Bent Arcana and Dwyer ran down the group’s many members on a new Bandcamp page — one of them is TV On The Radio’s Kyp Malone. Their debut album, also called Bent Arcana, is coming out in August. “This is the first […]
Infant Island Announce Rarities Album To Benefit Richmond Community Bail Fund
The Fredericksburg, Virginia screamo monsters Infant Island have been absolutely on fire lately. In the past two months, they’ve released two convulsive and brilliant records, the EP Sepulcher and the album Beneath. Also, singer/guitarist Alexander Rudenshiold has unveiled another new band called Mattachine and shared their own ferocious first song “Sisyphus.” Somehow, though, Infant Island […]
Alex Alexander Exposes Raw Talent And Vivid Inspiration On New EP Helpless
Swedish singer-songwriter and skilled musician Alex Alexander released his latest body of work, a strikingly fun latin-inspired EP titled Helpless, once again displaying the wide range of his artistic abilities and raw talent to his enormous following base and beyond. The Swedish pop star, who also happens to be an ambassador for multiple music brands, […]
Run The Jewels – “A Few Words For The Firing Squad (Radiation)”
This weekend, Run The Jewels will release RTJ4, their hotly anticipated fourth album. The lead-up to the album release has been chaotic. RTJ have been forced to postpone their planned tour with Rage Against The Machine and cancel all the high-profile festival sets that they were going to do. And that was before the events […]
Lorde Urges Others to Support the Black Lives Matter
Lorde joined the many musicians who have spoken out against racism but also opened up about striking the balance of being an ally while making sure that it isn’t just “performative activism.” “One of the things I find most frustrating about social media is performative activism, predominantly by white celebrities (like me),” she said in […]
LL Cool J Expresses Outrage in Freestyle on Racism: 'They Begging for Blood Let'
LL Cool J posted a freestyle on his Instagram account on Sunday where he shared his outrage on the centuries of racism in the United States and the current situation unfolding across the United States. In the freestyle, he said: “For 400 years you had your knees on our necks / A garden of evil with […]
TIDAL: Kirk Franklin vs. Fred Hammond
Can they get a witness? Healing and uplifting the spirits of all, Verzuz took us to church this Sunday evening for the first gospel celebration with Kirk Franklin and Fred Hammond. Opened with a sermon with Bishop T.D. Jakes, and the two gospel legends in coordinating “I Can’t Breathe” and “I Can’t Breathe Again” t-shirts […]
New Music: Audio Push Ft. Mark Battles “Chances”
Audio Push and Mark Battles rightfully turn up on their brand new collaboration. Over Price’s bouncy production, he, Oktane and Battles flex their high energetic charisma with an abundance bravado lyrics and thought-provoking raps.
The National Guitarist Aaron Dessner Responds to Being Bizarrely Accused of Organizing Riots
As the protests have carried on throughout the weekend following the murder of George Floyd, one of the strangest developments has to do with the National guitarist Aaron Dessner. Some right-wing Twitter accounts have accused the guitarist/songwriter of helping incite and organize riots in Ohio, and have cited him as being Antifa (anti-fascist). On Sunday, […]
Jay-Z Spoke With Minnesota Governor to Seek Justice for George Floyd
As protests continue to take place across the country following George Floyd’s murder last Monday in Minneapolis, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz shared a tidbit during a Sunday afternoon press conference that Jay-Z reached out to him to emphasize that justice be served. “It was a dad – and I think quite honestly a black man whose […]