Give me some turn up. DaBaby is balling out crazy in his new video, “Summa Dat”. Directed by PHVZES, the controversial rapper from NC turns up with a whole lot of racks from a private jet in the sky to his Rolls Royce and Lamborghini SUV. “Niggas buying hoes, sneakers and purses / Two hundred […]
Forgetmyname Debuts With Back-to-Back Singles “Complex” & “High”
Promising newcomer Nicole, a.k.a., Forgetmyname introduced two compelling debut songs this year. The independent recording artist first shared “Complex,” then “High,” winning the public’s heart and collecting thousands of online streams, thanks to the effortless arrangement of alt-pop beats and her powerhouse vocals. The bilingual musician stands out with her lyricism and musicality. The passionate […]
Junior Boys – “Waiting Game”
At the end of the month, the Canadian electronic pop duo Junior Boys are releasing their first new album in six years, Waiting Game. They shared “Night Walk” back when they announced it, and today they’re back with another song, the serene and slow title track. “Resolutions ruin art,” Jeremy Greenspan said in a statement. […]
Anxious – “Sunsign”
Back in January, the fast-rising Connecticut emo band Anxious released their full-length debut Little Green House. The members of Anxious came from the hardcore underground, and they still play a lot of hardcore shows, but their music is bright and sweet and energetic. At times, it pushes into power-pop or pop-punk, or at least into […]
Japanese Breakfast – “The Story” (Brandi Carlile Cover)
“The Story,” the title track from Brandi Carlile’s 2007 sophomore album, is the definitive Brandi Carlile song — the grand and towering anthem that continues to define her form of raw, emotive balladry. Plenty of people have covered “The Story” over the past 15 years, and one of those people is literally Dolly Parton. Today, […]
Midwife – “Sickworld”
Midwife is Madeline Johnston, the Denver musician who makes a dreamy, gauzy, cathartic form of music that she calls heaven metal. Last year, Midwife released a gorgeous album called Luminol, which featured what must be the prettiest Offspring cover of all time. Since then, Johnston has collaborated with Drowse, Kathryn Mohr, and her former tourmates […]
Oso Oso – “De Facto”
Earlier this year, Jade Lilitri’s emo-pop project Oso Oso released the surprise album Sore Thumb, which essentially served as Lilitri’s tribute to his late cousin and bandmate Tavish Maloney. Lilitri and Maloney recorded the songs together just before Maloney died, and the record takes on an eerie, tragic weight as a result. But Oso Oso […]
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – “Iron Lung”
Over the course of this month, the unreasonably prolific Australian psych-rock beasties King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard are going to release three brand-new albums. The first of those albums is called Ice, Death, Planets, Lungs, Mushrooms And Lava, and it’s coming later this week. That album, like the others, was built around a specific […]
Beyonce & Tiffany & Co. Lose Yourself In Love with Summer Renaissance Ad
The Summer Renaissance continues. Beyonce and the iconic jewelry house Tiffany & Co. pair up again for their new campaign, Lose Yourself In Love with Summer Renaissance”. The ad of course is soundtracked by Bey’s “Summer Renaissance”, the final track off her chart-topping album, Renaissance. The one-minute spot pays homage to the 1970’s club culture […]
Video: YG Ft. Mozzy, D3szn “How To Rob A Rapper”
Pray for me y’all. YG details his take on “How To Rob A Rapper” with his new music video featuring Mozzy and fellow 4 Hunnid rapper, D3szn. In the black-and-white clip, the Compton rapper pulls up in an old school whip in a parking lot where he meets up with his crew members one-by-one. “Catch […]