Mosswood Meltdown is returning to Oakland next July, and today, they’ve teased the lineup for their 2025 iteration. It’ll include Devo, Osees, and Oakland’s own Kreayshawn — of viral “Gucci Gucci” fame — doing her first proper show in over a decade. Again hosted by John Waters, Mosswood Meltdown 2025 will mark the first time […]

Fresh off of touring with Wallows in North America and Olivia Rodrigo in Australia, New Zealand alt-pop player BENEE has a brand-new single for us. Titled “Animal,” this new one follows September’s “Sad Boiii.” Both will show up on her forthcoming album, which drops next year. Upbeat and anthemic, “Animal” has a clear hip-hop influence, […]

In the history of annoying journalism clichés, no one’s ever embodied a “rapper’s rapper” as much as Freddie Gibbs. When he’s not sharing vivid D-Boy recollections or laughing at fallen enemies, he’ll make time to own it. Otherwise, critics like me will prescribe it for him, noting a gravelly baritone that emits intensity and the […]