The Fiery Furnaces, the perversely unique musical project of siblings Eleanor and Matthew Friedberger, was supposed to be on the road playing reunion shows this summer. Or at least they were on the lineup for a music festival that has since been cancelled due to the pandemic like everything else, so presumably they had other […]
Weezer Turn 'Hero' Into Piano Ballad on 'Fallon'
When Weezer released their latest song, “Hero,” back in May, it became a touching tribute to the healthcare workers working on the frontlines to battle COVID-19. But the band’s performance of the song on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, showed a new side to the otherwise epic track. Rivers Cuomo sat at his piano […]
Swae Lee – “Reality Check”
When you see that Swae Lee, the sing-rapping half of Rae Sremmurd, has a new single called “Reality Check,” you might think that he’s the latest in the recent wave of not-really-political rappers to come out with a Black Lives Matter protest song. Nope! “Reality Check,” it turns out, is more about existing in a […]
New Video: Saweetie “Tap In” | Rap Radar
Tap, tap, tap in. Saweetie lets the whistle blow on the first single off her upcoming album, Pretty Bitch Music. Over a flip of Too $hort’s classic by Dr. Luke, the “My Type” hitmaker brings flaunts her itty-bitty waist, phat ass, and her flamboyant demeanor in the vibrant music video. Ayy!
New Music: Saweetie “Tap In”
Tap, tap, tap in. Saweetie lets the whistle blow on the first single off her upcoming album, Pretty Bitch Music. Over a flip of Too $hort’s classic by Dr. Luke, the “My Type” hitmaker brings her ICY flow to the summer banger and flaunts her itty-bitty waist, phat ass, and her flamboyant demeanor. Ayy!
New Music: J.Cole “Snow On Tha Bluff”
The sun is shining today. In the midst of the ongoing protests on racial inequality and police brutality, J.Cole breaks silence with his first solo record of the year. Over a gentle production by himself and Kelvin “Wu10” Wooten, Jermaine addresses racism, police brutality, wealth inequality, and his struggles of activism after strolling through a […]
Liz Phair Sings New Song About Twitter's New Voice Feature on Twitter
Liz Phair is a great follow on Twitter. If you haven’t had the chance to, now’s a good time. Why do you ask? Well, there’s good reason besides the obvious. On Wednesday, Twitter rolled out a new feature where you can audio tweet (you read correctly) in 140 seconds (get it?), and Phair decided to […]
Dennis Lloyd Introduces His Debut Album With “Alien”
Dennis Lloyd’s ‘Never Go Back’ Dennis Lloyd broke internationally when “Nevermind” went viral in 2018 (it had originally been released two years earlier). That song garnered hundreds of millions of streams and eventually peaked at number 86 on the Billboard Hot 100. The Israeli hitmaker now returns with the lead single from his much-anticipated debut […]
Deftones Reissuing 'White Pony' With 'Black Stallion' Alternate Album
In honor of the 20th anniversary of Deftones’ classic White Pony record, the group announced Wednesday that they’ll be releasing an updated version of the project with an alternate remix disc titled Black Stallion. The news comes as the group teases new material slated for September, with singer Chino Moreno saying in a Zoom press conference today […]
Saweetie Drops Too $hort-Sampling Bop “Tap In”
Saweetie & GALXARA’s ‘Sway With Me’ After Nicki Minaj had a monopoly on the female rap game for the best part of a decade, the landscape is rapidly changing. Cardi B was the first real challenger, but not the last. This year alone, Doja Cat and Megan Thee Stallion have landed number one hits — […]