Kevin Abstract, former leader of the defunct LA-based rap crew Brockhampton, has apparently made a rock album. Brockhampton released their final LP The Family last year. Last night, Abstract played a solo show in the Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever Cemetery. Abstract announced that show only a few days earlier; it was his first solo […]
Artist To Watch: Bobby TooTact
Harlem rapper Bobby TooTact doesn’t like Eric Adams, New York’s mayor and top cop, as a person or a mayor. When given the chance, TooTact is willing to shout this out, to absolutely everyone and absolutely nobody, outside his housing project on St. Nicholas Avenue in Harlem. Here, in this recreational alley behind the building […]
Ice Spice Addresses Matty Healy’s Podcast Comments For The First Time
Earlier this year, the 1975 frontman Matty Healy was a guest on the podcast The Adam Friedland Show, and he mentioned attempting to slide into the DMs of Ice Spice, the fast-rising Bronx rap star. Friedland and his co-host Nick Mullen went on to make a bunch of racist jokes while attempting to guess Ice […]
Epic Games Selling Bandcamp A Year After Acquiring It
Last year, Epic Games, the video game company behind Fortnite, acquired Bandcamp, the much-loved music store and streaming/editorial platform. Bandcamp users freaked out, and the indie label Topshelf claimed that Bandcamp asked them not to stop supporting Bandcamp employees’ attempts to unionize. But Bandcamp employees still unionized, and as a passive consumer, Bandcamp never changed. […]
The Rolling Stones – “Sweet Sounds Of Heaven” (Feat. Lady Gaga & Stevie Wonder)
When the Rolling Stones officially announced Hackney Diamonds — their first album of original material in 18 years — and released lead single “Angry,” the band teased some high-profile guests on the LP. Two of them converge on the Stones’ new single out today. “Sweet Sounds Of Heaven” is a slow-burn gospel-inflected ballad that features […]
Holy Fawn – “Glóandi”
Last year, Holy Fawn, a very good heavy shoegaze band from Phoenix, released an exceptional album called Dimensional Bleed. Next month, Holy Fawn will head out on an American tour with Caracara. Today, they’ve released a lovely new six-minute track called “Glóandi.” Google tells me that “Glóandi” is Icelandic for “glowing.” Maybe they speak a […]
Stream Maxo’s New Album Debbie’s Son
Earlier this year, the chilled-out and introspective Southern California Maxo released Even God Has A Sense Of Humor, his first and apparently last album for Def Jam. Earlier this month, Maxo announced plans to release Debbie’s Son, his second album of 2023, on his own SMILEFORME label, and he shared its first single, the Zelooperz […]
Maria BC – “Still”
Last month, Maria BC announced a new album, Spike Field, their follow-up to last year’s Hyaline and their Sacred Bones Records debut. The Oakland-based musician shared a pair of songs from it alongside the announcement, “Amber” and “Watcher.” Today, they’re back with another single, the gently-building “Still.” “I wrote the piano part for this track […]
Underworld – “denver luna (acappella)”
Underworld, ’90s heroes of British rave, have been playing big festivals all year, and they released a massive single called “and the colour red” back in April. Today, the long-running duo has followed that single with “denver luna (acappella),” a new track with a surprisingly accurate title. “denver luna (acappella)” is a short song, just […]
Watch boygenius Debut Another New Song, “Afraid Of Heights,” In Boston
It’s been a big year for boygenius. In March, the indie-superstar trio of Julien Baker, Lucy Dacus, and Phoebe Bridgers released the record, their full-length debut and the first thing that any of the group’s members had ever released on a major label. They’ve played a whole lot of huge shows since then, and they’re […]