BabyTron, the endlessly quotable Detroit rap phenom and Stereogum Artist To Watch, used to rap under the moniker ShittyBoyz BabyTron — his way of signaling his allegiance to the excellently named ShittyBoyz crew. BabyTron has broken out as a solo star, but he’s never forsaken his allegiance to fellow ShittyBoyz StanWill and TrDee, who are […]
Stream The New Nanci Griffith Tribute Album Feat. Steve Earle, Billy Strings, Iris DeMent, & More
In 2021, the widely beloved folk singer-songwriter Nanci Griffith died of natural causes at the age of 68. Now, Griffith’s friends, contemporaries, and admirers have put together a new tribute compilation called More Than A Whisper. There’s nothing especially surprising about the list of artists included on More Than A Whisper, which makes sense. Nanci […]
Hear Dolly Parton Cover 4 Non Blondes’ “What’s Up?” With Linda Perry
Dolly Parton is about as famously blonde as a human being can be, but she’s not going to let a little thing like that stop her from singing the one 4 Non Blondes song that everyone knows. Right now, Parton is getting ready to release ROCKSTAR, the truly ridiculous and guest-heavy rock album that she […]
Zach Bryan Releases Surprise EP Boys Of Faith Feat. Bon Iver & Noah Kahan
We should’ve known it wouldn’t take long. Earlier this week, the fast-exploding country-rock star Zach Bryan posted teasers of three new songs, including duets with Bon Iver and Vermont singer-songwriter Noah Kahan, on Twitter. Now, those songs are out in the world. This morning, Zach Bryan added to his constant flood of new music, releasing […]
DJ Shadow – “You Played Me”
DJ Shadow’s new album Action Adventure is coming in October, and he’s already shared lead single “Ozone Scraper.” Today he’s back with “You Played Me,” a song that challenges Shadow’s description of the project as a strictly instrumental affair. Accompanied by a video directed by the Reggies, it’s an ’80s-inspired synth-funk track that centers on […]
Balming Tiger – “Kamehameha”
It feels like the alternative K-pop collective and Band To Watch Balming Tiger have released a few “debut albums” at this point, but whatever. In October they’ll release January Never Dies, billed as their official debut studio album. Today’s new single “Kamehameha” is inspired by a song sung during a Korean drinking game, and it […]
Pile – “The Birds Attacked My Hot Air Balloon”
“The Birds Attacked My Hot Air Balloon” — great title. It belongs to Pile, the veteran Boston indie rockers, who’ve made it the lead single and quasi-title track from their forthcoming Hot Air Balloon EP. That one’s coming in January, so yes, we’re officially into the part of the year when artists start announcing 2024 […]
Yasmin Williams – “Dawning” (Feat. Aoife O’Donovan)
The brilliant fingerstyle guitarist Yasmin Williams will follow up 2021’s great Urban Driftwood with a new album next year — this time for Nonesuch Records. We don’t have any details on that project yet, but today Williams is teasing it with the new single “Dawning.” The song features Aoife O’Donovan on vocals, bringing the human […]
Nothing Was The Same Turns 10
“Started from the bottom [citation needed], now we here.” In the bitter cold of winter 2013, Drake once again retraced his rise. Even by millennial standards, the man has always been obsessed with his own story, his hero journey (or antihero journey) from a Canadian teen soap opera to the pinnacle of mainstream hip-hop. In […]
Jada Pinkett Smith Unearths Video Of Her & Tupac Shakur Dancing To DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince
In the late ’80s, Tupac Shakur and Jada Pinkett, two teenage classmates at the Baltimore School For The Arts, became close friends. They remained close friends into the ’90s, when Pinkett became a movie star and Shakur became maybe the most dominant rapper of his era. In 1997, the year after Shakur was murdered, Pinkett […]