This past Friday, Atlanta rap superstar Young Thug, who is currently incarcerated and awaiting trial on RICO gang charges, released his new album Business Is Business. The album, consisting of material that Thug recorded before his trial began, is full of appearances from huge guest stars like Drake, Future, Travis Scott, and 21 Savage. Today, […]
Charlie Martin – “Splash”
A couple years ago, Charlie Martin — the Texas musician who is also one half of Hovvdy — released his debut solo album Imaginary People, which got a deluxe edition last fall. He’s headed out on tour this week, and today has shared a new song called “Splash,” a warm, waterlogged one with Martin’s overlapping […]
Watch Jack Black Sing “Peaches” Live With The LA Philharmonic
Right now, the highest-grossing film of 2023 by far is The Super Mario Bros. Movie, and nothing is anywhere near unseating it. (Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3, the current runner-up, is still more than $200 million behind Mario.) In the Mario movie, Jack Black played the voice of the villainous Bowser, and he scored […]
Lana Del Rey’s Glastonbury Set Cut Short Because She Was Late: “I’m Super Fucking Sorry, My Hair Takes So Long To Do”
Lana Del Rey headlined Glastonbury on Saturday night, but her set was cut short after she started her performance 30 minutes late. “I was so fucking late that I’m about to rush this set today,” she said to the audience as she was coming out onto stage. “If they cut power, I’m super fucking sorry, […]
PC Music Will Stop Releasing New Music After 2023
PC Music, the label that A. G. Cook founded in 2013, will stop releasing new music after this year. “After a decade of activity, 2023 will be PC Music’s final year of new releases,” a message reads on the label’s website. “Following that, the label will be dedicated to archival projects and special reissues. We […]
The Hazmats – “Skewed View”
As previously discussed, the Hazmats are a new power-pop band out of London made up of people who play in punk, post-punk, and hardcore bands like Powerplant, Big Cheese, and Chain Of Flowers. On “Skewed View,” the A-side from their upcoming 7″, they jangle and shimmer like the greatest British indie-pop bands of the ’80s […]
Stream The Ferociously Catchy Self-Titled EP From Copenhagen/Barcelona Punks JJ & The A’s
JJ & The A’s are a combo with members in Copenhagen and Barcelona who play punk rock loud, fast, and catchy. They do it so well that you end up wondering why everybody doesn’t do it this way. The band has a new self-titled EP out today on the great London punk label La Vida […]
De-Loused In The Comatorium Turns 20
I came to At The Drive-In late. They were already broken up by the time I heard Relationship Of Command. I heard the name the Mars Volta comparatively early, though, because Cedric Bixler-Zavala was one of the guest vocalists on Rise Above: 24 Black Flag Songs To Benefit The West Memphis Three, a 2002 benefit […]
JB Dunckel – “Summer Bip Bip”
Jean-Benoît Dunckel is one half of Air, the chilled-out and luxuriant French Band™ that gave this website its name. His latest solo track as JB Dunckel is a goofy little party jam called “Summer Bip Bip” that sounds closer to Daft Punk than Air. It arrives with a remix by Mandarina that adds some extremely […]
Nicki Minaj & Ice Spice – “Barbie World”
It’s hard to imagine that Nicki Minaj, who has been using “Barbie” as a nickname for more than a decade, wouldn’t get a spot on the much-hyped Barbie movie soundtrack. Following already released contributions such as Dua Lipa’s “Dance The Night,” Karol G and Aldo Ranks’ “Watati,” and PinkPantheress’ “Angel,” Minaj teams up with Ice […]