Kamaiyah, the Bay Area rap great, has had a tough run in terms of industry hype cycles over the past few years. But she’s kept up a steady stream of new music over the past year or so, and it seems to be building toward something. After releasing three EPs last year, in January she […]
Vic Mensa – “Strawberry Louis Vuitton” (Feat. Thundercat & Maeta)
Last year, Chicago rapper Vic Mensa teamed up with his old friend Chance The Rapper on the single “Wraith,” and the two rappers also worked together to put on a big music festival in Ghana. Today, Mensa has followed that single with a spaced-out new love-rap ballad called “Strawberry Louis Vuitton.” “Strawberry Louis Vuitton” features […]
Sam Smith Revels In Self-Acceptance & Sexual Healing On Gloria
The Sam Smith of 2023 has come a long way from the Sam Smith who sang on Disclosure’s 2012 hit “Latch,” then parlayed that success into 2014’s Grammy-winning neo-soul triumph In The Lonely Hour. The Sam Smith of yesteryear was a balladeer, a brokenhearted sentimentalist praying for salvation by way of romantic love. Three albums […]
Rick Astley Sues Yung Gravy For Imitating His Voice On “Betty (Get Money)”
Rick “Never Gonna Give You Up” Astley is suing Yung Gravy for allegedly ripping off his vocals. According to TMZ, Astley filed a lawsuit on Thursday in Los Angeles accusing Gravy’s Billboard Hot 100 single “Betty (Get Money)” of using an impersonated version of his voice from the 1987 hit. Astley also claims that Gravy […]
Nuovo Testamento – “Heat”
In December, Los Angeles/Bologna Hi-NRG band Nuovo Testamento announced the follow-up to their 2021 debut, New Earth. Love Lines will be out in March and features the already-released lead single “Heartbeat.” Today, we’re getting another track from the album. “Heat” comes with a video directed by Gamal Sharaf El Deen and is all ’80s drum […]
Sacramento R&B Fest Sol Blume Announces 2023 Lineup Headlined By Brent Faiyaz & Kehlani
R&B/soul/hip-hop fest Sol Blume is set to return for a fourth year on April 29-30 at Discovery Park near Downtown Sacramento. Headlining the fest this year will be Kehlani and Brent Faiyaz, and additional performers include Ella Mai, Nao, Sabrina Claudio, Mariah The Scientist, Amber Mark, LaRussell, Rini, Mereba, Isaiah Rashad, Joey Bada$$, Teyana Taylor, […]
Atlanta Rhythm Section’s Dean Daughtry Dead At 76
Dean Daughtry, keyboardist and co-founder of Southern soft-rock act Atlanta Rhythm Section, has died. The band posted an official statement on their social-media accounts, writing: “For 49 years he never missed a gig, until his health forced him to retire a couple of years ago, cutting short his goal of 50 years. He was like […]
NJ’s Bamboozle Reveals 2023 Lineup: “The Festival Will Not Have High Priced Headliners”
Bamboozle festival in New Jersey will return this year for the first time since 2012. Celebrating its 20th anniversary, the fest goes down May 5-7 at Bader Field in Atlantic City. Today, Bamboozle founder John D’Esposito put out a statement noting that “the festival will not have high priced headliners, as we brought it back […]
Britney Spears Asks Fans To Respect Her Privacy After Calls To Police: “This Felt Like I Was Being Gaslit And Bullied”
Britney Spears has deactivated her Instagram account numerous times in recent months, and she did it again Wednesday, a few days after changing her username to River Red. In response to the accounts disappearance, some of her fans called her local police department asking them to check up on her. The cops did indeed show […]
Bodywash – “Massif Central”
Montreal dream-pop/shoegaze duo Bodywash — aka Chris Steward and Rosie Long Decter — are announcing their new album, I Held the Shape While I Could, which follows their 2019 debut LP Comforter. Since Comforter, Bodywash have shared singles like 2020’s “Follow” and last year’s “Kind Of Light,” the latter of which will show up on […]