Just last week, Drag City legends Bill Callahan and Bonnie “Prince” Billy teamed up to cover Cat Stevens with an assist from AZITA. Bill and Billy are back today with another cover, this time a version of “OD’d In Denver” by legacy country star and disgraced Monday Night Football theme song guy Hank Williams Jr. […]
Lykke Li – “BRON”
Today, the great Swedish pop dramatist Lykke Li has come out with a new single called “BRON.” It’s not a premature celebration of LeBron James and the NBA Championship that his Lakers are likely to win in the next few days. Instead, it’s the first Swedish-language single that she’s ever released. (“Bron” is Swedish for […]
Benny The Butcher – “Timeless” (Feat. Lil Wayne & Big Sean)
The Griselda rap crew are in the midst of an extremely productive goon-rap renaissance, and now Benny The Butcher, one the greatest guest-verse rappers in the game right now, has announced a new album of his own. The upcoming Burden Of Proof was produced entirely by Hit-Boy and has appearances from Lil Wayne, Big Sean, […]
Yola – “Hold On” (Feat. Brandi Carlile, Sheryl Crow, Jason Isbell, & More)
UK country-soul singer Yola has teamed up with an all-star group of likeminded artists for the new song “Hold On.” Recorded during the Highwomen’s sessions at RCA Studio A with producer Dave Cobb, the track features the country supergroup’s Brandi Carlile and Natalie Hemby on backing vocals, alongside Sheryl Crow on piano and Jason Isbell […]
Club Intl. – “Ash Is Gone”
Club Intl is the latest project from New York musician John Eatherly, the former Be Your Own Pet member who used to lead the indie rock band Public Access TV, and Chromatics’ synthpop wizard Johnny Jewel. They shared their debut single “Crush” a few months ago, and now they’re back to announce a whole album […]
Small Black – "Tampa"
Small Black, one of chillwave’s essential bands, have been quiet since releasing their 2015 album Best Blues, but today they’re back with their first new track in five years and news that they’ve signed to George Clanton and Lindsey French’s label 100% Electronica. Their new song, “Tampa,” will be included on a three-track 7″ that […]
Todd Rundgren & Rivers Cuomo Made A Ska Song Together
The veteran studio-pop wizard Todd Rundgren has a lot of wacky ideas. Historically speaking, he has usually been able to pull those ideas off. I don’t know about this one, though. Rundgren is getting ready to release a new album called Space Force. One track features Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo, and it’s a damn ska […]
Stream Dinner Party's New Album 'Dinner Party: Dessert' Feat. Snoop Dogg, Rapsody, Herbie Hancock, & More
Over the summer, the a quartet of titans at the intersection of jazz, hip-hop, and soul formed a low-stakes supergroup called Dinner Party. Terrace Martin, Kamasi Washington, Robert Glasper, and 9th Wonder comprised this dream team, and their debut album essentially featured Phoelix, a singer known for his collaborations with Noname, as an unofficial fifth […]
CupcakKe – “Elephant”
It’s been more than a year now since the great Chicago rapper CupcakKe tearfully announced that she was leaving the music business, and now it looks like we can conclusively say that that’s not going to happen. Good! CupcakKe hasn’t made a ton of music since that announcement, but she has released the singles “Lawd […]
Channel Tres – "Skate Depot"
Since dropping “Weedman” back in March, the deeply chill Compton producer and entertainer extraordinaire Channel Tres has been quiet on the solo front, but he recently got two big spotlight moments via an appearance on Disclosure’s new album and a collaboration with Robyn and SG Lewis. Now he’s back to releasing his own stuff; a […]