The explosive and conceptual Austin rockers …And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead will return with their new album XI: BLEED HERE NOW next month. They shared two tracks upon announcing the album, and today they’re back with videos for two more, “Contra Mundum” and “Penny Candle.” The band’s Conrad Keely directed […]
Serengeti – “Sufjan Dennehy” (Feat. Sufjan Stevens)
Way back in 2006, the Chicago indie rapper Serengeti released Dennehy, an album on which he embodied the character of Kenny, an arch Chicagoan stereotype (“Favorite actor Dennehy, favorite drink O’Doul’s/ Bears, Hawks, Sox, Bulls!”) as a way to “answer to common complaints about hip-hop” and “to put the fun back in hip-hop.” Sixteen years […]
Stream Sauce Walka’s Wild New Mixtape Al Rage Walka
Houston rap maniac Sauce Walka isn’t really an albums artist. Sauce Walka puts out a lot of mixtapes — four last year, in fact — but they’re usually afterthoughts. Instead, the best way to experience Sauce Walka’s music is one song at a time. Sauce maintains a busy schedule of dropping new music videos on […]
Denzel Curry, Bun B, Jlin, & More Contribute New Songs To Apple Music’s Juneteenth 2022: Freedom Songs
Juneteenth is just over a week away, and Apple Music is celebrating the holiday with a new compilation of originals and covers called Juneteenth 2022: Freedom Songs. Available in Spatial Audio on the streaming service, the 16-song set features tracks from, in some kind of alphabetical order: Alex Isley, Brittney Spencer, 6LACK, Bun B, Cautious […]
Stream Colombian Hardcore Band Raw Brigade’s Ferocious 15-Minute Debut Album Aggressive City
The old-school straight-edge hardcore band Raw Brigade formed a few years in Bogotá, Colombia, and I’m pretty sure that at least a few members of the band are now living in the US. These days, Raw Brigade play a lot of shows in America, and they’re a sight to behold. I saw the band with […]
Consequence – “Blood Stain” (Prod. Kanye West)
Consequence and Kanye West have a long history. Way back in the early and mid-’00s, Consequence guested on several Kanye tracks — “Spaceship” from The College Dropout, “Gone” from Late Registration, various mixtape cuts, and, finally, on “Chain Heavy” from the G.O.O.D. Fridays series in 2010. Consequence released his 2007 debut Don’t Quit Your Day […]
Irreversible Entanglements – “Down To Earth” & “All You Can Do Is All You Can Do”
The prolific multi-city free jazz combo Irreversible Entanglements put out albums in 2020 and 2021, and they’re back today with a pair of tracks for the Sub Pop Singles Club. “Down To Earth” is a swirling storm with serenity at its eye thanks to Camae Ayewa (aka Moor Mother). Meanwhile the six-minute “All You Can […]
Ogbert The Nerd – “A New Kind Of Borkulator”
Few emo albums in recent years have grabbed me like I Don’t Hate You, the debut from New Jersey combo Ogbert The Nerd. Although laced with a morbid narrative (“It begins at a party and it ends at a funeral”), the record was one of those house-party ragers, rowdy rock music fit for pounding fists […]
Miya Folick – “Ordinary”
Back in April, Miya Folick released her first new song in three years, “Oh God.” That was the first preview of a forthcoming EP. Today, she’s back with another song from it called “Ordinary.” “This song is about slowing down, looking inward, taking time with the people you love,” Folick said in a statement. “Things […]
Stream Elucid’s Excellent New Art-Rap Album I Told Bessie
A couple of months ago, billy woods, one half of the great New York avant-rap duo Armand Hammer, teamed up with producer Preservation to release the solo album Aethiopes. It’s one of our favorite albums of the year thus far. Today, woods’ Armand Hammer partner Elucid, who’s also made recent projects with the Lasso and […]