The Arkansas native Ashley McBryde spent years playing bars, writing songs for other artists, and releasing independent albums before finally joining the mainstream country universe and releasing the major-label debut Girl Going Nowhere in 2018. That album ruled. McBryde’s voice is a heavy, wounded, expressive twang, and she’s got a powerful knack for story-songs about […]
Stream Purity Ring's New Album 'WOMB'
It’s been more than five years since Purity Ring blessed us with Another Eternity, their unduly slept-on sophomore LP. That was the release on which Megan James and Corin Roddick nudged the pioneering electro-pop sounds of their darkly glittering debut Shrines toward a brighter, poppier center while maintaining their mystical essence. I’d argue they more […]
Stream Rod Wave’s New Album Pray 4 Love
At the end of last year, the young Florida artist Rod Wave broke out huge with his Ghetto Gospel mixtape, becoming a word-of-mouth streaming star. Rod Wave, from St. Petersburg, followed the NBA YoungBoy trajectory, blowing up among teenagers on YouTube before anyone older even noticed. (Wave is 20, so he’s only just barely finished […]
Stream Headie One And Fred again..'s 'GANG' Mixtape Feat. Jamie xx, FKA twigs, & Sampha
British drill rapper Headie One has teamed up with producer Fred again… for a new mixtape called GANG. It features contributions from Jamie xx, FKA Twigs, and Sampha; slowthai is also sampled on a track. Headie One was released from prison on Thursday after being sentenced to six months in January for possession of a […]
The 1975 – "Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America" (Feat. Phoebe Bridgers)
Another new 1975 song has arrived. The rollout to their new album Notes On A Conditional Form has, of course, been lengthy — that is, if you even consider it a separate rollout from the Brief Inquiry era. So far, we have heard the latest iteration of the “The 1975,” “People,” “Frail State Of Mind,” […]
Drake – "Toosie Slide"
Drake, who has somehow successfully managed to capitalize on every trend for over a decade now, is naturally big on TikTok. He’s had songs go viral on the massive meme music app already, but his latest single is the first that’s specifically targeting users on the app. Tonight, Drake is releasing a new song called […]
Here's A Metalcore Cover Of Joe Exotic's "Here Kitty Kitty"
Besides our looming end-times pandemic, Tiger King is all that anyone can talk about as of late. Titular king Joe Exotic is currently serving a 22-year prison sentence for animal abuse and federal murder-for-hire charges. (He’s currently in isolation after inmates at his prison were diagnosed with COVID-19.) But Joe Exotic’s songs still remain. The […]
Turbo, Gunna, & Young Thug – “Quarantine Clean”
The coronavirus pandemic has brought so many areas of American life to a standstill, but the constant stream of Atlanta trap music will not change for anybody or anything. It will simply adjust. That’s what’s happening on “Quarantine Clean,” the new single from Georgia producer Turbo, newly minted rap star Gunna, and influential enigma Young […]
Kllo – "Still Here"
Melbourne singer Chloe Kaul released her debut solo material as Chloe Kae earlier this year, but it turns out her main band has been hard at work as well. Kllo, Kaul’s electronic pop duo with Nearly Oratorio’s Simon Lam, just announced a new album called Maybe We Could for release this July. Maybe We Could’s […]
Stream Yaeji’s New Mixtape WHAT WE DREW 우리가 그려왔던 & Watch Her “Drawing With Yaeji” Livestream
Today, Yaeji has finally released her new WHAT WE DREW 우리가 그려왔던 mixtape, her first full-length project after years of exciting-as-hell singles, EPs, collaborations, and remixes. It is, as expected, very good. And to celebrate the release, the NYC-via-Seoul house-pop auteur is keeping up with the zeitgeist by hosting a livestream. Or, rather, “a live […]