Taylor Swift stopped by the Beacon Theatre in New York today to screen her All Too Well short film. In addition to attending the screening (part of Tribeca Film Festival), Swift gave a surprise acoustic performance of “All Too Well” (the 10-minute version) and sat down for a half-hour chat about filmmaking with writer-director Mike […]
Options – “Toast”
I don’t remember why I followed Chicago audio engineer Seth Engel’s band Options on Bandcamp, but I’m glad I did because the lead single from their new album is good. The song, “Toast,” leads off the forthcoming Swimming Feeling on a catchy yet pleasingly disjointed note. There are bits of Cars-style power-pop and emo in […]
Watch FKA Twigs Debut New Song “Killer” In Tiny Desk Concert
At the beginning of this year, FKA Twigs reemerged with a mixtape called CAPRISONGS. True to the mixtape nature, it was a looser, more laidback collection than what we’ve heard from Twigs in the past, which perhaps suggested it was a transition to something else on the horizon. In the past couple days, she’s also […]
…And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead – “Contra Mundum” & “Penny Candle”
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 […]