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 […]
Jimmy Eat World – “Something Loud”
Jimmy Eat World have heard your cry for more emo/pop-punk, and they plan to deliver. The band has a new, very back-to-basics single out now called “Something Loud.” What’s more, the guys are launching the Something Loud tour in September with support from Charly Bliss. “Something Loud” is produced by the band and Justin Meldal-Johnson […]
Demi Lovato Goes Pop-Punk On New Single “Skin Of My Teeth”
It’s been a tumultuous few years for Demi Lovato, the former Disney pop star and current Turnstile fan. Lovato battled heroin addiction and overdosed in 2018, later revealing that they had three strokes and a heart attack after that OD. Lovato appeared on this site last year, when she became a paid “ambassador” for a […]
Dummy – “Mono Retriever” & “Pepsi Vacuum”
The LA band Dummy put quite the variety of genre tags on the Bandcamp page for their 2021 debut album Mandatory Enjoyment: alternative, diy, electronic, new age, punk, ambient, indie rock, krautrock, noise pop, shoegaze. And you know what? All of them were accurate. The band somehow sounds like everything cool all at once — […]
Khris P & Glenn Rap Over Snail Mail, Wet Leg, Nilüfer Yanya, & More On Their Gimme Indie Rock EP
Back in March, the Brooklyn-based writer/editor Andrew Matson — who also posts music to SoundCloud — got Tacoma rappers Khris P and Glenn to freestyle over a semi-unlikely sample, Big Thief’s Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You cut “Heavy Bend.” At the time, Watson said he heard “Heavy Bend” and realized it was […]
Justice Share Demo For Immortal Bloghouse Banger “D.A.N.C.E.”
This weekend marks the 15th anniversary of Justice’s 2007 debut studio album †. The French electronic duo are also playing a round of European festivals: On June 11, they’re hitting Festi’neuch in Neuchâtel, Switzerland, followed by Festival O Son Do Camiño in Spain on June 17, Solidays Festival in Paris on June 24, Mallorca Live […]
Halsey Releases “So Good” After TikTok Drama, Calls Out Venue Of Cancelled Concert
In the last couple months, several artists have taken to social media to complain about TikTok — specifically, the fact that their labels are fixated on creating viral content on TikTok. One of those artists was Halsey, who claimed they had a song ready to go but the label wouldn’t release it until there was […]
Juicy J & Pi’erre Bourne – “This Fronto”
Memphis rap legend Juicy J started off as his career as half of the production duo behind the great Three 6 Mafia, and his production work for that group and its various offshoots still casts a huge shadow over rap, both in its underground and arena-level forms. But Juicy has also had some serious success […]