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 […]
Hear Kelly Clarkson’s Full Studio Cover Of Radiohead’s “Fake Plastic Trees”
Kelly Clarkson sings a lot of covers. In fact, she regularly opens her show by doing so. In semi-recent times alone, we’ve heard her sing everything from “How Soon Is Now?” to “Where Is My Mind?” to “Welcome To The Black Parade.” Now, she’s dropping a whole EP called Kellyoke. Kellyoke features Clarkson singing a […]
Dust Star – “Nothing In My Head”
Dust Star are a new band made up of Justin Jurgens, formerly of Sirs, and Cameron Wisch, who we last heard heading up the short-lived band Cende and before that playing with Porches. Jurgens and Wisch decided to start a band together after an LSD-fueled Halloween night out in Joshua Tree a few years back, […]
King Princess – “Cursed” & “Too Bad”
Back in March, King Princess returned with a new song called “For My Friends,” with promise of a forthcoming album called Hold On Baby. Now that’s official: Hold On Baby will arrive at the end of July. King Princess produced the album alongside a ton of collaborators, including Mark Ronson, Ethan Gruska, Aaron Dessner, Bryce […]
Moor Mother – “Woody Shaw” (Feat. Melanie Charles)
Camae Ayewa is back with the announcement of a new Moor Mother album. It’s called Jazz Codes, and it’s billed as a companion piece to last year’s Black Encyclopedia Of The Air. It’s also out in just a few weeks, at the very beginning of July. “It’s poetry that drives this album,” Ayewa said in […]
Kal Marks – “Ovation”
The Boston band Kal Marks has been a going concern for over a decade now, and for most of that time it was the same three people. But in 2020, the group splintered apart. Leader Carl Shane decided to keep Kal Marks together by rounding up a new band: A Deer A Horse’s Dylan Teggart, […]
Stream awakebutstillinbed & for your health’s Exhilarating Split EP hymns for the scorned
Last month the mercurial emo Band To Watch alums awakebutstillinbed and for your health announced a split EP called hymns for the scorned. This was exciting in theory and even more so in practice based on the pair of songs they shared with the announcement. Now, ahead of the project’s official release date Friday, the […]