Waterslide, Diving Board, Ladder To The Sky — that’s a great album title. It belongs to a great band, Porridge Radio, who’ll release it later this month on the same day they launch a massive transcontinental tour. Today the Brighton indie band has added a new leg to that jaunt — their first North American […]
Lady Gaga – “Hold My Hand”
The long-awaited legacy sequel Top Gun: Maverick is finally set to come out later this month; I feel like I’ve been watching trailers for that thing for like four years. Today, in the run-up to release, Lady Gaga has shared her grand-gesture movie theme “Hold My Hand,” which is basically being positioned as the “Danger […]
Damn The Witch Siren – “Vulture Culture”
The Columbus alt-pop duo Damn The Witch Siren have been hustling hard for years, and it seems to be paying off for them. The band is all over Poser, Ori Segev and Noah Dixon’s feature film set in the Columbus music scene, which premiered at Tribeca last fall and is seeing release this year through […]
Deerhoof, Empath, Water From Your Eyes, & More Have Songs On New Comp Benefitting Striking Workers
Yesterday was May Day, also known as International Workers’ Day. To celebrate, DC-based Gardenhead Records released a gigantic compilation album to raise money for strike funds. Per the Bandcamp page, “Proceeds will go towards ongoing strikes and unionization efforts as well as the contributing artists.” The 47-track comp features a lot of impressive names from […]
S. Raekwon – “Single Mom’s Day”
The NYC-based Buffalo native S. Raekwon — the genre-straddling singer-songwriter Steven Raekwon Reynolds — released his debut album Where I’m At Now last year on Father/Daughter. Today he’s back with a powerful new song about the love between a mother and a son. Reynolds is celebrating Mother’s Day a few days early with the release […]
Stream UK Hardcore Greats The Flex’s Ferocious New Album Chewing Gum For The Ears
Four years ago, I went to an aftershow for a punk festival where all the bands seemed to fit a certain theme. On a four-act bill, most of the bands had at least one member who wore a Sepultura shirt, and all of them had frontmen who eventually took their shirts off. As the night […]
Stream Action Bronson’s Beautifully Ridiculous New Album Cocodrillo Turbo
A few years ago, it seemed like New York rap absurdist Action Bronson might take a sincere run at mainstream stardom. Instead, though, Bronson became a cable-TV gadfly and occasional movie-cameo guy, and he kept making truly ridiculous rap music. These days, when Bronson does release music, he’s back in the free-associate insanity zone of […]
Your Old Droog – “Mind Your Business”
The New York rapper Your Old Droog continues to release extremely good music at an insane pace. Thus far in 2022, Droog has already given us two projects: Tha Wolf On Wall St 2: The American Dream, a collaborative album with Tha God Fahim, and YOD Wave, a solo effort produced entirely by Nicholas Craven. […]
DOMi & JD Beck Sign To Anderson .Paak’s Label, Share “Smile” Video Feat. Mac DeMarco & Thundercat
French keyboardist Domi Louna and American drummer JD Beck are a quirky young duo performing funky jazz under the name DOMi & JD Beck. They recently became the first act signed to Anderson .Paak’s new Blue Note imprint APESHIT! Today they’re sharing their debut single “Smile” along with a star-studded music video. “Smile” is a […]
Givēon – “Lie Again”
The deep-voiced Long Beach R&B singer Givēon has become a star over the past few years, and he’s worked with big-time figures like Drake and Justin Bieber. Listening to his music, though, you might not know that Givēon has a lot to celebrate. Today, Givēon has followed “For Tonight,” the single he released back in […]