There’s a certain tier of rap stardom where, if you don’t come out with a new album at least once a year, it feels like you’ve disappeared from the face of the earth. The Memphis rap great Yount Dolph is in that tier. A few years ago, Dolph was cranking out new music at an […]
Quasi – “Last Days Of The Thin Blue Line”
Since leaving Sleater-Kinney last summer, Janet Weiss has had more time to focus on Quasi, her long-running duo with ex-husband Sam Coomes. Back in April, they shared a demo of a new song called “Rotten Wrock” as part of a quarantine video series. And now, as BrooklynVegan reports, they’ve dropped a new single. “Last Days […]
Pallbearer – “Rite Of Passage”
This fall, the Arkansas doom greats Pallbearer are coming back with the new album Forgotten Days, the follow-up to 2017’s Heartless. The band recorded with SunnO)))’s Randall Dunn producing, and they honed in on sounds that would feel good to play live. We’ve already posted the album’s title track. Today, Pallbearer have shared another new […]
Stream Boldy James’ Lovely, Desolate Griselda Debut The Versace Tape
One of the great stories in rap music this year is Boldy James, the hard-nosed and craggy voiced Detroit underground rapper who has hit some kind of insane hot streak. In the past six months, James has released two albums — both full-length team-ups with producers, both excellent. First was The Price Of Tea In […]
Black Noi$e Releases New Album 'Oblivion', Feat. Earl Sweatshirt, Danny Brown, MIKE & More: Stream
Back in 2012, when Earl Sweatshirt signed to Warner Bros., he started his own imprint called Tan Cressida. Since then, Earl has released his own music on Tan Cressida, but he hasn’t released any music from anyone else, until now. Earl’s first signing to Tan Cressida is his tour DJ, the Nova Scotia-born and Detroit-raised […]
Nas Announces New Album 'King's Disease', Out Next Week, & Shares Hit-Boy Collab "Ultra Black": Listen
Over the past decade, Nas has only released two proper albums: The 2012 divorce LP Life Is Good and the disappointing 2018 Kanye West-produced quickie Nasir. Nas seems to announce and abandon new projects more often than he actually releases them. So it was a bit of a surprise when Nas announced that he’d made […]
The Flaming Lips – “Will You Return / When You Come Down”
Next month, longtime psychedelic travelers the Flaming Lips will release their new album American Head. They’ve already shared a bunch of early tracks from the album, starting months ago with the Kacey Musgraves collaboration “Flowers Of Neptune 6” and then moving on to “My Religion Is You,” “Dinosaurs On The Mountain,” and “You ‘N Me […]
Jónsi – "Cannibal" (Feat. Elizabeth Fraser)
In a couple months, Sigur Rós leader Jónsi is releasing a new album called Shiver, his first solo album since he released Go a decade ago. We’ve heard two tracks from it so far, “Swill” and the A. G. Cook-produced “Exhale,” and today he’s sharing a third, “Cannibal,” which features a rare appearance from Cocteau […]
Orville Peck & Shania Twain – "Legends Never Die"
A few months ago, masked country man Orville Peck announced a new EP called Show Pony. It was supposed to come out in the middle of June, but Peck pushed the release date back only a couple days before it was set to come out. Its release was rescheduled for tonight, and here it is. […]
The Killers – "Dying Breed"
The Killers’ new album Imploding The Mirage is coming out next week after being announced way back in November. It was originally supposed to come out at the end of May, but that date was pushed back because of the pandemic. They’ve shared a handful of singles in all that time, including “My Own Soul’s […]