Chris Isaak’s haunted 1989 sex-jam “Wicked Game” must be one of the most-covered songs ever recorded. Over the years, virtually anyone with any interest in Lynchian romanticism has tried out “Wicked Game,” to the point where it’s almost a cliché. In recent years, we’ve run an essay about all those “Wicked Game” covers, and we’ve […]
Bonny Light Horseman – "Greenland Fishery"
It’s been just over a year since Bonny Light Horseman debuted with an eponymous single. Since then the supergroup — featuring Hadestown creator Anaïs Mitchell, Fruit Bats’ Eric D. Johnson, and Josh Kaufman (who is also in Muzz with members of Interpol and the Walkmen and is therefore becoming the king of indie-rock supergroups) — […]
Hear Christian Lee Huston Cover Sum 41, Blink-182, & Kid Cudi
LA singer-songwriter Christian Lee Hutson released his Phoebe Bridgers-produced album Beginners at the end of May, and today he’s back with a covers EP called The Version Suicides. The project finds Hutson covering three songs that originally sounded nothing like his signature pensive folk-pop: Sum 41’s rap-adjacent mall-punk classic “Fat Lip,” Kid Cudi’s early MGMT […]
Midnight Oil Share "Gadigal Land," First New Song In 17 Years: Listen
The Australian rock band Midnight Oil got together way the hell back in 1972. In the ’80s and early ’90s, they became an international creative force, and they did it without easing up on their strident anti-colonialist politics. (It remains wild that Midnight Oil had a massive international hit with the 1987 single “Beds Are […]
Kali Uchis & Rico Nasty – “Aquí Yo Mando”
“WAP” is not the only Thelma & Louise-style pop-star team-up that’s come out this morning. We’ve also got the the-American singer Kali Uchis and the energetic young rap star Rico Nasty joining forces on a new single called “Aquí Yo Mando.” Kali Uchis released her EP To Feel Alive a few months ago, and Rico […]
2 Chainz – "Money Maker" (Feat. Lil Wayne)
2 Chainz and Rick Ross partook in the latest Verzuz battle last night, a clash of two titans of 2010s mainstream Southern hip-hop. Both rappers followed up the event by releasing new singles. The new 2 Chainz song pairs him with Lil Wayne, a guy who has significant history with both 2 Chainz and Rick […]
Popcaan Releases New Mixtape 'Fixtape' Featuring Drake, PARTYNEXTDOOR, More: Stream
The Jamaican artist Popcaan has been one of the biggest stars in dancehall for years, and he and Drake are close enough that Drake has a tattoo of the flaming-skull logo for Popcaan’s Unruly label. These days, Popcaan is officially a part of Drake’s OVO empire. And last night, as a sort of Jamaican Independence […]
Blink-182 – "Quarantine"
Blink-182 have released a new song called “Quarantine,” which was evidently written over the last few months. The group’s most recent full-length was 2019’s Nine. “Quarantine, fuck this disease,” goes the chorus of the new track. “I’d rather be on Star Tours or stuck at the DMV/ Quarantine, no not for me/ I thought that […]
The Weeknd & Juice WRLD – "SMILE"
The Weeknd has released a collaboration with the late rapper Juice WRLD, who died last year at the age of 21. It’s called “Smile,” and it comes on the heels of Juice’s posthumous album Legends Never Die, which came out last month and spent two weeks at the top of the Billboard album chart. In […]
Cardi B & Megan Thee Stallion – "WAP"
There was a time when Cardi B was talking about following up her radio-saturating, Grammy-winning, altogether world-conquering 2018 debut album Invasion Of Privacy within less than a year. That didn’t happen, but it looks like it may be happening now, beginning with the release of “WAP,” a new collab with Cardi’s fellow ascendant rap superstar […]