Electronic Arts just announced the soundtrack to Madden NFL 21, the latest installment of their long-running football video game series. And in addition to the Anderson .Paak x Rick Ross team-up we already posted today, there’s a whole lot of other stuff. Stuff like “Backstage Pass,” an unexpected collaboration between Chicago-based rapper Smino, producer Monte […]
Osees – “If I Had My Way”
In addition to juggling side projects like Damaged Bug and Bent Arcana, John Dwyer recently announced Protean Threat, the latest album from his endlessly prolific garage-rock institution Osees (fka Oh Sees, among other things). And today, following lead single “Dreary Nonsense” (which was anything but), they’re back with the groovy, swaggering “If I Had My […]
Anderson .Paak – “CUT EM IN” (Feat. Rick Ross)
On Anderson .Paak’s last single “Lockdown” and its attendant remix with J.I.D, Noname, and Jay Rock, he grappled with weighty topics like racism and police brutality in America. But on new song “CUT EM IN,” featuring Rick Ross and produced by Hit-Boy, G. Ry, and Corbett, he’s all about the money. The track will be […]
Nickelback’s Cover Of “The Devil Went Down To Georgia” Is Not As Good As Korn’s Cover Of “The Devil Went Down To Georgia”
Last month, the country and Southern rock veteran Charlie Daniels died of a hemorrhagic stroke at the age of 83. Shortly after Daniels’ death, something weird happened. Korn, titans of the ’90s nü-metal explosion, started a Bandcamp account, got together with the Southern rapper Yelawolf, and released a cover of “The Devil Went Down To […]
Partner – "Rock Is My Rock"
Just yesterday, Partner returned with a new song called “Hello And Welcome.” While they’ve released covers and one-offs intermittently in the past couple years, the song — and its charmingly quirky cartoon video — both seemed to signal the beginning of a new era. As it turns out, that’s very much the case: Today, the […]
Ruston Kelly – “Under The Sun”
Nashville singer-songwriter Ruston Kelly is about to release his new album Shape & Destroy, his second collection of heart-wrecking songs reckoning with his own past, at the end of the month. We’ve already heard a number of them — “Brave,” “Rubber” and “Radio Cloud,” “Pressure” — and now we’re hearing another, the hopeful, heart-on-sleeve “Under […]
Young Dolph Releases New Album 'Rich Slave': Stream
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 […]