Drake has shared a new mixtape called Dark Lane Demo Tapes. It includes the recently-released hit “Toosie Slide” as well a couple of other songs he’s put out in the last few months, including “Oprah’s Bank Account,” “Desires,” “When To Say When,” and “Chicago Freestyle.” The project has features from Future, Young Thug, Playboi Carti, […]
Jorja Smith – "Kiss Me In The Morning"
Damien Chazelle, the director of La La Land and Whiplash, is delving into the jazz world once more with his upcoming Netflix series The Eddy. The show, created and written by Jack Thorne, stars Moonlight’s André Holland as an American expat running a jazz club — the titular Eddy — in Paris. So naturally, it […]
Kehlani – "F&MU"
Californian R&B star Kehlani announced her second studio album, It Was Good Until It Wasn’t, last week. The LP will include her recent singles “Everybody Business” and “Toxic,” which seemed to address her contentious breakup with rapper YG. And today, Kehlani has shared a third song, “F&MU,” which stands for “fuck and make up.” Produced […]
Dixie Chicks – "Julianna Calm Down"
Gaslighter, the long-awaited Dixie Chicks comeback LP, is one many albums initially scheduled for spring release that have been pushed back indefinitely while the world at large — and the music industry in particular — adjusts to coronavirus. The trio came back strong with the title track in early March, but that’s all we’ve heard […]
COVID-19 Relief Comp Has New Mount Eerie, Hand Habits, Downtown Boys, & More
The cleverly titled compilation The Song Is Coming From Inside The House contains unreleased music from two dozen underground artists, many of whom are favorites around these parts. We’re talkin’ Mount Eerie. We’re talkin’ Hand Habits. We’re talking Downtown Boys. We’re talkin’ Palehound. We’re talkin’ Gabby’s World. We’re talkin’ Sadie Dupuis. We’re talkin’ Girlpool’s Harmony […]
Aluna – "Body Pump"
London singer Aluna Francis is one half of the electronic R&B-pop duo AlunaGeorge alongside producer George Reid. (Timely fun fact: AlunaGeorge headlined the first-ever Minecraft concert back in 2016.) And now, she’s stepping out on her own, signing to Diplo’s Mad Decent label and releasing the first track from her upcoming debut solo album. “Having […]
Disheveled Cuss – “Oh My God”
If you’re into tangled and tuneful ’90s-style fuzz-rock — and if you’re reading this site, then god knows you probably are — you should be aware of Disheveled Cuss. Nick Reinhart, frontman for the Sacramento band Tera Melos, has been making music on his own under the Disheveled Cuss monicker, and it doesn’t really sound […]
Self Defense Family – "Secular Trust" & "Lust For Nuke"
Two weeks ago, the upstate New York post-hardcore collective Self Defense Family dropped a pair of new songs called “Florida Trip” and “Tissue Thin,” which they billed as a two-song EP called Kitten Beach. They followed those up last week with another one-off called “Jesus Of Nazareth.” And now they’ve delivered two more songs together […]
Ceremony Frontman Ross Farrar Starts New Band Spice, Shares Debut Single “First Feeling”
Since 2005, Ross Farrar has been the lead singer of Ceremony, the Bay Area punks who have progressed from feral hardcore to stately, stylish postpunk over the course of their existence. Last year, Ceremony released their album In The Spirit Now, and the lead single “Turn Away The Bad Thing” continues to rip extremely hard. […]
Oxford Collapse – "Dance, Dance, Dance" (Neil Young & Crazy Horse Cover)
Tomorrow, Bandcamp is once again waiving its share of sales revenue in an effort to support artists during the pandemic. Also tomorrow, not coincidentally, independent record label Comedy Minus One is releasing some new — well, previously unheard — music from the underrated mid-aughts New York indie rock band Oxford Collapse. Oxford Collapse released four […]