Teenagers aren’t just loving shoegaze now, they’re also making it. Midrift are a trio of 16- and 17-year-olds from NorCal whose 2022 song “Twin Flames” went viral. They haven’t released an album yet, but today they’re sharing the new song “into place.” “into place” is a blared-out gem with airy vocals drowned out by guitars. […]
Stream Judy And The Jerks & Shitty Life’s Incendiary New Split
Judy And The Jerks hail from Hattiesburg, MS. Shitty Life are from Parma, Italy. The two bands both play unhinged, hyperactive forms of hardcore punk that remind me of Snõõper or the Armed, and they’ve teamed up on a new 12″ that quite expectedly rips. Listen below.
Sam Smith Says They Turned Down “Cold Water,” The Major Lazer Hit That Went To Justin Bieber
Remember “Cold Water“? Major Lazer’s 2016 collab with Justin Bieber and MØ was a #2 hit, making it the Diplo-led group’s highest-charting single, and went all the way to #1 in the UK. But Bieber might not have been the first singer linked to the track. As NME points out, Sam Smith was a guest […]
Silver Scrolls – “Indoor Cat”
Four years ago, a new Polvo offshoot called Silver Scrolls released their debut album Music For Walks into the gaping void of a pandemic summer. Now the band is back with a second LP. The group, which matches Polvo singer-guitarist Dave Brylawski with drummer and multi-instrumentalist Brian Quast, will release new album Mind Lines in […]
We’ve Got A File On You: Ashlee Simpson
We’ve Got A File On You features interviews in which artists share the stories behind the extracurricular activities that dot their careers: acting gigs, guest appearances, random internet ephemera, etc. It would be an understatement to say 2004 was an explosion of pop culture. The Razr phone was all the rage, meticulously curating your MySpace […]
Trust Fund – “Has It Been A While”
UK songwriter Ellis Jones ended his Trust Fund project in 2018, but he brought it back four years later to release a steady stream of one-off singles. We’ve posted recent tracks like “london” and “our american tour.” Today, there’s a new Trust Fund song that breaks with the all-lowercase-title format. “Has It Been A While” […]
Steph Curry Dares To Suggest “Not Like Us” Is Not The Only Song In America, Jermaine Dupri Responds
Are you sick of hearing Kendrick Lamar’s chart-topping, culture-saturating, beef-winning Drake diss? So is Steph Curry. Wednesday at the US men’s basketball team’s Olympic warmup game against Serbia in Abu Dhabi, Curry — who paced the team with 24 points — was caught on camera expressing his “Not Like Us” fatigue. While the song was […]
ScHoolboy Q Suggests Tonight’s Toronto Show Was Canceled Because Of Drake
Up until now, ScHoolboy Q has only been a peripheral participant in his old comrade Kendrick Lamar’s feud with Drake. Q took part in the Black Hippy reunion at Kendrick’s Pop Out concert, and he made a quick cameo in the great video for Kendrick’s anthem “Not Like Us.” There have also been reports that […]
FIDLAR – “Down N Out”
This September, FIDLAR will return with Surviving The Dream, their first new album in five years. We heard the double single “Get Off My Wave” b/w “Fix Me” last month, and today, the garage punks are back with another one called “Down N Out.” “Down N Out” is a surf-y, slightly tongue-in-cheek song that weighs […]
Big Sean Album Reportedly Leaked In Retaliation For Kanye West Diss
Detroit rap star Big Sean got his big break when Kanye West signed him to G.O.O.D. Music in 2005. For many years, the two were close collaborators, but they’ve been on rocky terms lately. In a 2021 Drink Champs interview, West said that signing Sean was “the worst thing I’ve ever done.” More recently, Sean […]