Scooter Braun, one of the most powerful managers in the music industry, seems to be hemorrhaging famous clients. Reports this week indicated that Ariana Grande, Demi Lovato, and Idina Menzel had all parted ways with Braun, not long after J Balvin also cut ties with him. Now the Associated Press confirms that Carly Rae Jepsen […]
Danger Mouse & Jemini – “Born Again”
Long before Danger Mouse was a go-to producer for rock bands like the Black Keys and Parquet Courts and rappers like Black Thought and A$AP Rocky, quite a while before he and Cee-Lo Green struck gold with Gnarls Barkley, and even a little bit before he made a name for himself with the Beatles/Jay-Z mashup […]
Polo G And His Brother Arrested On Kidnapping, Robbery, Assault Charges After Police Raid
Chicago rapper Polo G’s music has always been deeply entrenched in the city’s gang culture. Violent experiences in that world have haunted him on record, and unfortunately they may be catching up to him in the form of legal consequences. Early Wednesday morning, Polo G (real name Taurus Bartlett) and his younger brother Taurean, who […]
Reconstruction Site Turns 20
I have been trying to write this article for four months. I have never struggled so much or had so much fear about putting fingers to keys, never had an empty Google Doc stare back at me in such accusatory fashion. I have a tattoo on my right thigh of a car with a boat […]
Ed Sheeran Announces New Aaron Dessner-Produced Album Autumn Variations Out Next Month
All month Ed Sheeran has been letting the world know he’s releasing a new autumn-themed album. Now we know the details. Autumn Variations will arrive Sept. 29, less than five months since the release of Subtract, the last of his four albums named for arithmetic operations. (It seems like maybe he’s gonna do albums for […]
Hear Prince’s Previously Unreleased “Alice Through The Looking Glass” From New Diamonds And Pearls Expanded Reissue
Brent Faiyaz – “Moment Of Your Life” (Feat. Coco Jones)
Over the past few years, the Maryland R&B singer Brent Faiyaz has developed a personal aesthetic — adventurous, psychedelic, smoothly self-destructive — and quietly become a big star. Last year, Faiyaz released the gross but excellent album Wasteland, which debuted at #2 and hung around the top 10 for a long time. That record spun […]
Worriers – “Cloudy And 55”
Trust Your Gut, the new full-band studio album from Worriers to follow up spring’s lo-fi DIY effort Warm Blanket, is about three weeks away. Today we get one more advance single to go along with the title track and “Top 5.” It’s a sparse, nostalgic ballad called “Cloudy And 55,” and Lauren Denitzio says this […]
Illuminati Hotties’ Sarah Tudzin Sings New Song In First Episode Of Star Wars: Ahsoka
The first episode of Ahsoka, the new Star Wars series starring Rosario Dawson on Disney+, features a new song sung by Sarah Tudzin of Illuminati Hotties. The hard-rockin’ “Igyah Kah” appears during a chase scene featuring Sabine Wren (Natasha Liu Bordizzo). The impression given by the scene is that this is the song Wren is […]
Survivor Superfan Sia Has Given Almost A Million Dollars To Contestants Over The Years
Sia, the mega-successful and be-wigged songwriter and pop star, is a longtime superfan of the reality show Survivor. In 2016, Sia appeared on a Survivor reunion special and gushed about how much she loved Tai Trang, one of that season’s contestants. She told Trang that she would donate $50,000 to him personally and another $50,000 […]