Halsey’s new album If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power is out now. The pop star worked on it with Nine Inch Nails’ Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, and in our Premature Evaluation review we wrote that it’s “a collaboration that should please Halsey fans and Nine Inch Nails fans alike.” Halsey sat down […]
Baby Keem – “Family Ties” (Feat. Kendrick Lamar)
We’ve been in a Kendrick Lamar drought these last few years. Few features, little news. But last week Lamar returned with a note which said that he’s not ready to drop his new album but that he has indeed been working on it. He also said that his upcoming album would be his last with […]
Kacey Musgraves – “justified”
Earlier this week, Kacey Musgraves officially announced her Golden Hour follow-up star-crossed, which will be out in just two weeks time. She also shared its title track, a rippling opening number that sets the scene for the rest of the album. It was more of an introduction than a proper single, and she’s already back […]
Annie Blackman – “Glitch”
Earlier this year, Annie Blackman made her Father/Daughter Records debut with a trio of songs that were pretty and swirling and immersive. Today, she’s back with another new single, “Glitch,” that’s much more pithy and direct. It’s one of those songs where the words start tumbling out and don’t stop and Blackman has a lot […]
Stream Gorillaz’s New Meanwhile EP
Gorillaz have released a new three-track EP called Meanwhile. A celebration of the Notting Hill Carnival, which is cancelled this year due to the pandemic, and the band’s West London home, Meanwhile features collaborations with rappers AJ Tracey and Jelani Blackman and the Jamaica-born dancehall star Alicaì Harley. Gorillaz debuted all three songs during a […]
Preview John Coltrane’s Previously Unreleased A Love Supreme: Live In Seattle Featuring Pharoah Sanders
It’s been over 50 years after John Coltrane’s death and we’re still discovering new recordings. The jazz legend rarely played his 1965 masterpiece A Love Supreme live, and until now, the only recorded public performance available took place at a French festival in 1965. But now, following the release of the lost album Both Directions […]
Video: Joyner Lucas, Lil Tjay “Dreams Unfold”
For the kids. Joyner Lucas is for the kids in the video to his new single featuring Lil Tjay. Directed by Joyner Lucas and Ben Proulx, Lucas and Lil Tjay give their take on the influence of hip hop on kids. Impersonating various characters idolized by children, Lucas plays a Santa giving guns and drugs […]
Nothing – “Amber Gambler”
Nothing, pioneers of the heavy music to shoegaze pipeline, have announced The Great Dismal B-Sides, a collection of tracks recording during the sessions for the Philadelphia band’s 2020 album The Great Dismal. It will include three brand new songs: “The Great Dismal,” “Amber Gambler,” and a cover of the Delfonics’ “La La Means I Love […]
Patti Smith – “Blame It On The Sun” (Stevie Wonder Cover)
Patti Smith has released a new live EP, the latest installment of Spotify and Electric Lady Studios’ Live At Electric Lady series also featuring Japanese Breakfast, Faye Webster, Bleachers, and more. Smith’s seven-track EP includes a number of her own songs in addition to covers of Bob Dylan’s “One Too Many Mornings” and Stevie Wonder’s […]
Hand Habits – “No Difference”
Meg Duffy announced their new Hand Habits album Fun House, the follow-up to 2019’s excellent placeholder, last month. The LP was produced by Sasami Ashworth and engineered by King Tuff’s Kyle Thomas, and lead single “Aquamarine,” one of our favorite songs of the week when it came out, was a successful sonic departure that ventured […]