In response to the pandemic earlier this year, Bandcamp waived its own revenue share on the first Friday of every month since March giving artists all proceeds from their sales. Today, the site revealed that artists earned $40 million from those dates and pledged to continue Bandcamp Fridays in 2021. The dates will be Feb. […]
St. Vincent Promises a 'Tectonic Shift' on Her Sixth Album
St. Vincent’s new album, the follow-up to 2017’s MASSEDUCATION, is “locked and loaded,” ready for an early 2021 release, she revealed in a MOJO interview shared on Reddit. St. Vincent, born Annie Clark, joked to the British mag that, “I’m American so I will only use gun metaphors.” She told the publication to expect a “tectonic shift” […]
Lana Del Rey Makes First TV Appearance in Eight Years
Lana Del Rey performed “Let Me Love You Like A Woman” for the Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. But that wasn’t the most noteworthy element of her socially-distanced performance. The Tonight Show’s Twitter account wrote that the singer was “Making her first U.S. TV appearance in 9 years.” Though the math doesn’t technically check out (Del Rey performed […]
Nessa Barrett Delivers A Dark Cover Of “Santa Baby”
New Find: Nessa Barrett’s ‘Pain’ If you’re going to tackle a song as frequently covered as “Santa Baby,” you might as well do something a little different. Which is exactly the approach that Nessa Barrett takes. Her deliciously dark interpretation comes with crashing synths and a distinctly un-merry video. It’s another win in a year […]
Trisha Paytas Drops Theme Song For Your “Covid Christmas”
Holiday music has been embraced like never before in 2020. Usually, a couple of standards resurface every year. This time around, however, the bulk of the top 10 on the singles and albums chart is comprised of seasonal fare. It looks like we’re all looking for a bit of comfort and escapism. Which makes Trisha […]
Studio Killers Go Viral With “Jenny (I Wanna Ruin Our Friendship)”
TikTok really is a world unto itself. One minute it’s breaking new releases (think Doja Cat’s “Say So”), the next it is reviving the dead. From Melanie Martinez’s 2015 bonus track to “Play Date” to Fleetwood Mac’s seminal 1977 smash “Dreams,” there is no used-by date on the app. The latest song to have an […]
Dave Grohl and Greg Kurstin Cover Bob Dylan's 'Rainy Day Women #12 & 35' Hanukkah
Another night of Hanukkah, another cover of a Jewish artist from Dave Grohl and Foo Fighters producer Greg Kurstin. On the fifth night of the festival of lights, the duo covered Bob Dylan’s 1966 song “Rainy Day Women #12 & 35″ as the latest installment of their Hanukkah Sessions. “So now everybody must get stoned (not in the Law of Moses […]
New Music: Ransom, Stove God Cooks, Che Noir, Nicholas Craven “GoodTime”
Good times. Ransom, Stove God Cooks, and Che Noir keep it thorough on their new collaboration produced by Nicholas Craven. Anchored by Craven’s cinematic strings and keys, Ransom sets it off with his rags to riches opener. Stove God Cooks takes it back to the street life, while Che Noir caps off the tale with […]
New Video: Serial Killers, Xzibit, B-Real, Demrick “Summer Of Sam” | Rap Radar
United we stand. Xzibit, B-Real, and Demrick are all they got in their latest video off Summer Of Sam, their collaborative album as the group Serial Killers. Directed by Justin Marmostein, the trio touch on the current state of affairs alongside a pianist inside an abandoned warehouse. X-to-the-Z reps his gang and laments on the […]
New Video: SAINt JHN Ft. Lil Uzi Vert “High School Reunion, Prom” | Rap Radar
Not a cult. SAINt JHN parties like high schooler in his While The World Was Burning‘s new music video co-starring Lil Uzi Vert. Reuniting with his former classmates, JHN and Baby Pluto hosts a lit reunion at the crib. There, party-goers get wasted with an abundance of drugs, liquor, and inflatables, while a few voluptuous […]