Birdy Returns With ‘Open Your Heart After a four-year hiatus, Birdy returned earlier this month with an achingly lovely ballad called “Open Your Heart.” She now follows that up with “Island Lights,” another haunting cut from her upcoming Piano Sketches EP (due November 2). “Somehow, we have to make a start, should make it back […]
Sabrina Carpenter Joins Zara Larsson For “Wow” Remix
Zara Larsson Drops ‘Love Me Land’ Sabrina Carpenter joins Zara Larsson for the remix of “Wow,” which is only fitting. After all, the Marshmello-produced banger became a belated streaming hit thanks to a placement in Sabrina’s Netflix movie, Work It. Originally released in 2019, “Wow” came and went without making too much noise. Happily, fate […]
Justin Vernon of Bon Iver Performs '22 (OVER S∞∞N)' on 'Late Show'
In the last week, Justin Vernon of Bon Iver has raised the stakes in helping get out the vote. His Eaux Claires Festival launched a voting initiative earlier this week where if Wisconsin natives sign up to vote, they’ll be entered into a contest where they can have a private meeting with him. Continuing his get out the […]
Lydia Ainsworth – "Good Times" (Chic Cover)
Chic’s #1 disco-funk classic “Good Times” has been sampled many times, but how about a cover? Lydia Ainsworth delivered a more frigid synth-pop version of the track for the EVER NEW benefit comp earlier this month, but most of that album is not streaming anymore. Fortunately, Ainsworth has shared the track through her own channels. […]
Bfb Da Packman Enlists Wiz Khalifa for 'Fun Time' Video
One of our favorite rappers to emerge this year has been Bfb Da Packman. After first appearing in June’s Blue Chips, our monthly column on new hip-hop, we spoke with Packman earlier this year about his rise from being a star regional rapper to possibly something bigger. Packman went to L.A. earlier this year, which […]
Reason – “Sauce” (Feat. Vince Staples)
TDE-signed Southern California rapper Reason — very much not to be confused with Logic — is getting ready to release his sophomore album New Beginnings. He’s shared songs with Schoolboy Q and Boogie and Ab-Soul already. And for his latest track, he’s teamed up with fellow California rapper Vince Staples. The braggadocious “Sauce” finds both […]
Polo G – “Epidemic”
The young Chicago star Polo G is a master of depressive melodic rap music, and he’s been on a major career upswing lately. After making one of the best rap albums of 2020 with his platinum debut Die A Legend, Polo came out with the sophomore LP THE GOAT earlier this year. It’s already gold, […]
Stream Atlanta Rap Supergroup Spillage Village’s New Album Spilligion
Spillage Village is the Atlanta rap collective founded by J.I.D and EARTHGANG that now counts 6LACK, Mereba, Hollywood JB, Jurdan Bryant, and Benji amongst its members. Today, they’re finally releasing Spilligion, their major-label debut and follow-up to their 2016 project Bears Like This Too Much. Since the release of Bears Like This Too Much, Spillage […]
Chris Stapleton – “Cold”
Later this fall, the big-voiced country-music statesman Chris Stapleton will release the new album Starting Over. Stapleton recorded the new LP, the follow-up to 2017’s twin From A Room albums, in Nashville’s storied RCA Studio A, doing things old-school. The album features appearances from Mike Campbell and Benmont Tench, two former members of Tom Petty’s […]
Swae Lee – "Dance Like No One’s Watching"
Swae Lee, my guy, we need to talk. You have one of the most distinctive and beautiful voices in modern pop music, capable of eerily hypnotic moonbeam melodies and chirping rap bars alike. More than anything, that voice is what caught people’s attention about Rae Sremmurd, your hip-hop duo with your brother Slim Jxmmi. It […]