Atlanta-based singer and songwriter Khiy announces the release of her latest music video for the hit single titled “Jamaican Me Happy,” a beautiful blend of soulful reggae hymns and soothing r&b tones. “Jamaican Me Happy” finds Khiy continuing to stretch in new musical directions while maintaining a strong core of Hip-Hop elements. In fact, you […]
Stevie Wonder – "Can't Put It In The Hands Of Fate" & "Where Is Our Love Song"
Stevie Wonder has released two new songs today, “Can’t Put It In The Hands Of Fate” and “Where Is Our Love Song.” The former features verses from Rapsody, Cordae, Chika, and Busta Rhymes, while the latter is a collaboration with Gary Clark Jr. These are Wonder’s first new solo tracks in quite a while. In […]
Sun June – "Karen O"
Karen O! You know her: Yeah Yeah Yeahs leader and all around agreed upon badass. She’s an inspiration to many, including the promising young Texas band Sun June, who are releasing their sophomore album Somewhere next year. They shared “Singing” from it a few weeks ago and today they’re offering up “Karen O,” a lilting […]
Claud – "Gold"
Last week, Phoebe Bridgers announced that she was starting a new label called Saddest Factory (some wordplay on “satisfactory”) — an imprint of her current home at Dead Oceans — and today she’s announced the label’s first release. It’s a new single from the 21-year-old upstart Claud, who started releasing music a couple years ago […]
Squirrel Flower – "Explain It To Me" (Liz Phair Cover) & "Chicago"
Artist To Watch Squirrel Flower released her debut album, I Was Born Swimming, at the beginning of the year. A few months ago, she put out a cover of Caroline Polachek’s “So Hot You’re Hurting My Feelings” and today she has another cover ready to go. This time she reached a little bit further back […]
European Screamo Bands Mališa Bahat & Zmar Release Ferocious New Split: Stream
I don’t understand how the British Columbia indie label Zegema Beach can possibly function. The label operates almost exclusively within the world of screamo — the convulsive and emotionally wracked hardcore subgenre that’s been having a bit of a revival lately — and it puts out so much music. Once a week, something new seems […]
Metallica Announce Acoustic 'Helping Hands' Streaming Benefit Show
Metallica’s second “All Within My Hands Helping Hands” acoustic concert and auction will be the band’s first-ever worldwide pay-per-view event. This special gig benefitting the band’s All Within My Hands foundation will stream live from Metallica HQ on Nov. 14 at 2 pm PST. The event is named after the band’s 2003 song, “All Within My […]
Lande Hekt – “80 Days Of Rain”
At the beginning of next year, Muncie Girls leader Lande Hekt is releasing her debut solo album, Going To Hell. We’ve heard “Whiskey” from it already and today she’s sharing another track, “80 Days Of Rain,” a chiming track about a constant downpour that keeps you down. Its chorus is especially gripping, Hekt’s muffled voice […]
Napalm Death's Shane Embury Revives Side Project Blood From A Soul With Converge's Jacob Bannon, Announces New Album, Shares New Song "Debris Of Dreams": Listen
27 years ago, Shane Embury started a new band. Embury, the longtime bassist of extreme metal legends Napalm Death, formed Blood From The Soul, a one-off side project with Lou Koller, frontman of New York hardcore legends Sick Of It All. Together, they made To Spite The Gland That Breeds, an album that didn’t really […]
The Body – "A Lament"
The ferociously reliable noise duo the Body put out their last proper album, I Have Fought Against It, But I Can’t Any Longer, in 2018 and since then they’ve been involved in two collaborative albums with Uniform, the Sightless Pit album and, most recently, a dancey team-up with MSC called I Don’t Ever Want To […]