The tremendously gifted young Chicago rapper Saba is up to something. Saba has a new song called “Mrs. Whoever” that’s apparently been on YouTube as an unlisted video, just lurking there, since July. Over the past few days, Saba has been tweeting cryptic clues. Last night, those clues finally led people to the song and […]
Elton John Announces Career-Spanning Rarities Collection: Hear "Sing Me No Sad Songs"
Big-time Father John Misty fan Elton John has been in career retrospective mode for a good long while now. He released a saucy memoir and oversaw his own fantastical biopic. He launched a three-year-long farewell tour, now in limbo due to the pandemic. And today he has announced Elton: Jewel Box, a box set featuring […]
Tomberlin – "Hours"
Tomberlin is following up her stellar 2018 debut At Weddings with a new EP, Projections, next month. Last month, she shared “Wasted,” which topped our best songs of the week list, and today she’s back with the EP’s opening track, “Hours,” an unspooling flutter that feels like floating. “You’re always talking shit and I’m always […]
David Byrne Launches 'We Are Not Divided' Multimedia Journalism Project
David Byrne has announced a new multimedia journalism-focused project titled We Are Not Divided. The project is born from Reasons to Be Cheerful, Byrne’s solutions-based online magazine. It will bring together dozens of written features, infographics, video content, and other interactive storytelling to infuse the public dialogue with a perspective that highlights the human capacity for […]
Michael Stipe Calls Donald Trump a 'Sack of Lies,' Discusses New Music With Seth Meyers
Michael Stipe appeared on Late Night With Seth Meyers on Wednesday night (Sept. 16) to talk about his online installtion with PlanYourVote.org. But before the two could discuss the R.E.M. singer’s initiative, Stipe had to express his thoughts on the current U.S. president. “He started as a failed Midtown real estate developer,” he told Meyers, […]
Sugar World – "Time To Kill"
The San Diego-based band Sugar World, made up of Katryn Macko and Ryan Stanley (previously of Naps), have released a couple singles in the past year, including “Sad In Heaven” and “We Fell In Love,” and most recently they covered songs by Chromatics and Yo La Tengo. They’re working up to a debut album, and […]
New Music: Papoose Ft. Conway The Machine, French Montana “Kickback”
Kick back with Pap. Papoose is popping off with his new single featuring Conway The Machine and French Montana, and it’s landing on his Endangered Species album dropping October 9. Backed by a Coke Boy-infused hook from Montana, Pap unloads a few rounds of clever metaphors, while Griselda’s machine empties his clip with his street-influenced […]
New Music: Willie The Kid Ft. Curren$y “Brewster’s Millions”
30 for 300. Willie The Kid and Curren$y vision millions on their new collaboration. Inspired by the 1985 comedy film starring Richard Pryor and John Candy, Willie and Spitta trade raps full of ambition, hustle, and cars over a dark soulful loop by The Alchemist. Willie The Kid’s Capital Gains drops October 2.
Nine Inch Nails' Soundtracks for 'Quake' and 'The Social Network' Reissued on Vinyl
Over the past decade or so, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross have become two of the most sought after composers in Hollywood. Now, two of Nine Inch Nails’ earlier soundtracks have been reissued on vinyl. In 1996, Reznor composed the score for Quake, a first-person shooter game and it’s on vinyl for the first time. Additionally, 2010’s […]
Tim Heidecker – “Property” (Feat. Weyes Blood)
Tim Heidecker is mostly known as an actor and comedian. He did excellent work in the scene from Jordan Peele’s Us, for instance, where he got brutally murdered while listening to the Beach Boys’ “Good Vibrations.” But Heidecker also has a side hustle making vaguely satirical ’70s-style singer-songwriter music. Heidecker recorded his new album Fear […]