Listen up. Flipping through her timeline, Janelle Monae spreads awareness with her uplifting single. Produced by Nate “Rocket” Wonder, Janelle Monae salutes those on the frontlines fighting for democracy, as well as their fight against racial inequalities, white supremacy, systemic racism and oppression. The inspiring track is lifted from the Amazon Studios upcoming documentary, All […]
New Video: Conway The Machine Ft. Method Man “Lemon”
Lemonade anyone? Conway The Machine and Method Man give their grimy collaboration its matching visuals. Highlighted in various bright yellow gear and facial masks, Conway narrates hood tales from his apartment to a local bodega with his crew. Following a cameo by N.O.R.E., Johnny Blaze lets off his super-natural flow while color coordinating in a […]
Kiiara, DeathbyRomy & PVRIS Team Up For “Numb”
Kiiara Returns With ‘I Still Do’ With artfully-crafted gems like “I Still Do” and “Never Let You,” Kiiara’s debut album (due later this fall) is coming together nicely. Today, the 25-year-old reveals another piece of the puzzle with “Numb” — an emo-anthem featuring DeathbyRomy and PVRIS. “Too many people have tried to control me over […]
Janelle Monáe Returns With Timely “Turntables”
Janelle Monáe returns with a timely new single called “Turntables.” Taken from the documentary All In: The Fight For Democracy, the political anthem is the R&B icon’s first release since 2018’s Dirty Computer. “I’ve been flipping through my timeline, trying to get my mind right,” she begins the track. “I got to cool down, but […]
Fiona Apple To Perform at New Yorker Festival
Fiona Apple is slated to perform virtually at this year’s New Yorker Festival on Oct. 10. The show begins at 8 p.m. EDT and will also feature the singer in conversation with the magazine’s Emily Nussbaum. Tickets are $19.95 and available here. The Grammy-winning singer/songwriter has put out five studio albums since 1996, most recently, Fetch […]
beabadoobee Shares New Single "Worth It": Listen
beabadoobee is releasing her debut album, Fake It Flowers, next month. So far, the London-based artist has shared two songs from it, “Care” and “Sorry,” and today she’s back with a third, “Worth It,” a chugging and compressed track about not wanting to fall back into bad relationship patterns. “Say that we’re making a connection […]
Blue Hawaii – "Not My Boss"
At the end of the month, Blue Hawaii are releasing a new EP called Under 1 House. They’ve shared two tracks from it already — “I Felt Love” and “Feelin” — and today we’re getting a third, “Not A Boss.” It’s a cascading throb about love under capitalism. “When am I gonna find someone who […]
Soul Glo Announce New EP 'Songs To Yeet At The Sun', Share New Single "(Quietly) Do The Right Thing": Listen
The Philadelphia band Soul Glo make frantic, angry, politically charged hardcore punk. Their take on mosh-music is urgent and experimental, and it’s informed by lived experiences. The members of Soul Glo are Black, and they have always used their music to attack the combustible, fucked-up racial dynamics at work in America. You can hear that […]
Lana Del Rey and Jack Antonoff Discuss Progress on New Album, Performing with Joan Baez | SPIN
While we were all hoping that Lana Del Rey’s Chemtrails Over the Country Club would be out by now, unfortunately, the waiting continues. In fact, Interview magazine just released the transcription of a phone conversation between Rey and frequent collaborator and friend Jack Antonoff that revealed that the new album isn’t done yet. While Rey […]
Homeboy Sandman – “Trauma” (Prod. Quelle Chris)
Mello Music Group labelmates Homeboy Sandman and Quelle Chris popped up on each others’ tracks recently. They toured together last year. And now, the Queens underground rap veteran and the Detroit-raised, Brooklyn-based rapper/producer have announced that they’re releasing a whole album together. Don’t Feed The Monster was produced entirely by Quelle Chris, and he’s also […]