WONHO Goes Solo With ‘Losing You’ It’s official. WONHO is a solo star. The K-Pop star released his first mini-album, Love Synonym #1: Right For Me, earlier today and immediately started trending worldwide. In a matter of hours, the 8-song collection cracked the top 10 on US iTunes and the video for “Open Mind,” the […]
Ozuna Links With Sia & Doja Cat On ‘ENOC’ Highlight “Del Mar”
ROSALÍA & Ozuna’s ‘Yo x Ti, Tu x Mi’ Latin superstar Ozuna just released his fourth album in four years. ENOC is a summery, 20-track odyssey that includes the hits “Caramelo” (one of the best Latin-pop songs of 2020) and “Despeinada.” Somewhat curiously, the most accessible track on the ENOC hasn’t been rolled out as […]
Lawn's New Album 'Johnny' Is Some Good Old-Fashioned Jangly, Jittery, Guitar-Powered Indie Rock
I hear you’re in the market for some indie rock! Have you considered Johnny, the new LP from New Orleans trio Lawn? Let me see if I can pique your interest here. This nifty little record hopscotches across reference points with aplomb, evoking Nap Eyes and Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever one moment, Parquet Courts and […]
Birdy Returns With “Open Your Heart” From ‘Piano Sketches’ EP
After a four-year hiatus, Birdy flies back to us with a new single called “Open Your Heart.” The first taste of Piano Sketches (due November 2) is a stunning piano ballad that showcases the Brit’s extraordinary voice and growth as a songwriter. “I feel so lost sometimes, trying to read between the lines,” she begins. […]
New Music: B.o.B. “ZZZs”
We have a drift off. Now that B.o.B.’s back putting in work, the ATLien catches the “ZZZs” on his latest release. Over eerie horns and drums, Bobby Ray’s caught in a daze, where he dodges plotted schemes, blood-thirsting vultures, gossipers and trolls. The track is off his upcoming Somnia dropping September 11, which has spawned […]
Dead Heat – “Know More Pain”
The city of Oxnard, California has a long and proud history of hardcore punk. Since the early ’80s, Oxnard has been cranking out fast, snotty, exciting music. If you care about hardcore, the big compilation that you need to know about today is the massive new fundraiser Shut It Down: Benefit For The Movement For […]
Portland Post-Hardcore Band Moonkisser Releases New EP 'Summer's Fleeting Majesty': Stream
The Portland band Moonkisser play a big, heavy form of post-hardcore, one that leans hard on grand belt-it-out choruses and guitar fuzz. If you like, you could add Moonkisser to the recent parade of bands that’s clearly been influenced by recently-returned heroes Hum, but there’s also plenty of Quicksand in Moonkisser’s emotional stomp. It’s a […]
Eddie Vedder on 'Democratic Process' of 'Gigaton'
Eddie Vedder opened up on a variety of topics — including working on new music during the global pandemic, why he finally joined Instagram and why the “democratic process” of recording Pearl Jam’s Gigaton makes it one of his favorite records — on a special fan-driven Q&A session with SiriusXM, Faithful Forum with Eddie Vedder, on […]
David Bowie's 'The Man Who Sold the World' to Be Reissued for 50th Anniversary
David Bowie’s seminal The Man Who Sold The World album is getting the 50th-anniversary treatment and will be released under its originally intended title, Metrobolist, on Nov. 6 on Parlophone Records. As with the Space Oddity 50th anniversary vinyl, as well as a 180g black vinyl edition, it will come in 2020 limited edition handwritten numbered copies […]
New Video: G-Eazy Ft. Mulatto “Down” | Rap Radar
It’s going down. G-Eazy is the male gigolo in the comical music video to his new single featuring Mulatto. Directed by Reel Goats, the video draws inspiration from the 1999 film, Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo. which finds G-Eazy as a bell boy working alongside the original movie star and actor Rob Schneider. He partakes in […]