Although the members of Luna are literally all over the world, it didn’t stop the band from collaborating on a new recording. And today (Aug. 21), they released their version of “Marquee Moon,” the 1977 title track off Television’s debut album. While they stay pretty true to the original, the video for the song is […]
New Video: 42 Dugg “Free Merey” | Rap Radar
Free Merey. 42 Dugg takes a moment to reflect on life and pushes the campaign for his friend Merey’s release on his new single. Over TayDayMadeIt’s soothing guitars, the accompanying video finds 42 Dugg and Yo Gotti during a business meeting with major label companies. Elsewhere, the Detroit rapper attends his homie’s court proceedings and […]
New Video: Baha Bank$ Ft. Chance The Rapper “Shake Dat A$$” | Rap Radar
Watch yourself. Money makers get the shaking on Baha Bank$’ new collaboration featuring Chance The Rapper. Over bass-rattling beat filled with claps, the rising Chicago rapper commandeers all her fellow ladies to drop it like its hot while she and the ladies work the floor and poles at the strip club. With the best seat […]
Napalm Death -“Amoral”
How many long-running bands have zero original members remaining? A lot, right? But how many of those bands remain revered legends and artistically vital ongoing concerns? Not many! The only one I can think of is Napalm Death, the UK extreme-metal institution. The members of Napalm Death were teenagers when they invented grindcore in the […]
Denver Hardcore Band FAIM Share Fearsome Debut Album 'Hollow Hope': Stream
The Denver band FAIM play hardcore punk so fervent and impassioned that you can practically see the beads of sweat forming on the wall of some concrete basement somewhere. They’re a politically driven, hard-left band, the kind of band who sampled James Baldwin speeches, and that stuff does not come off as an affectation. Instead, […]
Punk Supergroup Be Well Release Debut Album 'The Weight And The Cost': Stream
The legendary Boston hardcore band Bane broke up four years ago, but they’ve been enjoying a surge of nostalgia and renewed interest lately. Earlier this summer, the great videographer Sunny Singh posted a video of Bane’s full two-hour farewell show on his Hate5Six video channel, and within the genre, it’s been one of the events […]
Amber Mark – "Thong Song" (Sisqo Cover)
For the past few months, dance-adjacent R&B singer and Artist To Watch Amber Mark has been sharing new self-recorded covers and originals as part of her COVERED-19 quarantine series. These have included “Waiting (Demo),” “1984,” and a cover of Nirvana’s “Heart-Shaped Box.” And now, for the series’ final installment, she’s chosen an unexpected cover: Sisqo’s […]
Mark Lanegan and Earth's Dylan Carlson Cover Galaxie 500's "Summertime"
Screaming Trees alum Mark Lanegan and Earth singer/guitarist Dylan Carlson dropped their take on “Summertime” as part of the ongoing Galaxie 500 series, a video project of 20 bands covering songs from the short-lived but influential trio that formed in the late ’80s. The initial plan was a concert of Galaxie 500 covers in conjunction with Record […]
Chief Keef & Mike Will Made-It Announce Collaborative Album, Share Single "Bang Bang": Listen
Last week, the Chicago rapper Chief Keef turned 25. That is insane. Keith Cozart has been one of the most influential figures in rap music for nearly a decade, and it’s hard to even picture how the present-day musical landscape would sound without him. And yet the man has only been old enough to rent […]
CHAI & Hinds – “United Girls Rock’n’roll Club”
The eccentric Tokyo DIY-pop group CHAI and the poppy Madrid garage-rock group Hinds have joined forces for a new collaborative single. “‘UNITED GIRLS ROCK’N’ROLL CLUB’ is a song that screams GIRL POWER!” CHAI and Hinds say in a press release. “You might be from different countries, different languages, but at the end of the day, […]