UPDATE: Check out the video below. [embedded content] Previous story: French Montana is going to be opening up his 2024 with the release of the fifth instalment in his Mac N Cheese series. Tonight, he begins the campaign for it by dropping a new single. It’s called ‘Okay’ and features Lil Baby, marking the pair’s […]
Hovvdy – “Bubba”
Last month, Hovvdy shared the song “Jean,” which found the Austin-based duo straying further from their slowcore roots. Today, they’re releasing “Bubba,” a delicate but playful ballad, piano-driven and speckled with synthesizers. It was produced by Andrew Sarlo. “The song tells a story from two perspectives: the brother (Bubba) and his sister,” Charlie Martin, one-half […]
Green Day – “Dilemma”
Next month, tireless pop-punk superstars Green Day will return with their new album Saviors, and they’ll follow it with a massive stadium tour alongside their ’90s alt-rock peers Smashing Pumpkins and Rancid. Gotta say: Saviors is shaping up nicely. We’ve already posted the first two singles, “The American Dream Is Killing Me” and “Look Ma, […]
Joanna Sternberg – “Without You”
In June, New York singer-songwriter Joanna Sternberg released I’ve Got Me, which was our Album Of The Week. Since then, they’ve shared some new music, including “Neighbors” and a cover of Adam Green’s “Dance With Me.” Today, they’re back with “Without You.” “I wrote this song in an attempt at writing a 1920’s style jazzy […]
Rap Radar Podcast: 2 Chainz
2 Chainz!! 2 Chainz is a workhorse. With a portfolio that includes a restaurant, the Atlanta legend recently opened the Candyland gentlemen’s club in his hometown. Back in the booth however, Chainz reunited with Lil Wayne for their album, Collegrove 2. Narrated by 50 Cent, the project finds the duo in the fictional trenches. Making […]
Damon Albarn Says He’s Done With The Blur Reunion For Now
Blur broke up in 2003, and the Britpop greats got back together in 2009. They’ve been back together ever since, and they’ve released two more albums since reconvening. But that reunion hasn’t been a constant thing. Earlier this year, Blur reassembled to release their new LP The Ballad Of Darren and to play their first […]
Yumi Zouma – “Desert Mile”
New Zealand’s Yumi Zouma are gearing up for EP IV, the follow-up to last year’s excellent Present Tense, which was our Album Of The Week. They’ve shared a string of alluring previews: “Kicking Up Daisies,” “be okay,” and “KPR.” Today, they’re back with the final single, “Desert Mile.” “Desert Mile” is bittersweet, sunlit indie pop, […]
Video: Dave East Ft. Jadakiss “Weirdos”
From Harlem to Y.O. Dave East and Jadakiss link up in the accompanying video to their latest collaboration, “Weirdos”. Opened with a toast from Kiss, the DevKamera-directed video spots the heavy spitters mobbing with their crews on a random night in New York as they flex their lyrical prowess. “State to state, we really traveled […]
Lil Ugly Mane – “Orange Over” & “Spill”
Lil Ugly Mane, the onetime underground rap iconoclast who’s taken a turn toward free-floating lo-fi indie rock, has been going through an intense period lately. This past summer, Lil Ugly Mane wrote a lot of troubling things in since-deleted Instagram posts and then cancelled a planned US tour. He did, however, play one show, at […]
Screamo Legends Orchid Reunite, Announce First Shows In 22 Years
One of the last remaining holdouts is no longer holding out. The fractured, chaotic hardcore punk bands who made up the late-‘90s screamo scene — the ones who basically invented screamo — are all getting back together. In recent years, we’ve seen reunions from bands like Pg. 99, City Of Caterpillar, Jeromes Dream, and Saetia. […]