Even if you don’t know the name Starrah yet, chances are you have bopped along to one of the songs she wrote. Yes, the mastermind behind Maroon 5’s “Girls Like You,” Rihanna’s “Needed Me,” Camila Cabello’s “Havana,” Megan Thee Stallion and Beyoncé’s “Savage Remix” and many, many more, is finally ready to launch her artist […]
New Music: Smokepurpp “Said A Lotta Things”
Ooh. While under the influence, Smokepurpp has a change of heart on his intoxicating tune, which was prematurely leaked as “10 Xans”. Produced by Bobby Raps and Thank You Fizzle, Smokepurpp renigs his words and adlibs and blames it all on the nine percs and ten Xans. Someone please call 9-1-1.
New Music: 03 Greedo, Ron-RonTheProducer Ft. Key Glock “Drip Keep Going”
Drip drip. 03 Greedo and Ron-RonTheProducer’s continue their drip on their new collaboration with Key Glock. Dribbled in auto-tune, 03 Greedo and Key Glock certify their swag and bring their steelo to the streets. 03 Greedo and Ron-RonTheProducer’s Load It Up, Vol. 1 drops Friday (August 14).
New Music: THEY. “All Mine”
Forever mine. THEY. literally keeps their ladies on lock on their new single, “All Mine”. Over a smooth instrumental by Dante Jones, Drew Love serenades a former fling and puts the stamp of no love quite like his. That’s what THEY. all say. The L.A. R&B duo is readying the release of The Amanda Tape […]
Metallica Celebrates 'Black Album' Anniversary With Three-Song Performance on ‘Stern’
Metallica performed a three-song set honoring the 29th anniversary of the Black Album on the Howard Stern Show on Wednesday and, at this point, it’s fair to say that “Nothing Else Matters.” The band ran through cuts “Wherever I May Roam” and “The Unforgiven,” as well as diving into an explosive, acoustic rendition of St. Anger’s “All Within My Hands.” […]
Notorious B.I.G.’s Son Shares Electrifying 'Big Poppa' House Remix
It was all a dream for The Notorious B.I.G., but this news is legit. Biggie’s son, Christopher “C.J.” Wallace, toasted his own big poppa on Tuesday by releasing a remix of his father’s career-altering smash “Big Poppa.“ It’s the first single from the upcoming Ready to Dance album, due out in September in conjunction with Frank […]
Nick Cave Discusses Cancel Culture and Mercy in Essay
Nick Cave hasn’t been afraid to tackle unpopular issues and in his latest entry to The Red Hand Files, the singer explores mercy and cancel culture. On mercy, Cave wrote that it “allows us the ability to engage openly in free-ranging conversation — an expansion of collective discovery toward a common good. If mercy is our guide we […]
The Japanese House – "Dionne" (Feat. Justin Vernon)
Last year, the English musician Amber Bain released Good At Falling, her debut full-length as the Japanese House, which was full of slick and dreamy pop songs that paid off the promise of Bain’s early EPs. Today, she’s returning to the format she started out with by releasing a new EP called Chewing Cotton Wool. […]
Stevie Nicks Calls COVID-19 'American Horror Story'
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to plague the globe, Stevie Nicks has shared a journal entry, dated Aug. 10, that expressed her feelings about what the Fleetwood Mac singer calls “a real ‘American Horror Story”’ and strongly encourages people to put masks on. “What’s going on in our country now is a real ‘American Horror […]
Blue Hawaii – "I Felt Love"
Raphaelle Standell-Preston certainly keeps busy. A couple months ago, she released an excellent new full-length with her band Braids, Shadow Offering, which was our Album Of The Week when it came out. At the beginning of the year, she put out two new songs as Blue Hawaii, her duo with Alex “Agor” Kerby, and those […]