Mutual Benefit is back. Jordan Lee will return this fall with his 2013-vintage Band To Watch’s first album in five years, Growing At The Edges. “I became interested in the unruly first signs of growth after a disaster, and the beautiful ways lives start to blur into each other through relationships,” Lee explained in a […]
Speedway – “Ascension” & “Walls Of Ire”
The Stockholm band Speedway have absolutely nailed a very specific style of raw, passionate melodic hardcore. They make total mosh music, but there are little things in their sound — a blazing guitar solo here, an ahhh-ahhhh backup harmony there — that make their records a tiny bit more immediate and accessible. If you’re into […]
Everyone Hates The Idol. They Kinda Like Its Soundtrack, Though.
Let me begin by saying that I have not watched The Idol. Between the eviscerating reviews and an (allegedly) toxic filming environment that resulted in phrases like “sexual torture porn” being bandied about, I figured it was best to not waste my time. There’s so much good TV out there, and I don’t like hate-watching […]
Rap Radar Podcast: Toosii
You’re favorite. Photos: Kenya Frank When it comes to music, Toosii likes to play favorites. So much in fact that his aptly titled track, “Favorite Song” is topping the Billboard charts. But Toosii isn’t satisfied just yet. The New York native wants the crown, Grammys, and most of all respect. Here, Toosii discusses his recent […]
Lil Wayne Opens ESPYs with “A Milli”
A winner here, a winner there. Rapper and sports fanatic Lil Wayne opened up the 2023 ESPY Awards with a live performance of his 2008 hit, “A Milli”. Before EPSN’s annual sports ceremony on Wednesday (Jul.12), Tunechi took the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles and altered the Bangladesh-produced hit with sports-themed lyrics. “And I’m over […]
Sunshine Convention – “Penny Lids”
If you liked the last Sunshine Convention track we posted, “Dawned On Me,” you’re probably in the market for some more extremely fuzzy, melodically charged sonic manna, yeah? Jake Whitener shared his soaring and monolithic lo-fi sing-along “The Spark” last week. Today, in one last offering before the band’s self-titled LP drops, he’s back with […]
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Video: Hit-Boy, Big Hit, Jay Worthy “Watch Out For The Riders”
Clear the road. Hit-Boy, Big Hit, and Jay Worthy bring the cars out in their new video, “Watch Out For The Riders”, which is released in partnership with LowRider Magazine. Directed by Tim Collins, the West Coast trio post up outside Pasadena’s Rose Bowl stadium where they cruise the parking lot in their Chevy convertibles. […]
Sam Gendel & Marcella Cytrynowicz – “CD”
The prolific Los Angeles-based composer and producer Sam Gendel already released one project his year, the jazzy covers album COOKUP, and he’s already got another one waiting in the wings. AUDIOBOOK is a new project from Gendel and his partner Marcella Cytrynowicz, the visual artist whose younger sister served as a vocalist on last year’s […]
Cherry Glazerr – “Soft Like A Flower”
Cherry Glazerr — the Los Angeles project led by Clementine Creevy — have announced a new album, I Don’t Want You Anymore, which is out at the end of September. Creevy co-produced the follow-up to 2019’s Stuffed & Ready with Yves Rothman, who they first teamed up with on a cover of Metallica’s “My Friend […]