At the very beginning of this ridiculous year, the London band Chubby And The Gang came out with one of the best punk rock debuts in recent memory. The members of Chubby And The Gang come from the UK’s huge and vital hardcore scene, and frontman Charlie Manning used to be in the hardcore bands […]
Future Islands Bring 'For Sure' to 'Colbert'
If you’ve been missing Sam Herring’s theatrical movements onstage during a Future Islands show, the band has returned to the stage, performing “For Sure” on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on Wednesday night (Oct. 7). Unlike other recorded performances, the Baltimore-based band went for a straightforward performance that will surely bring joy to some fans […]
Bleached Share New Song "Stupid Boys": Listen
Bleached impressed us with last year’s newly sober Don’t You Think You’ve Had Enough?, closing track “Shitty Ballet” in particular. Today they’re back with their first new song since then. “Stupid Boys” is built around an upbeat chorus — “Stupid boys with broken hearts/ Love to watch you fall apart” — but as Jennifer Clavin […]
OutKast's 'Stankonia' To Be Reissued for Anniversary
OutKast’s Stankonia remains one of the jewels of the Atlanta duo’s catalog. With that album turning 20 on Halloween, it makes sense that its getting the reissue treatment. The reissued album will be available digitally in 24 Bit and 360 Reality Audio on Oct. 30. The collection will feature a trio of bundles of Andre 3000 and […]
Future Islands Play Powerful 'Colbert' Performance & Stream New Album 'As Long As You Are': Watch & Listen
Baltimore art-pop warriors Future Islands may be the last band ever to blow up on the strength of a great late-night TV performance. I refer, of course, to the 2014 David Letterman performance — the one that send Letterman, then in the twilight years of his network-TV career, into giggling delight. Letterman’s not on late-night […]
New Vision From Multitalented Musician Sumen On Rock, Blues, And Rockabilly On Recent Releases
Some people happen to be lucky enough to find the craft that perfectly fits them, their abilities, and their passion. El Segundo, CA-based producer-songwriter Matt Sumen and music were meant for one another. It is enough to listen to his recent release of six separate singles to have no doubts that Sumen and music are […]
New Music: THEY. Ft. Wale “Losing Focus”
Oh oh oh. Leaving their previous feelings behind, THEY. now shifts all the focus to their new single featuring Wale. Over a nostalgic head-nodder by Dante Jones, Drew Love laments on falling out of love and losing passion, while Folarin recalls the happier times with his lover before losing interest. THEY.’s long-awaited The Amanda Tape […]
New Video: K Camp Ft. Fabo “Tatted Up” | Rap Radar
Tat tat tat it up. Nothing is more sexier than a woman “Tatted Up” in the latest video off K Camp’s album, K.I.S.S. 5. Outside of Dragon Rojo Tattoos shop in Atlanta, the RARE rapper and Fabo rap their infatuations of a female’s body art as they showcase their frames and add more ink inside […]
New Video: 21 Savage, Metro Boomin “My Dawg” | Rap Radar
The world is yours. Straight off the leash, 21 Savage is barking in latest music video off his and Metro Boomin’s latest effort, Savage Mode 2. In the Psycho Films Production, the two get their Tony Montana on while mingling with drug kingpins at a lavish compound filled with eye-candy and armed security. Elsewhere, the […]
New Video: KAYTRANADA Ft. Tinashe “The Worst In Me” | Rap Radar
Alls well over here. Producer KAYTRANADA takes it back to his BUBBA album for the dark video starring Tinashe and directed by Arnaud Deroudilhe. Inside spooky house in the woods, Tinashe dances and glams up before her evening date arrives. After servings of wine at the dining table, the two take their sexual desires into […]