King Von takes it back to his Levon James project for the video to his collaboration with Lil Durk. Out in Atlanta, King Von’s copping a whip at a car dealership, is portrayed in an action-packed video game, and taunts a young hustler.
New Music: Black Thought “Thought vs. Everybody”
Black Thought over everybody. It’s Black Thought against the world on the first single off his Streams Of thought, Vol. 3: Cane & Abel EP (July 31). Produced by Sean C, The Roots frontman puts his back against the wall and sounds off on today’s climate with his political-driven record. Black Thought prevails.
New Music: Warren G Ft. Ty Dolla $ign “And You Know That”
How we pulling up. Back on his bullshit, Warren G leaves all the worries behind on his care-free record featuring Ty Dolla $ign. Bringing nothing but good vibes, the Long Beach O.G. reps Eastside and enjoys life to the fullest. Ty Dolla pulls up and slides through with a silky West Coast-dipped hook. Don’t act […]
New Music: Flipp Dinero “Rich Today”
TGIF. Flipp Dinero is forever rich, but today, he’s richer than ever on his new release. Over a bouncy instrumental, Flipp flexes his racks, his high-end designer and swag.
Stream SpiritWorld’s Apocalyptic Debut Album Pagan Rhythms
This is a very, very good day for heavy music. We’ve already posted the ass-stomping new albums from Sharptooth and Skeleton, and now the Las Vegas outfit SpiritWorld have come out with their full-length debut Pagan Rhythms, a blistering piece of pure evil. SpiritWorld is really just one person, the Vegas doomsayer Stu Folsom, though […]
Skeleton Release Grimy Self-Titled Metal-Punk Debut: Stream
The state of Texas has a long and proud tradition of punk bands playing metal; Power Trip, from Dallas, might be the current kings of that kind of crossover. Today, the Austin power trio Skeleton take their place in that lineage. Skeleton have been around for a few years, and they released an EP called […]
Into It. Over It. – "Living Up To Let You Down"
Evan Thomas Weiss will return this fall with his first new Into It. Over It. album in four years. The Chicago emo mainstay has not been entirely quiet lately, releasing music with projects like Pet Symmetry, but the upcoming Figures will be his main project’s first proper LP since 2016’s Standards. It’s introduced today with […]
Nick Cave Celebrates Nina Simone in Latest Essay | SPIN
While Nick Cave has admitted that he’ll likely not be coming out with protest or politically-driven music anytime soon, that doesn’t mean he won’t celebrate who does. In his latest entry for The Red Hand Files, Cave celebrates Nina Simone and her live recording of “My Sweet Lord.” Originally by George Harrison, the track was […]
Stream Sharptooth’s Hard-As-Hell New Album Transitional Forms
You’re not a feminist JUST BECAUSE YOU FUCKED ONE!” That’s Lauren Kashan, singer of the Baltimore band Sharptooth, a few songs into her band’s new album Transitional Forms. That’s Sharptooth in a nutshell: Smart and passionate and angry and unsparing. Sharptooth’s sound is a concussive big-room form of metallic hardcore, and it absolutely never lets […]
Bettye LaVette – “One More Song”
Bettye LaVette was supposed to be inducted into the Blues Music Hall Of Fame this year. And although the induction ceremony has been postponed until next spring, the 74-year-old soul singer is still celebrating the blues tradition in her own way, with the release of her new album Blackbirds. On Blackbirds, LaVette reimagines songs recorded […]