Much of the music world is coming together this week to support those protesting in Minneapolis and throughout the country after the murder of George Floyd. On Friday afternoon (May 29), Bon Iver and frontman Justin Vernon announced on Instagram that the group — along with the Rhymesayers label (which is based in Minneapolis) and […]
Chappell Roan’s Hot Streak Continues With “California”
Chappell Roan’s ‘Pink Pony Club’ 2020 is shaping up to be a breakthrough year for Chappell Roan. The singer/songwriter got the ball rolling by a genre-defying, LGBTQ+ anthem called “Pink Pony Club” and then followed it up with an exquisitely crafted ballad called “Love Me Anyway.” She now makes it a hat-trick of perfect singles […]
Music Festival in Kansas City Approved to Take Place in September
From Governors Ball to Coachella, most big-time music festivals called off or postponed their 2020 festivities due to social-distancing regulations and experts’ beliefs that concerts won’t return until fall 2021. But in Kansas City, local officials and concert organizers aren’t deterred from allowing the three-day, 40-plus-act Dancefestopia 2020 to take place in September. The ninth-annual […]
Zella Day Drops Disco-Tinged Bop “My Game”
Zella Day’s ‘People Are Strangers’ After a five-year hiatus, Zella Day returned to the music scene in April with a hazy ballad called “People Are Strangers” — and, believe it or not, it was absolutely worth the wait. The first taste of Where Does The Devil Hide (an EP due August 28) shimmers and shines […]
Omar Rodriguez-Lopez to Release 3 LP Set 'The Clouds Hill Tapes'
Omar Rodríguez-López will release his first physical solo album since 2012. The At the Drive-In and Mars Volta guitarist will release The Clouds Hill Tapes, in July. The 3 LP collection features 20 songs produced by Johann Scheerer and performed by Rodríguez-López and a range of guest musicians. Some of the songs were recorded as far back […]
New Music: Ne-Yo, Jeremih “U 2 Luv”
Don’t want nobody else. Ne-Yo only wants you to love on his brand new single with Jeremih. Inspired by Zapp & Roger’s “Computer Love”, Ne-Yo gives his lady PDA and bubbly shots, while Jeremih follows his heart french kisses and stoned love.
New Music: G-Eazy “Stan By Me”
Dear stan, Fresh off the announcement of his Everything’s Strange Here, G-Eazy releases the latest single off the upcoming concept LP. Over an upbeat production by Marshmello, Young Gerald vents on fame, love, money and everything else in between. Everything’s Strange Here on June 5.
New Music: GASHI “Paranoid”
Someone set me free. Enter the demented mind GASHI on his brand new track. Over an electro beat, the Brooklyn-based artist belts illusions of suspicions and fear. Can’t no one kill his vibe.
Drakeo The Ruler Announces New Mixtape 'Thank You For Using GTL', Shares New Songs "GTA IV" & "Backflip Or Sumn": Listen
A couple of years ago, Drakeo The Ruler looked like the future of West Coast rap. Drakeo had made a huge impact on the LA underground with his weird, sidelong half-muttered flow and with his cutting sense of gallows humor. Right now, though, Drakeo is in jail, awaiting trial for murder — a crime for […]
Switchfoot to Cover Frank Ocean, Vampire Weekend Harry Styles On New EP
Harry Styles, Coachella headliner Frank Ocean, Vampire Weekend and the Verve once had nothing in common. Well, now they do. Alt-rock quintet Switchfoot announced a new EP of covers this week — appropriately titled Covers – with the group’s first single, a rendition of Ocean’s 2011 Nostalgia, Ultra cut “Swim Good,” released today (May 29). The EP also […]