Mastodon are tough to categorize in the first place, but the prog-metal band’s upcoming eighth album sounds like it will be impossible to pigeonhole. Drummer Brann Dailor detailed the project’s sprawling sonic landscapes in a new interview with Metal Hammer, calling it “all over the map.” “There’s some big, big heavy riffs that are happening, […]
New Video: Trav Ft. NAV “Pradaaa Shoes” | Rap Radar
Prada shoes with the strap. Trav and NAV lace up their Pradas and reunite in the matching visuals to their new single Showcasing the high-end designer wear throughout, the Queens rapper kicks back on the couch with a few ladies and a table stacked with money. NAV flosses in icy jewelry while rapping his verse […]
Bandcamp's First Friday Fundraisers to Continue Through the Rest of the Year
Bandcamp’s First Friday fundraisers — where all sales have gone directly to the artists — will continue through the end of 2020. In a statement on the company’s website, CEO Ethan Diamond outlined the decision to keep the program going. “We started Bandcamp Fridays back in March to support artists impacted by the pandemic, and […]
Fruit Bats Cover Smashing Pumpkins' 'Siamese Dream'
Fruit Bats will release a full-LP cover of Smashing Pumpkins’ Siamese Dream on August 21 via Turntable Kitchen’s SOUNDS DELICIOUS subscription series. They previewed the record with a folky version of “Today,” which finds bandleader Eric D. Johnson sweetly crooning over acoustic strums, synth pads, and brushed drums. The revamped Siamese Dream will be out […]
Fruit Bats – "Today" (Smashing Pumpkins Cover)
Eric D. Johnson revived his longstanding indie-folk project Fruit Bats in 2015, just two years after discontinuing it. Lately he’s busied himself with Bonny Light Horseman, his supergroup alongside Hadestown creator Anaïs Mitchell and sideman extraordinaire Josh Kaufman (Craig Finn, the National, Muzz, etc.). But now he has a new Fruit Bats project on the […]
Are Big Boi and Kate Bush Finally Collaborating?
Big Boi and Kate Bush in the studio together? While some would not put these two on a song together, Big Boi has been a huge fan of the UK artist’s music. In a recent interview with SiriusXM Volume, the Outkast member opened up about his admiration for Bush. “I love Kate Bush. That’s my […]
Jaga Jazzist – “Tomita”
Norwegian experimental jazz collective Jaga Jazzist are releasing their new album Pyramid next month. They’ve already shared one single, the sprawling, synthed-out “Spiral Era.” And now we’re getting another. “Tomita,” a blissfully spacey groove named after the Japanese synthesizer music pioneer Isao Tomita, comes with an animated music video directed by Jengo. “The upbeat pace […]
Bartees Strange – “Mustang”
Bartees Strange is a young musician based in Washington, DC. He makes intense emo-punk records and works as an environmental lobbyist, and he’s spent much of 2020 covering the work of the National. Back in March, Strange released Goodbye To Pretty Boy, an album of reimagined versions of songs by the National. Earlier this month, […]
Ricky Reed, Jim James, & Duendita – "Us (How Sweet It Was)"
Although he spent many years in the late ’00s and early ’10s attempting to break through with his Oakland-based pop-leaning hip-hop project Wallpaper., Ricky Reed found his true calling this past decade as a go-to producer for acts such as Lizzo, Twenty One Pilots, Meghan Trainor, the Weeknd, Jason Derulo, and Halsey. He’s worked with […]
New Music: J.Cole “Lion King On Ice”
Hakuna Matata! J.Cole returns to the throne with his second release off his upcoming The Fall Off. Produced by himself, T-Minus, and JetsonMade, Young Simba kicks it up a notch for some soul searching and reminisces on his come up and rise to fame. Up, up and away. The track coincides with his previous release […]