In the years since he moved from Ohio to Texas and went solo, former Black Swans leader Jerry David DeCicca has fashioned himself in the lineage of the singer-songwriters he so reveres, ranging from titanic figures like Townes Van Zandt and Bob Dylan (whose new album Decicca recently “reviewed” in entertaining fashion) to the many […]
Mariah Carey Drops “Someday” & “There’s Got To Be A Way” Remixes
Mimi Drops ‘The Live Debut’ EP It’s time to face the facts. Mariah Carey is a literal saint and deserves to be acknowledged as such. The 5-octave angel is celebrating the 30th anniversary of her debut album by releasing goodies every Friday. Mimi got the ball rolling last week with The Live Debut — 1990 […]
Thundercat Wrote the New 'ThunderCats' Theme Song
It wouldn’t be right if Thundercat didn’t write a song for the new ThunderCats series, right? With all that’s wrong in the world, you can take solace that at least they got something right with this one. At a virtual Comic-Con panel that took place today (July 23), not only was the bassist known as Stephen Bruner […]
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 […]
Lydia Loveless – "Love Is Not Enough"
The four years since Real have been a time of constant personal change for sharp-tongued country-rocker Lydia Loveless. She got divorced from her husband and longtime bassist. She moved from her home state of Ohio to North Carolina. She parted ways with Bloodshot Records after accusing the label of enabling sexual harassment. All that upheaval […]
Tinashe's "Rascal (Superstar)" Video Is Seriously So Much Fun
Tinashe has a new song called “Rascal (Superstar)” out today. Sadly, it is not a cover of RMR’s Rascal Flatts cover, but on the other hand it’s probably better this way. After all, this fully original new Tinashe jam is more than a novelty. “Rascal (Superstar)” is one of several tracks Tinashe has released since […]
New Music: Lupe Fiasco, Kaelin Ellis Ft. Virgil Abloh “Shoes”
Sole to Soul. Lupe Fiasco and Orlando producer Kaelin Ellis have just announced a joint EP, House, and lace up the kicks on its first offering featuring fashion icon, Vigil Abloh. Over Kaelin’s jazzy and boom bap production, Lupe ties sneaker culture and the current events on the powerful record. Virgil provides a narrative that […]
Moses Sumney – "Monumental"
Just a few months ago, Moses Sumney released a remarkable new album, græ. The album had some stunning video components, most of them helmed by Sumney himself, and he’s extending that visual flair to a new ad campaign for the fashion designer Thom Browne. In a video for the campaign that Sumney directed, he puts […]
Pop Smoke Releases Posthumous Debut Album 'Shoot For The Stars, Aim For The Moon': Stream
The idea of a posthumous debut album sounds like a bad joke, but that’s what Pop Smoke has just released. Pop Smoke, the 20-year-old Brooklyn drill phenom, had just released Meet The Woo 2, his second mixtape, when he was murdered in Los Angeles earlier this year. At the time, Pop Smoke was at an […]
Stream Animal Collective's New 'Bridge To Quiet' EP
Animal Collective have released a new EP called Bridge To Quiet. They announced it yesterday in a newsletter where they also addressed some adjustments to the AnCo discography by changing the name of their 2003 album and the artwork for a 2006 EP citing racist stereotypes. The new Bridge To Quiet was put together during […]