Owen Pallett has surprise-released a new album called Island. It’s his first in six years, since 2014’s In Conflict. The instruments are nearly all acoustic, and it was recorded live at Abbey Road Studios with the London Contemporary Orchestra. Pallett originally wrote the album on an acoustic guitar, then conceived of them as an elaborate […]
Stream The 1975's New Album 'Notes On A Conditional Form'
The 1975 have finally released their new album, Notes On A Conditional Form, after an extended rollout that stretched out for a very, very long time. Matty Healy first announced its existence before the band’s last album, 2018’s A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships, was even finished. The rollout kicked off in earnest (sort of) […]
Lady Gaga & Ariana Grande – "Rain On Me"
Lady Gaga has finally shared the second single from her new album, Chromatica, which is now out next week. “Rain On Me” is a collaboration with Ariana Grande, who just hit #1 with a different collab with Justin Bieber. Chromatica’s lead single, “Stupid Love,” came out in February, and the Chromatica album rollout has been […]
New Music: Austin Haze Ft. Elz Jenkins & Big Cheeko “Designer”
Stay fly. Goldyard’s Austin Haze brings his “Designer” to the forefront on his new release. Backed by Dallas Austin’s son Cypress’ production, Austin Haze gets his money right, while Atlanta rappers Elz Jenkins and Big Cheeko bring heir A-Town hustles to the mix. Austin Haze is still hot from the release of his previous drops […]
El-P – "Mama's Hurt" & "That Is Al That's Left"
El-P scored the end credits of Josh Trank’s 2015 Fantastic Four reboot. And now he’s scored the entirety of the director’s new movie Capone, a biopic starring Tom Hardy as an aging Al Capone. “I grew up on film scores and they’ve always been a huge influence on me and I’ve been hoping to get […]
Rivers Cuomo Covers Green Day in Latest Zoom Session
Last week, Rivers Cuomo covered Nirvana’s “Heart-Shaped Box” in what he’s calling his Islands in the Zoom sessions. This week, he went back to the ’90s for another cover. Cuomo and his bandmates were supposed to hit the road this summer with Green Day and Fall Out Boy for the Hella Mega Tour, but, like almost everything […]
Guns N' Roses to Stream 'Not in This Lifetime' Shows
Add Guns N’ Roses to the growing list of artists who are streaming past shows while in quarantine. The rockers launched their Not in This Lifetime Selects streaming series on Thursday, with a 2019 show from Salt Lake City at Vivint Smart Home Arena serving as the first one. The 25-song show stuck closely to the […]
HAIM Makes It Six For Six With “Don’t Wanna”
HAIM Drops ‘I Know Alone’ HAIM has now released more than half of Women In Music Pt. III (due June 26) and each song has been better than or, at least, as good as the last. The eerily pandemic-appropriate “I Know Alone” remains my favorite cut from the album, but the just-released “Don’t Wanna” comes […]
The Weeknd Taps Doja Cat For “In Your Eyes” Remix
The Weeknd’s ‘In Your Eyes’ Video The Weeknd’s ’80s-influenced, synth-soaked After Hours is shaping up to be the biggest album of 2020. It has already produced two number one hits (“Heartless” and “Blinding Lights”) and could deliver a third with “In Your Eyes” — particularly now that Doja Cat has jumped on the remix. After […]
New Music: Joell Ortiz, KXNG Crooked “Memorial Day”
We all we got. In light of the Memorial Day weekend, Joell Ortiz and KXNG Crooked releasing the aptly fitting track for the holiday.. Over haunting cries by The Heatmakerz, both Joell and KXNG big up their family and bestow their life changing accomplishments. The track is off their collaborative project, H.A.R.D. dropping May 29th, […]