The members of the diamond-hard Buffalo rap crew Griselda have been busy lately. Last month, Westside Gunn rose up to something like stardom with his much-feted Pray For Paris album. At the end of March, Westside Gunn’s brother Conway The Machine teamed up with the Alchemist to release the collaborative EP LULU. And now, a […]
Reason – "Pop Shit" (Feat. ScHoolboy Q)
The TDE-signed SoCal rapper Reason is getting ready to follow up his 2017 debut album There You Have It. It’s not clear exactly when sophomore effort New Beginnings will drop, but the latest addition to its tracklist is promising. Reason has teamed up with labelmate Schoolboy Q on “Pop Shit,” an absolutely filthy slow-creep produced […]
Stream Infant Island’s New Album Beneath
Infant Island are all-in on the screamo revival, and you should be too. The Fredricksburg, Virginia band make music that is atmospheric and pretty and towering and noisy and cathartic all at once, and it fully rules. Their 2018 self-titled album ruled, last month’s Sepulcher EP ruled, and now their newly released album Beneath rules, […]
Deerhoof Share New Song "Damaged Eyes Squinting Into The Beautiful Overhot Sun" And Teach You How To Play It
Noise-pop living legends Deerhoof announced their new album Future Teenage Cave Artists two months back, and they’ve been promoting it in cool ways. First off, we got not one but two lead singles, the title track and “The Loved One.” On 4/20, they shared a unique video for “‘Farewell’ Symphony” and previewed the entire album […]
Slowthai – “BB (Bodybag)”
The UK rapper Slowthai has never exactly been low on energy, but he’s been on an absolute fucking tear lately. Thus far this week, Slowthai has released the splattery high-energy singles “ENEMY” and “MAGIC.” Today, he’s followed those two up with a third all-caps single, this one called “BB (BODYBAG).” Maybe he’s got an album […]
Stream Luke Schneider's Ambient Pedal Steel Album 'Altar Of Harmony'
Luke Schneider has long been an in-demand sideman in Nashville, and now he’s an ambient new age composer. In both capacities, Schneider deploys the pedal steel, an instrument that usually adds some weepy twang to country songs. That’s how Schneider’s playing tends to function when he sits in with the likes of Margo Price, William […]
Sonic Youth Share Rarities EP From 1987 and All Tomorrow's Parties 2000 Show
As Lee Ranaldo told us back in February, there was going to be a bunch of activity on the Sonic Youth archival release front (that didn’t include his own activity either) this year. He certainly wasn’t lying! Today (May 15), Sonic Youth added two more releases to their Bandcamp page: the long out-of-print 1987 EP Master-Dik and a […]
Nite Jewel – “Puisque Bele Dame M’eime”
Nite Jewel is a professor now. The last time we heard from the bedroom-pop vibe-manipulator Ramona Gonzalez was nearly two years ago, when she released a two-song single that featured the tracks “On Your Own” and “The Jokes On You.” These days, Gonzalez is studying for her PhD in musicology at UCLA, and she’s also […]
Future Releases New Album 'High Off Life': Stream
Earlier this week, Atlanta sing-rap king Future announced the impending release of a new album — first titled Life Is Good, then retitled High Off Life. Future releases a lot of music, but this is only his seventh official studio LP; it’s the follow-up to last year’s The Wizrd. It’s a lot of music — […]
New Video: G Herbo “Friends & Foes” | Rap Radar
Bang! G Herbo keeps his friends close, and his enemies closer on the first single off his upcoming PTSD (Deluxe). For it’s fiery visual, the Chiraq rapper walks through a deserted town with burning tombstones, houses and then safely quarantines in the crib with his day ones. This marks G Herbo’s first official single since […]