Damon Albarn Disagrees With Bob Dylan Banning Phones From His Concerts
The new reunion-era Blur documentary To The End is out today in theaters across the UK and Ireland, with the live album Live At Wembley Stadium to follow next Friday, and Damon Albarn is making the press rounds to promote them both. Speaking to the BBC, he had some thoughts about artists such as Bob […]
Cardi B Joins Rob49 On “On Dat Money,” Says She’s Being Harassed By Joe Budden
For years now, Cardi B has been popping out with occasional tracks without getting any closer to releasing a second album. This year, the pattern continues. Thus far in 2024, she’s released her singles “Like What (Freestyle)” and “Enough (Miami),” and she’s appeared on remixes to GloRilla’s “Wanna Be” and Flo Milli’s “Never Lose Me.” […]
Midrift – “into place”
Teenagers aren’t just loving shoegaze now, they’re also making it. Midrift are a trio of 16- and 17-year-olds from NorCal whose 2022 song “Twin Flames” went viral. They haven’t released an album yet, but today they’re sharing the new song “into place.” “into place” is a blared-out gem with airy vocals drowned out by guitars. […]
Stream Judy And The Jerks & Shitty Life’s Incendiary New Split
Judy And The Jerks hail from Hattiesburg, MS. Shitty Life are from Parma, Italy. The two bands both play unhinged, hyperactive forms of hardcore punk that remind me of Snõõper or the Armed, and they’ve teamed up on a new 12″ that quite expectedly rips. Listen below.
Sam Smith Says They Turned Down “Cold Water,” The Major Lazer Hit That Went To Justin Bieber
Remember “Cold Water“? Major Lazer’s 2016 collab with Justin Bieber and MØ was a #2 hit, making it the Diplo-led group’s highest-charting single, and went all the way to #1 in the UK. But Bieber might not have been the first singer linked to the track. As NME points out, Sam Smith was a guest […]
Silver Scrolls – “Indoor Cat”
Four years ago, a new Polvo offshoot called Silver Scrolls released their debut album Music For Walks into the gaping void of a pandemic summer. Now the band is back with a second LP. The group, which matches Polvo singer-guitarist Dave Brylawski with drummer and multi-instrumentalist Brian Quast, will release new album Mind Lines in […]
We’ve Got A File On You: Ashlee Simpson
We’ve Got A File On You features interviews in which artists share the stories behind the extracurricular activities that dot their careers: acting gigs, guest appearances, random internet ephemera, etc. It would be an understatement to say 2004 was an explosion of pop culture. The Razr phone was all the rage, meticulously curating your MySpace […]
Trust Fund – “Has It Been A While”
UK songwriter Ellis Jones ended his Trust Fund project in 2018, but he brought it back four years later to release a steady stream of one-off singles. We’ve posted recent tracks like “london” and “our american tour.” Today, there’s a new Trust Fund song that breaks with the all-lowercase-title format. “Has It Been A While” […]
Steph Curry Dares To Suggest “Not Like Us” Is Not The Only Song In America, Jermaine Dupri Responds
Are you sick of hearing Kendrick Lamar’s chart-topping, culture-saturating, beef-winning Drake diss? So is Steph Curry. Wednesday at the US men’s basketball team’s Olympic warmup game against Serbia in Abu Dhabi, Curry — who paced the team with 24 points — was caught on camera expressing his “Not Like Us” fatigue. While the song was […]