Bluegrass star Billy Strings wrote a song about a fan wanted by Tulsa police for stealing a Taylor Swift poster. A couple days ago, the Tulsa Police Department posted some photos of a man wearing a “Billy Strings” hat after he took a Swift Eras Tour poster from a local AMC. Strings proceeded to write […]
Yasiin Bey Explains Why Drake Isn’t Hip-Hop, Relates His Music To Shopping At Target
Yasiin Bey, formerly Mos Def, has racked up years of credibility in rap since launching his career in 1994. On a new episode of the fashion podcast The Cutting Room Floor, he was asked if he considered Drake to be hip hop, a question that clearly stressed him out. “Why you doing this to me?” […]
NBA YoungBoy Releases Charlamagne Tha God Diss ‘Act A Donkey’ — Listen
Charlamagne Tha God gave NBA YoungBoy Donkey of the Day the other day for some comments he made about being a father in an interview with Bootleg Kev. YB said that he wasn’t a big fan of fatherhood, despite having eleven kids. Charlamagne called it wack and said that if YoungBoy talks big money, he […]
The Black Keys – “Beautiful People (Stay High)”
The Black Keys are entering another pop crossover phase — or at least they’re trying to. The Akron-native duo are coming back this spring with a new album called Ohio Players. In a Mojo report last year, they called it “our Saturday-night party record.” Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney took inspiration for the album from […]
Jelly Roll Speaks At Senate Hearing About Fentanyl Epidemic
The rap-country musician Jelly Roll, real name Jason DeFord, spoke at a Senate hearing on Thursday about the fentanyl epidemic, urging lawmakers to adopt legislation limiting the distribution of the synthetic opioid. “At every concert I perform, I witness the heartbreaking impact of fentanyl,” he said during his appearance, via The Hill. “I see fans […]
Maxband – “Nothing’s Changed”
Maxband is a project headed up by Parquet Courts drummer Max Savage. They’ve been around for a few years now; most recently, they released an EP called Top Of The Stairs in 2020. In 2018, they put out Perfect Strangers, which was originally billed as an album but I guess has now been reclassified as […]
Superchunk – “Everybody Dies”
Superchunk already delivered one of rock ‘n’ roll’s most moving treatises on death with “Me & You & Jackie Mittoo,” in which Mac MacCaughan declares, “I hate music/ What is it worth/ Can’t bring anyone back to this earth.” They’ve returned to the subject today with “Everybody Dies,” the A-side from a new 7″. “Everybody […]
Helado Negro – “Best For You And Me”
Next month, Roberto Carlos Lange, the electronic musician and songwriter who records under the name Helado Negro, will release his new album Phasor. It’s inspired by Lange’s recent move to Asheville and by his visit to the SAL MAR machine, a complex new vintage-synth sound generator, at the University Of Illinois. We’ve already posted first […]
Machine Gun Kelly Addresses Backlash Over Razor Blade Guitar
Machine Gun Kelly recently returned to rapping after spending a few years in the pop-punk trenches and repeatedly trolling the universe. The pop-punk phase may be ending, but apparently MGK is still a useful marketing figure for reasons related to both pop-punk and trolling. Schecter recently introduced a line of Machine Gun Kelly signature guitars, […]
Middle Kids – “Terrible News”
Next month, Sydney alt-rock trio Middle Kids will release their new album Faith Crisis Pt. 1. The band recorded the LP in the UK, and bassist Tim Fitz co-produced it with Jonathan Gilmore, who’s collaborated with the 1975 and Rina Sawayama. We’ve already posted the early singles “Bootleg Firecracker,” “Dramamine,” and “Bend.” Today, Middle Kids […]