TV On The Radio sounded like the future. In the early 2000s, there was room for a lot of music in New York. A post-9/11 city went through upheavals, and a new scene flourished. Sometimes we think of eras more clearly delineated than they were — the early ’00s owned by the downtown Manhattan cool […]
Bush Tetras – “Bird On A Wire”
No Wave pioneers Bush Tetras are ramping up to the release of They Live In My Head, their first new LP in 11 years and first since the death of drummer Dee Pop in 2021. (Sonic Youth’s Steve Shelley has since taken over behind the kit and behind the boards.) The band already shared lead […]
Bethany Cosentino – “For A Moment”
Mazels are in order for Bethany Cosentino. Not only did the (former) Best Coast singer recently get engaged in a parking lot, but at the end of July she’ll release her debut solo album, Natural Disaster. We’ve already heard early singles “It’s Fine” and “Easy,” and now Cosentino is sharing a third album preview called […]
Rap Radar Podcast: Conway The Machine
Won’t he do it. Photos: Nickie Rose Conway The Machine lives up to his name. A year after cranking out two releases, the Buffalo native dropped another: Won’t He Do It. With a tour in full swing and collabo album with 38 Spesh on the way, The Machine isn’t showing any signs of slowing down. […]
Drake Says He Was High When He Auditioned For Degrassi
Before he was one of the most successful musical artists of all time, Aubrey Drake Graham famously rose to fame portraying the wheelchair-bound basketball star Jimmy Brooks on the teen soap opera Degrassi: The Next Generation. He has not been shy about referencing that history throughout his rap career, and today it came up again. […]
Premature Evaluation: PJ Harvey I Inside The Old Year Dying
An artist’s initial work often sets the tone for how they’re perceived for the rest of their career. So it went with PJ Harvey: Her electric early ’90s albums Dry and Rid Of Me established her as a ferocious guitarist and vocalist who chronicled womanhood with unapologetic candor — a reputation that has stuck with […]
Video: Gunna “fukumean”
Eyyuhh! Gunna brings the ratchetness out in his new video, “Fukumean”, the latest visual off his new album, a Gift & a Curse. Shot in VHS and filtered in purple, Young Gunna Wunna brings his racy lyrics to a sex shop with friends and a yacht full of women. “All of my bitches is pretty, […]
Adele Will Fucking Kill You If You Throw Shit Onstage
In recent months, there’s been a disconcerting trend at concerts around the world: Fans in the crowd are throwing objects at the singer onstage. Anecdotally, it doesn’t seem to be a revival of that old-timey cartoon bit where audience members would protest by pelting performers with produce. It’s more like people have emerged from their […]
MF DOOM’s Widow Raises Concerns With Rapper’s Treatment Before Sudden Death
The rapper and producer MF DOOM passed away in October 2020, though his death was not announced publicly until two months later. A new report contains details about his cause of death and also reveals that his widow has raised concerns about MF DOOM’s treatment before his sudden passing. His death is the subject of […]
Logic “Noell”
All I ever really needed. Logic takes it nice and slow for “Noell”, his latest release dedicated to his wife Brittney Noell. Over a soothing instrumental by himself and Kaelin Ellis, the D.M.V. rapper busts his vocal chops with a sweet serenade for wifey. “You don’t gotta talk, you don’t gotta say a word / […]