Behold the truth. After months of anticipation, Earl Sweatshirt and The Alchemist finally release their collaborative project, Voir Dire. Locked in at 13 tracks, the frequent West Coast collaborators spearhead the set with “Sentry” featuring MIKE and “The Caliphate” alongside Long Beach’s Vince Staples. Other tracks include “Vin Skully“, “100 High Street”, “My Brother, The […]
HEALTH – “Children Of Sorrow” & “Sicko”
The doomy, atmospheric LA rock trio HEALTH have been in the collaborative zone for years now. Their last two albums, 2020’s DISCO4 :: PART I and 2022’s DISCO4 :: PART II, are made up entirely of team-ups with artists like Nine Inch Nails, JPEGMAFIA, 100 gecs, and Soccer Mommy. They were awesome. Now, HEALTH are […]
Mia Joy – “More Green”
The atmospheric, Korn-quoting Chicago singer-songwriter Mia Joy has a new EP on the way. It’s called Celestial Mirror, and it’s preceded today by lead single “More Green.” The song begins as a meditative synth mirage and unfolds into a steadily drifting dream, vast and magnificent in a homespun way. Listen below. Celestial Mirror is out […]
Premature Evaluation: Sufjan Stevens Javelin
Sufjan Stevens is going to trick you. He’s going to start the songs on his new album Javelin in hushed and minimal Carrie & Lowell mode, and then those songs are going to explode into electro-organic widescreen pageantry that seems to blur his whole career together — like the somber splendor of Michigan cut with […]
Tems – “Me & U”
The Nigerian star Tems hasn’t released an album yet, but she’s already hit some tremendous career landmarks: An appearance on a #1 hit, an Oscar nomination, a performance at the NBA All-Star Game halftime show. Today, Tems has a new single, and it’s a good one. Tems’ new song “Me & U” has nothing to […]
Aesop Rock – “By The River”
“I like rivers, I like rivers.” That’s how Aesop Rock opens “By The River,” his new song, and that line is not figurative. Aes, the veteran underground-rap eccentric, is getting ready to release his new album Integrated Tech Solutions, and we’ve already posted first single “Mindful Solutionism.” That song is a slightly satiric discussion of […]
Video: Tems “Me & U”
Faith to believe and receive. After a relatively quiet year, Nigerian singer Tems is back with her latest single, “Me & U”, which is accompanied by its music video. Directed by herself, the Grammy-winning artist is centered in the exotic island of Malta where she soul searches and builds a stronger relationship with the Lord. […]
Watch FKA twigs Preview New Album In Performance At Valentino’s Paris Fashion Week Show
At the beginning of last year, FKA twigs released Caprisongs, which she labelled as a mixtape rather than an album. If you stick with her definition, twigs hasn’t come out with a proper album since 2019’s Magdalene. But twigs reportedly has a new LP in the works. Last year, she followed Caprisongs with her single […]
YNW Melly Charged With Witness Tampering
Right now, YNW Melly is about to face his second trial for double murder. The 24-year-old Florida rapper, whose real name is Jamell Demons, is accused of killing two of his childhood friends, Christopher “YNW Juvy” Thomas and Anthony “YNW Sakchaser” Williams, in 2018. Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty against Melly, who pleaded not […]
Rap Radar Podcast: Hit-Boy & Big Hit
It’s Rap Radar with the Hits. Hit-Boy’s got the hot hand. This year the Grammy award winner produced two Nas albums (Magic 2; Magic 3) and a pair of his own (Surf or Drown; Surf or Drown Vol .2). He also contributed to Don Toliver (Love Sick) and Travis Scott’s (Utopia) projects. But Hit’s not […]