In the prime pandemic time of 2020, Las Vegas musician Stu Folsom put together a metallic hardcore band called SpiritWorld and released the hellacious debut album Pagan Rhythms. That album alone was enough to get attention; SpiritWorld’s whole sound is a theatrical riff-rumble attack, and the LP is a concept album about Satan coming to […]
R.A.P. Ferreira – “Mythsysizer Instinct” (Feat. Hemlock Ernst)
R.A.P. Ferreira, the indie-rap veteran who used to use the name Milo, has his own ideas of how he wants to conduct his career, and he’s been doing it in ways that have refreshingly little to do with anyone’s expectations. After moving in a kind of beat-poetry direction on his 2021 album bob’s son: R.A.P. […]
Sleater-Kinney Detail Dig Me Out Tribute Album, Share Courney Barnett’s “Words And Guitar”
Back in 1997, the great American rock band Sleater-Kinney released Dig Me Out, which might be their best-loved album. (I can’t, in good conscience, say that Dig Me Out is Sleater-Kinney’s masterpiece. That band’s got like five masterpieces.) Earlier this year, the band announced plans to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Dig Me Out with […]
Video: EST Gee “Have Mercy”
R.I.P. Lil’ Dead. Hot off the release of his new album, I Never Felt Nun, EST Gee keeps it moving with its latest music video, “Have Mercy”. Directed by Diesel Filmz, the CMG rapper flaunts his money and jewels amongst his crew from the streets to inside a game room, while narrating hood tales and […]
Complex Brackets: Trippie Redd Crowns The Best Anime Show Ever
Trippie goes looney. Trippie Redd reveals his plan to develop his own Anime series, all while breaking down some of the genre’s most celebrated shows—Deadman Wonderland, Berserk, Dragon Ball Z, and Yu-Gi-Oh!—eventually crowning a winner. He even calls for The Boondocks to come back on air! Best Anime Show Bracket : https://cmplx.it/17dz9
GloRilla & Cardi B’s “Tomorrow 2” Video Is A Beautiful Thing
Right now, the Memphis rapper GloRilla is going through a wild, dizzy come-up. Earlier this year, she released “FNF (Let’s Go),” an underground smash that went viral and crossed over to the Hot 100. That success won GloRilla a deal with hometown rap king Yo Gotti’s CMG label, and she made her debut for that […]
Charley Damski – “Nothing Without U” (Feat. Sharon Van Etten)
Up until now, you might best recognize Charley Damski as being part of Sharon Van Etten’s band, where he’s on keys, guitar, and is their live music director. Well, Damski is currently planning to release a solo album, Goner, on September 30. Ahead of his album’s release, he’s sharing a pensive, lovelorn new single called […]
L.S. Dunes – “2022”
When the new post-hardcore supergroup L.S. Dunes debuted “2022” at Riot Fest, singer Anthony Green called it “the most fucked-up song I ever wrote.” He elaborated, “It’s about learning how to get through shit so that you don’t want to kill yourself every day.” The studio version is out now, and it rips. Some more […]
Che Noir Ft. Benny The Butcher “Wash The Dishes”
Che Noir gets down to the grit with her new single, “Wash The Dishes” featuring Benny The Butcher. Over Tricky Trippz’s soulful loop, Che Noir brings her keen bars, rapping “Every legend started from the bottom, Tony washed the dishes / Grind for your spot, my nigga, now that’s what I call ambition / Stay […]
Khalid “Satellite”
Like a satellite crossing through my mind. With his new album in the horizon, Khalid touches down first with its latest offering, “Satellite”. Produced by Chrome Sparks, the Ohio singer croons distant love. “Saw the news / All of a sudden left me so confuse,” Khalid sings. “They’re tеlling stories that you’re leaving soon / […]