This spring, the great British singer Jessie Ware will follow her sick-as-hell 2020 dance-pop opus What’s Your Pleasure? with another new album called That! Feels Good! Thus far, it sure seems like Jessie Ware is still making joyous, disco-informed pop music. You can hear that in the early singles “Free Yourself” and “Pearls,” and you […]
Ric Wilson, Chromeo, & A-Trak – “Pay It No Mind”
Chicago rapper Ric Wilson has teamed up with Chromeo and A-Trak for a new collab called “Pay It No Mind.” It’s Wilson’s first proper release since last year’s “COCO BADASS” and was written and recorded in California mid-pandemic. Featuring a colorful video, “Pay It No Mind” is a party-ready, electro-funk bop confidently led by Wilson. […]
Dreamville, Bas, Black Sherif Ft. Kel-P “Blood, Sweat & Tears”
Oh, oh, oh-way oh! Bas, Black Sherif and Kel-P bring their “Blood Sweat & Tears” on their uplifting anthem from the soundtrack to the motion picture film, Creed III. “I’ve been waiting all my life, I’ve been spending all my nights / Contemplating all my trials, oh my God, this not overnight,” raps Bas as […]
Video: Jim Jones, Hitmaka “Seen The Money”
Balling! Jim Jones and producer Hitmaka got their eyes on the prize in their new music video, “Seen The Money”. Directed by Shula The Don, WillC and Jim Jones, Capo and Hitmaka charter a jet to Miami where they play Jenga with money stacks and pop bottles with countless eye-candy by the pool. “We jumping […]
Video: Styles P Ft. Brady Watt “Death Before Dishonor”
Try us if you wanna. Styles P gives his “Death Before Dishonor” its proper visual co-starring producer and musician Brady Watt. Directed by YourDrunkUncle, Styles delivers his bar alongside the bass player, who also sings on the hook, from inside a foggy and blue-lit warehouse. “Cross me, get your bladder attacked,” raps Styles. “Lemon face, […]
Shame – “Adderall”
At the end of this week, Shame are releasing a new album, Food For Worms. The UK band has shared “Fingers Of Steel” and “Six-Pack” from it already, and today they’re back with one more single, “Adderall.” This is the track that (sort of) features Phoebe Bridgers. In an interview with NME last month, drummer […]
U.S. Girls – “Tux (Your Body Fills Me, Boo)”
At the end of the week, U.S. Girls are releasing a new album, Bless This Mess. Meg Remy has shared three songs from it already — “So Typically Now,” “Bless This Mess,” and “Futures Bet” — and today she’s sharing one more, the sparkling and sensual “Tux (Your Body Fills Me, Boo),” which Remy wrote […]
Bernice – “Underneath My Toe”
We haven’t heard from the Toronto pop experimentalists Bernice since they released 2021’s Album Of The Week-worthy Eau de Bonjourno. It wouldn’t have been out of character for them to fade away from the spotlight for a few years, but they’re already back with a new album, Cruisin’, which will be released in April. Today, […]
Rosie Thomas – “Eternal Flame” (The Bangles Cover)
A few months ago, Rosie Thomas released her Sufjan Stevens duet “We Should Be Together.” Next month, she’ll drop her second EP in her Lullabies For Parents series. “Eternal Flame” was already a soothing song, but it wasn’t necessarily a chill one. For her cover, Thomas has enlisted fellow singer-songwriters William Fitzsimmons and Denison Whitmer […]
Black Thought Recites Poetry For Hip Hop
Turn up time. To commemorate the 50th anniversary of Hip Hop this August, BET partners with Black Thought, who delivers a poetry in his love letter to Hip Hop. In the four-and-a-half-minute clip, directed by Benny Boom, the Philly wordsmith narrates a spoken word paying homage to the history, accolades and influence in the genre. […]