“This album is dedicated to Brandon Nurick. RIP. You’re forever loved.” So goes the transcription on Perfumed Saturnine Angels’ new album Saccharine Curses Exhaled In The Wind. Nurick, the Dallas band’s original vocalist, died of an overdose late last year. Co-founder Garry Brents wrote this album in response, with lyrics and vocals added a couple […]
Kassa Overall – “Going Up” (Feat. Lil B, Shabazz Palaces, & Francis And The Lights)
At the end of the week, the jazzy jack-of-all-trades Kassa Overall is releasing ANIMALS, his first album for Warp Records. He’s shared a handful of tracks from it already — “Ready To Ball,” “Make My Way Back Home,” and “The Lava Is Calm” — and today he’s back with one final advance single from the […]
Video: Dave East Ft. Nino Man “I Wanna Rocc (Eastmix)”
Dave East gets back on his East Mix grind and shares his freestyle over Lil Uzi Vert’s “Just Wanna Rock” featuring Nino Man. Inside the warehouse full of neon lights, the Benji Filmz-directed clip finds the two Harlemnites adding their Uptown flows to the dance-infused record. “I feel like Uzi I walk in the spot, […]
Foo Fighters Reveal Josh Freese As New Drummer
Foo Fighters have revealed that Josh Freese is their new drummer, taking over for Taylor Hawkins, who passed away last year. The news was officially announced in a livestream event that took place on Sunday ahead of Foo Fighters’ extensive run of live dates that are planned for the rest of the year. At the […]
Watch Foo Fighters’ Free Livestream Preparing Music For Concerts
Foo Fighters are releasing a new album, But Here We Are, in a couple weeks, and they’re getting ready to embark of a full-fledged tour, both firsts since the death of their longtime drummer Taylor Hawkins last year. The band has performed a couple times since Hawkins’ death, at tribute shows in Los Angeles and […]
Beyonce Ft. Kendrick Lamar “America Has A Problem (Remix)”
Dear America, In the midst of her Renaissance World Tour, Beyonce rallies the Beyhive and reunites with Kendrick Lamar for the remix to “America Has A Problem”. On the revamp version produced by The-Dream and Mike Dean, K.Dot opens the high-energetic track with a fiery opening verse. “I’m a honorary Beyhive / Let’s see why […]
Watch Father John Misty Cover Scott Walker With Jules Buckley & The BBC Symphony Orchestra
Tonight at the Barbican Centre in London, Father John Misty is teaming up with Jules Buckley and the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus on a one-time-only performance. Together, they’re doing orchestral renditions of Scott Walker songs. Highlights from the show will air this coming Thursday, May 25 at 4PM ET on BBC Radio 6 Music, […]
The NBA YoungBoy Conundrum
Baton Rouge rapper YoungBoy NeverBrokeAgain — known as NBA YoungBoy to hip-hop fans in the know — doesn’t usually enjoy speaking to other human beings. As he told the writer Meaghan Garvey in Billboard, “I’m not big on people.” YoungBoy’s a quiet soul — deeply intense and deeply sensitive — with an unfiltered abundance of […]
Video: Symba “Top G”
The king has returned. From the bottom to the top, Symba checks in from West Africa in the striking visuals to his new “Top G” single. Courtesy of DamiCool Visuals, the Bay Area lyricist is spotted in Nigeria where he recounts his humbling beginnings and success over a triumphant instrumental. “Never lived in public housing […]
Landowner – “Witch Museum”
The Holyoke, MA band Landowner play tight and nervy post-punk that races along like the bus in Speed (i.e. it cannot go below 50 MPH or it will explode). “Witch Museum,” the opening track and lead single from their next album Escape The Compound, is like Parquet Courts if they were approximately 75% more jittery […]