Last year, the influential Florida rapper Denzel Curry released his very good album Melt My Eyez, See Your Future. Right now, Curry is teasing the impending release of 3LOOD 1N + 13LOOD OUT RELOADED the sequel to his 2020 EP 13LOOD 1N + 13LOOD OUT. It sure looks like Curry is going back to his […]
Watch A New Clip From The Donnie & Joe Emerson Biopic Dreamin’ Wild Starring Zooey Deschanel & Casey Affleck
A couple of years ago, we learned about plans for a new biopic on Donnie and Joe Emerson, the obscure duo whose 1979 record Dreamin’ Wild made a splash when Light In The Attic reissued it in 2012. The new movie Dreamin’ Wild will come out on Friday, and we’ve already posted the trailer. Today, […]
Vote For The Song Of The Summer 2023
What is this year’s Song Of The Summer? Conventional wisdom suggests 2023 has not yielded one undeniable, ubiquitous, season-defining tune, and according to raw statistical data, the default pick would be Morgan Wallen’s long-running #1 smash “Last Night,” a not-particularly-special track that feels like it fell backwards into an historic chart run. But surely we’re […]
Sheer Mag – “All Lined Up”
Sheer Mag back! The Philadelphia retro-punk band has kept up a steady tour schedule, but their most recent album was 2019’s A Distant Call. Today, they’ve returned with a new single, “All Lined Up,” and news that they’ve signed to Third Man Records, who are reissuing the band’s first three EPs on vinyl and putting […]
Rap Radar Podcast: Jeezy
That’s right. Photos: Kenya Frank Jeezy likes to drink. Jeezy likes to smoke, And now, you can add writing to his favorite things. A year after releasing his album Snofall, The Snowman’s back with his debut book, Adversity For Sale. Here, Jeezy speaks on becoming an author, DJing skills, mixtapes, Nipsey Hussle, JAY-Z, The Recession […]
SPELLLING – “Hard To Please (Reprise)”
Later in August, experimental pop creator SPELLLING — aka Chrystia Cabral — will release SPELLLING & The Mystery School, which was recorded with her touring band and comprises reimagined versions of songs from throughout Cabral’s entire discography. Last month we got to hear Cabral’s double lead single, “Cherry” b/w “Under The Sun,” and today she’s […]
Pelican – “Gasoline” (Karate Cover)
It’s been a few years since we’ve heard from the Chicago instrumental crew Pelican, whose most recent album Nighttime Stories came out in 2019. But today they’re back with a cover as part of Numero Group’s ongoing series, and they’re paying tribute to the beloved Boston band Karate, who reunited in 2022 after spending a […]
REASON “The Soul Pt. 3”
A world premiere. Fresh off announcing his next album Porches, TDE’s REASON carries on tradition and releases the latest installment of his “The Soul” series. On the third installment, the Carson, CA rapper picks up where he left off and keeps the fiery bars going, this time over 9th Wonder’s soulful production. “A walking hypocrite […]
Video: Gunna “rodeo dr”
The chase is on in Gunna’s new video, “rodeo dr”, the latest from his most recent album, a Gift & a Curse. Inspired by O.J. Simpson’s infamous 1994 police chase, the Spike Jordan-directed video trails the rapper speeding away in a white Bronco as fans look on. “Don’t care ’bout no nigga been sending me […]
Worn – “Entity And Form”
The Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania band Worn makes an absolutely brutal form of hardcore punk — a bit like early Discharge’s primal-scuzz D-beat if that band had discovered the delicate art of the mosh-part breakdown. Worn released their admirably gross full-length debut Human Work in 2021, and they followed it earlier this year with Split Your Skull […]