Earlier this month I was deeply impressed by “ghosts,” a stunning single from the hyperpop-shoegaze act yeule. Today they’re back with another preview of next month’s album softscars. This latest track, “inferno,” blooms from an orchestral introduction into a steadily thumping low-key beat, with yeule’s voice slicing and dicing amidst a varied downpour of keyboard […]
Doja Cat Replaces Scarlet Album Cover That Was The Same As German Metal Band’s
Doja Cat recently revealed the artwork for her new album Scarlet. People were quick to point out that the red spider on Doja Cat’s cover was nearly identical to the red spider on a new album from the German metalcore band Chaver, set to be released on the same day as Doja Cat’s. Both were […]
Diddy Reveals Guests For The Love Album: Off The Grid Including Justin Bieber, Jazmine Sullivan, The Weeknd’s Final Feature, & Many More
Diddy is ramping up to the release of the R&B-themed The Love Album: Off The Grid, his first proper solo album since 2006’s Press Play (though there was also the acclaimed group effort Last Train To Paris with Diddy – Dirty Money in 2010 and the, uh, less acclaimed 11 11 with dance producer Guy […]
Kylie Minogue – “Tension”
I don’t think Kylie Minogue could have anticipated what happened with “Padam Padam,” the intensely catchy lead single from her new album Tension. “Padam Padam” came out four months ago alongside the album announcement, and quickly turned into a sensation and Song Of The Summer contender. Minogue hasn’t put out a single from Tension since […]
Video: Maxo Kream Ft. Key Glock “Bonecrusher”
Attention! Maxo Kream and Key Glock fuck the club up in the video to their newly released collaboration, “Bonecrusher”. Directed by Jerry Morka, the southern slingers bring their cutthroat lyrics to anyone who wants it from a rowdy night club. “Trigger Maxo, C Osama / Snatch my chain, we whack your mama / You got […]
Final Gasp – “Blood & Sulfur”
In a few weeks, the awesomely evil Boston band Final Gasp will release Mourning Moon, their first full-length. I can’t wait. Final Gasp’s sound is a beautifully forbidding combination of hardcore, goth, and metal, and they churn like prime Samhain. The band recorded the album with Arthur Rizk, the Cold World/War Hungry/Eternal Champion/Sumerlands guitarist who’s […]
Maxo Kream – “Bonecrusher” (Feat. Key Glock)
Every once in a while, I hit play on a new song, and I know within 10 seconds that I’m going to love it. This is one of those times. Maxo Kream and Key Glock on the same song? And it’s called “Bonecrusher”? And it interpolates Bone Crusher 2003 fighting-in-the-club crunk anthem “Never Scared”? Yeah, […]
PinkPantheress & Stay Kids’ Hyunjin Appear On Troye Sivan’s “Rush” Remix
Troye Sivan has had a big summer. He was one of the best things about The Idol, the Weeknd’s HBO show. (The Idol was not good, and it will not return, but it sure generated a lot of conversation.) In July, Sivan also released his playfully horny dance-pop single “Rush,” and Stereogum’s readers decreed that […]
Metal’s Song Of The Summer
Mean Mistreater’s debut single, “Bleeding The Night,” inspires a specific type of heavy metal feeling. I immediately sensed it when I caught the Austin, Texas, quintet performing a high-octane set of Trad Belt-contending heavy metal sweetened with a sprinkle of midnight malevolence. “This song title explains it all,” Janiece Gonzalez, Mean Mistreater’s singer, writes in […]
Wings Of Desire – “Made Of Love” & “Be Here Now”
The UK indie rock duo Wings Of Desire made an impression with the series of EPs that they released in 2021. The band found a sound that was both revved-up and blissed-out, combining shoegaze textures with Springsteenian bombast. The band quietly followed those EPs with a couple of singles, 2022’s “Choose A Life” and this […]