NYC hyperpop singer-songwriter sadie has a new EP called Tides on the way. She shared lead single “All Night” a month ago, and today we hear the title track, a bright yet melancholy slow drift that feels like being enveloped by clouds of digital feeling. “While I was writing Tides I was thinking a lot […]
Sessa – “Vento A Favor”
The Brazilian folk musician Sessa impressed us with last year’s Estrela Acesa, his first album for Mexican Summer. Today he’s back with a new song called “Vento a Favor,” which he co-produced with fellow Brazilian Biel Basile and American Mikey Coltun, who plays bass in Mdou Moctar’s band and helped facilitate Moctar’s breakthrough in North […]
Steve Gunn & David Moore – “Painterly”
Let The Moon Be A Planet, the first volume of RVNG’s new Reflections series, brings together guitarist extraordinaire Steve Gunn and David Moore, the leader of the brilliant ambient ensemble Bing & Ruth. Last month they shared “Over The Dune,” the album’s gorgeously plaintive lead single, and today they’re back with more meditative beauty. New […]
Artist To Watch: Shalom
In Hebrew, “Shalom” has three meanings, one of which is “peace.” Shalom Obisie-Orlu is still looking for hers, but the singer/songwriter is getting closer every day to finding it. It’s been a journey, though, and not one that most Americans can understand. Born in Maryland, raised in South Africa, and currently based in Brooklyn, Shalom […]
Dreamville Festival 2023 Lineup
Watch this. Stars will align for Dreamville’s annual Dreamville Festival. Drake, Usher, and Burna Boy will join J.Cole as this year’s headliners for the two-day festival, which takes place at Dorothea Dix Park in Raleigh, North Carolina on April 1 and 2. Usher will headline the first day following performances by Lil Durk, Ari Lennox, […]
Anachronism Focus On What You Feel
In terms of creativity, can death metal still hang with the other metal substyles? Anachronism, the Swiss death metal quartet, have a characteristically well-thought-out answer. “Metal is cursed with gatekeepers and dogmatic douchebags,” the band writes in an email. “Fortunately, not every metalhead is like that, and new mind-blowing stuff keeps coming up, whatever the […]
Lomelda – “Scaredy’s World” (Feat. More Eaze)
Lomelda has launched her own label. The artist born Hannah Read is back today with her first single for her newly founded Double Yolk Record House. “Scaredy’s World” nudges her emotionally charged, guitar-powered indie-pop slightly into the realm of the hyperreal with an assist from fellow Texan More Eaze, aka Mari Maurice. Read has this […]
Daughter – “Swim Back”
At the beginning of April, Daughter will released their first new album in 7 years, Stereo Mind Game. The English trio have shared two songs from it already, “Be On Your Way” and “Party,” and today they’re back with another one, the gauzy and immersive “Swim Back,” which features the London string orchestra 12 Ensemble. […]
David Byrne, Stephanie Hsu, & Son Lux Will Perform Everything Everywhere All At Once Song At The Oscars
David Byrne, Stephanie Hsu, and Son Lux will perform the Everything Everywhere All At Once song “This Is A Life” during the 95th Academy Awards ceremony in a couple weeks, as Deadline reports. It appears that Mitski, who sings with Byrne on the song, will not be involved with the performance. “This Is A Life” […]
Video: Babyface Ft. Ari Lennox “Liquor”
Pour up. Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds’ got the best seat in the house in his new “Liquor” video featuring Dreamville’s Ari Lennox. Directed by Jean Estene, the legendary singer works the bar of The Peppermint Club as Ari delivers a sultry performance on the stage. “I wanna feel like I’m wasted, from the lips that I […]