Work hard, sleep harder. Your Old Droog takes it easy on his new record, “Go To Sleep” produced by frequent collaborator, Tha God Fahim. Over Fahim’s tranquil beat, the Brooklyn-bred Ukrainian rapper preaches the importance of rest and recovery from a hard work ethic. “Go To Sleep” follows Droog’s “Mind Your Business” produced by Nicholas […]
Video: Toosii “Secrets”
Still a gutter baby. On the heels of the release of his “Keeper“, Toosii bares the “Secrets” on his latest ditty. Captured by NoRatchetss, the accompanying visual follows Toosii during his recent travels and performances while he quickly vents on life from the streets to his relationship, and everything else in between.
Screamo Powerhouses Crowning & NAEDR Share Tracks From Their Upcoming Split 12″ Rayau
Crowning, from Chicago, released one of the best screamo albums of 2020 with their full-length debut Survival Sickness. NAEDR, from Singapore, also released their debut album Past Is Prologue in 2020, and it was also one of the year’s best in the realm of skramz. Now the two groups are teaming up on a split […]
Automatic – “Skyscraper”
The Los Angeles trio Automatic are releasing their sophomore album, Excess, next month. We’ve heard “New Beginning” and “Venus Hour” from it already, and today they’re back with another single, “Skyscraper.” “It’s about spending your life making money and then spending it to fill the void created by said job,” the band’s Halle Saxon-Gaines said […]
2022 Billboard Music Award Performances & Winners
Take that, take that. It was a historic night for hip hop and R&B at the 2022 Billboard Music Awards on Sunday (May 15). The live event was taped and aired from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada and hosted by Sean “Diddy” Combs”. Coming off the announcement of his R&B label […]
Video: Arin Ray “Gold”
Hotdamn. Everything that glitters is “Gold” on Arin Ray’s brand new single and video. On the groovy ballad, the Cincinnati singer praises his lady’s muse and brings his Midas touch while canoodling with her throughout the crib. “Gold” follows Arin Ray’s previous single, “The Mood” featuring D Smoke.
Kevin Gates “Bad For Me”
Good girl gone bad. After spreading the “Wizdom” on his previous track, Kevin Gates returns with his latest release, “Bad For Me”. Backed by a melodic hook, the Bread Winner rapper laments on the pros and cons of his ride or die chick and their correlations to the streets.
SOAK – “swear jar”
On Friday, Bridie Monds-Watson, the Irish singer-songwriter who records as SOAK, will release their new album If I Never Know You Like This Again. We’ve already posted the early singles “last july” and “purgatory.” Now, with the LP release looming, Monds-Watson has dropped one last pre-release single. The new “swear jar” is a vulnerable and […]
Cola – “Fulton Park”
At the end of this week, Cola, the band that rose from the ashes of Ought, are releasing their debut album, Deep In View. We’ve heard a good chunk of singles from it already — “Blank Curtain,” “So Excited,” “Water Table,” and “Degree” — and today we’re getting one more, the itchy and impressionistic “Fulton […]
Plague Skater’s New psep EP Is A Compact Lo-Fi Tour De Force
New Jersey lo-fi rockers Plague Skater’s Plague Skater II was one of my favorite albums of last year. Today the self-professed “scuzz pop” act is back with another efficiently titled project, an EP called psep. Will Schwester continues to handle mostly everything where Plague Skater is concerned; in this case that means “vocals, guitar, bass, […]