Five years ago, the intense and ambitious New Jersey screamo band Massa Nera released their full-length debut Los Pensamientos De Una Cara Palida. Now, after a bunch of interstitial releases, Massa Nera are getting ready to return with their second LP, a feverish concept album called Derramar | Querer | Borrar that the band recorded […]
The No Ones – “A Christmas Voice (I Don’t Want To Bring You Into This World)”
A few years ago, the former R.E.M. guitarist Peter Buck joined a jangle-pop supergroup. The No Ones also features Young Fresh Fellows leader Scott McCaughey, Buck’s Minus 5 bandmate and longtime collaborator, as well as two members of the Norwegian power-pop band I Was A King. The No Ones released their debut EP The Sun […]
AKAI SOLO – “Upper Room” (Feat. Armand Hammer)
In recent years, the Brooklyn rapper AKAI SOLO has been a prolific force on the avant-garde underground, releasing full collaborative albums with people like Pink Siifu and Navy Blue. Today, AKAI SOLO has a new album of his own. (There’s no non-cute way to call it a solo album.) The new Spirit Roaming is AKAI […]
Video: DDG Ft. Kevin Gates “Love Myself”
DDG reflects on past love in his new video, “Love Myself” featuring Kevin Gates. Courtesy of Diesel Films, the two lament on the regrets of their wrongdoings from a lush residence filled with bikini-clad women by the pool. “Know we all been through things in the past / That make it difficult to even trust,” […]
Video: Westside Gunn Ft. Doe Boy, DJ Drama “FlyGod Jr.”
Cultural art at it’s finest. Westside Gunn takes it to the A in his new video, “FlyGod Jr.” featuring Doe Boy and DJ Drama. Directed by Daily Gems, the trio post up outside a Waffle House and hit up Atlanta’s gentlemen’s club Blue Flame. “All my jewels on, I make a nigga wanna rob me […]
The Blessed Madonna – “Serotonin Moonbeams” (Feat. Uffie)
In the last few years, Kentucky-born, London-based DJ and producer Marea Stamper (The Blessed Madonna, formerly the Black Madonna) released a remix of Dua Lipa’s “Levitating” featuring Madonna and Missy Elliott. Later in 2020, the Blessed Madonna mixed Lipa’s Club Future Nostalgia remix album featuring Gwen Stefani, Mark Ronson, Yaeji, and more. That said, she […]
Hannibal Buress Shares New Song “Knee Brace” As Eshu Tune
For years, the great stand-up comic Hannibal Buress has been making music, mostly as a hobby. Buress was a regular in rap videos, especially from Chicago artists, for a long time, and on songs like Open Mike Eagle’s 2014 track “Doug Stamper (Advice Song),” he showed that he could actually rap. Back when Buress Handsome […]
Rihanna “Born Again”
Wakanda Forever. Rihanna brings back life on “Born Again”, the second track from the singer for the motion-picture film, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. Produced by The-Dream and Ludwig Göransson with written credits by James Fauntleroy, Ms. Fenty carries on the legacy of her fallen king. “Just tell me what I need to do / I’d […]
Sharon Van Etten – “When I Die”
The deluxe edition of Sharon Van Etten’s latest album We’ve Been Going About This All Wrong is out today via Jagjaguwar. It features the previously released one-offs “Porta,” “Used To It,” and “Never Gonna Change.” In conjunction with the deluxe’s release, Etten is sharing “When I Die,” a swirling, echoing blast of sound that finds […]
Video: Don Q “Ruler’s Back”
The ruler’s back. Don Q makes his return with his brand new track, “Ruler’s Back”. Shot by Starr Mazi, the accompanying video centers the Bronx rapper inside a boxing gym popping off on his adversaries over a flip of HOV’s classic opening track off The Blueprint. “The Ruler’s back / Yeah, it’s HighBridge verse the […]