In The Number Ones, I’m reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart’s beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present. In January of 2006, the Wu-Tang Clan were getting back together for their first tour since the death of their comrade Ol’ […]
London’s Field Day Fest Has Aphex Twin’s First Show In Four Years
A few days back, Warp Records — plus this cryptic website — posted video teasing a date and location. Well, now we know that Aphex Twin will be playing his first show in four years at Field Day Fest on August 19 at Victoria Park in London. Aphex Twin also headlined the festival back in […]
Samia – “Honey” & “Breathing Song”
This week, Samia is releasing her sophomore album, Honey. She’s shared a handful of tracks from it already, including “Kill Her Freak Out,” “Mad At Me,” and the pair of singles “Pink Balloon” and “Sea Lions.” Today, she’s back with another pair of songs from the album, Honey‘s title track and one called “Breathing Song.” […]
R. Ring – “Hug”
This week, the Breeders’ Kelley Deal and Ampline’s Mike Montgomery are releasing their second album together as R. Ring, War Poems, We Rested. They’ve shared “Still Life” and “Def Sup” from it already, and today they’re back with “Hug,” a jagged and driving song that Deal dedicates to “all the daytime drunks of the world… […]
Daft Punk’s Thomas Bangalter Announces Solo Orchestral Album Mythologies
For 28 years, the French producer Thomas Bangalter was one half of Daft Punk. Daft Punk, the team of Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, started out as an underground house project, and they became hugely popular and influential around the world. They topped charts. They won Grammys. They scored a Hollywood blockbuster. They sold millions of records […]
Nickel Creek – “Strangers”
Nickel Creek — the trio made up of Chris Thile, Sara Watkins, and Sean Watkins — have announced a new album, Celebrants, their first since 2014’s A Dotted Line. “This is a record about embracing the friction inherent in real human connection,” the band said. “We begin the record yearning for and pursuing harmonious connection. […]
Freddie Gibbs & Anderson .Paak “Blackest In The Room/Feel No Pain” On The Tonight Show
Let us pray. Freddie Gibbs dappered up for his star-studded performance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Monday evening (Jan. 23). Backed by The Roots, Gibbs kicked off his medley with “Blackest In The Room” in an all-black and two-piece suit. “Uh, this GOAT talk, bet they put my face on that mountain […]
Video: Bas “Diamonds”
Bas is back. Following a brief hiatus, Dreamville’s Bas makes his return with his new single, “Diamonds”. On the somber track, the Queens rapper recalls a former love, which arrives alongside an accompanying music video directed by Ryan Doubiago. “Shorty tryna give me mine/ I needed more space,” raps Bas. “I was sitting courtside, I […]
Ep!K Takes His Artistry To A Whole New Level With “Dancing By Myself”
Contemporary vocalist, sound engineer, and producer Ep!K has been making the buzz lately, especially since the release of his latest track, “Dancing By Myself”, a song off his upcoming album. A versatile artist involved in the entire creative, recording, and production process of music, he unleashes some extraordinary skills in the slow-paced and flawlessly executed […]
Video: Logic “Maybach Music”
Maybach Music. Logic bodies the Maybach with his latest recording, “Maybach Music”. After copping the $325,000 luxury automobile, the D.M.V. lyricist records a track from the backseat where he delivers his plush bars. “If I had a, had a penny for my thoughts, then I’d be Elon Musk / Rapping from dawn ’til dusk, you […]