Smino’s back with an open letter. After a quiet year, Smino brings the noise with his first release of the year, “24-8”. The track is named after the Kobe Bryant. Over a knocking beat by Phoelix, TheFilmLord-directed video centers the St. Louis rapper delivering his introspective bars from his home studio and on his outdoor […]
Video: JID “Kody Blu 31”
Family matters. JID connects with his family for his new video, “Kody Blu 31”. Directed by Raven B. Varona, the heartfelt clip finds JID assisting his family’s move into a new purchased home before enjoying a backyard barbecue and posing for a family photo in front of a self-made backdrop. The track is off JID’s […]
Suede – “That Boy On The Stage”
Britpop veterans Suede are just two weeks away from the release of their new album Autofiction. Today they’re teasing it with a new single, the third after “She Still Leads Me On” and “15 Again.” It’s a dark, glamorous, hard-hitting track called “That Boy On The Stage” (originally performed as “White Boy On A Stage” […]
Stream L.O.T.I.O.N. Multinational Corporation’s Wild New Synth-Punk Album W.A.R. In The Digital Realm
For nearly a decade, the New York band L.O.T.I.O.N. has been bringing a strain of synth-addled insanity to NYC’s DIY punk and hardcore scenes. L.O.T.I.O.N.’s whole style is a bit like Discharge, if that band was made up entirely of Speak & Spell programmers. (The name stands for “Leaders Of Tomorrow Ingest Only Noise,” which […]
Lil Baby – “Detox”
Lil Baby has announced the follow-up to 2020’s mega-huge My Turn. It’s called It’s Only Me, and it’s coming in October. The announcement arrives just hours after the release of new single “Detox,” a produced-by-committee trap number that meshes well with his Auto-Tuned bluesy quiver. “One life, two kids, three houses, 4 Gang, five hundred […]
A$AP Rocky – “OUR DE$TINY” (Feat. Playboi Carti)
Years ago, A$AP Rocky helped introduce the world to fellow fashion-plate festival rapper Playboi Carti, an artist who has always listed Rocky as a chief influence. Over the years, Rocky and Carti have teamed up on tracks like “New Choppa” and Lana Del Rey’s “Summer Bummer.” Rocky also took Carti on tour in 2019. Today, […]
Vado “God Did Freestyle”
Vado did. As JAY-Z’s verse from “God Did” continues to get its praise, the freestyles continue with Vado as the latest to bless the track. On the godly instrumental, the Harlem rapper delivers a bar-filled verse full of reflection and bravado, which clocks in just over three minutes. Vado’s take comes off the heels of […]
Video: NLE Choppa “Little Miss”
Keep your head up, miss. NLE Choppa gives the women a shoulder to lean on in the video to his new single, “Little Miss”. In his self-directed clip, the Memphis rapper praises a woman going through tough times while depicting a couple’s domestic dispute. The track arrives off the heels of his previous “In The […]
Stream The Callous Daoboys’ Frantic, Adventurous New Album Celebrity Therapist
The Callous Daoboys, a seven-piece band from Atlanta, has spent the past few years building a rep as one of the most energetically bugged-out acts on the entire heavy-music landscape. The Callous Daoboys make a kind of math-damaged metalcore that owes something to similarly wild past hardcore bands like Botch, Converge, and the Dillinger Escape […]
Stream The Fast And Nasty Self-Titled Debut From Basque Punks Flash
The primitivist punk band Flash hail from Gipuzkoa along the Northern coast of Spain, part of the autonomous Basque region overflowing with alternate dialects heavy on letters like x and z. When I spent a quarter studying in Pamplona years ago, the Basque Country was my favorite area to visit; it’s so beautiful. But Flash’s […]