Yeah ho! Juicy J and Pi’erre Bourne have announced their Space Age Pimpin’ LP for June 22 and waste no time with its first banger. Co-produced by themselves, Juicy J unleashes his gritty cadence, while Pi’erre Bourne laces the track with his melodic flow.
Danger Mouse, Black Thought Ft. Joey Bada$$, Russ, Dylan Cartlidge “Because”
Danger Mouse and Black Thought connect with Joey Bada$$ and Russ on their new track, “Because”. Nestled in Dylan Cartlidge’s wailing hook, Black Thought, Badmon, and Russ trade prolific bars over Danger Mouse’s mellow drums and guitars, which samples Hugh Masekela’s 1968’s “Stop”. “I’ve always been a big fan of Black Thought and Danger Mouse,” […]
Dust Star – “Nothing In My Head”
Dust Star are a new band made up of Justin Jurgens, formerly of Sirs, and Cameron Wisch, who we last heard heading up the short-lived band Cende and before that playing with Porches. Jurgens and Wisch decided to start a band together after an LSD-fueled Halloween night out in Joshua Tree a few years back, […]
King Princess – “Cursed” & “Too Bad”
Back in March, King Princess returned with a new song called “For My Friends,” with promise of a forthcoming album called Hold On Baby. Now that’s official: Hold On Baby will arrive at the end of July. King Princess produced the album alongside a ton of collaborators, including Mark Ronson, Ethan Gruska, Aaron Dessner, Bryce […]
Moor Mother – “Woody Shaw” (Feat. Melanie Charles)
Camae Ayewa is back with the announcement of a new Moor Mother album. It’s called Jazz Codes, and it’s billed as a companion piece to last year’s Black Encyclopedia Of The Air. It’s also out in just a few weeks, at the very beginning of July. “It’s poetry that drives this album,” Ayewa said in […]
Kal Marks – “Ovation”
The Boston band Kal Marks has been a going concern for over a decade now, and for most of that time it was the same three people. But in 2020, the group splintered apart. Leader Carl Shane decided to keep Kal Marks together by rounding up a new band: A Deer A Horse’s Dylan Teggart, […]
Stream awakebutstillinbed & for your health’s Exhilarating Split EP hymns for the scorned
Last month the mercurial emo Band To Watch alums awakebutstillinbed and for your health announced a split EP called hymns for the scorned. This was exciting in theory and even more so in practice based on the pair of songs they shared with the announcement. Now, ahead of the project’s official release date Friday, the […]
Fresh – “Why Do I”
The amped-up UK punks Fresh are releasing a new album, Raise Hell, in a few weeks. They’ve shared a chunk of tracks from it already — “Morgan & Joanne,” “Babyface,” and “Going To Bed” — and today they’re back with another one, the album’s rousing closer “Why Do I,” which churns through transformations in shoutalong […]
Bonny Light Horseman – “California”
The folk supergroup Bonny Light Horseman, formed through gatherings of Justin Vernon and the Dessner brothers’ 37d03d collective, had quite the come-up these last few years, including two Grammy nominations for their 2020 self-titled debut. Now Anaïs Mitchell, Josh Kaufman, and Fruit Bats’ Eric D. Johnson are returning with a second album. It’s called Rolling […]
Video: Rae Sremmurd “Denial”
It is still Sreem 4 life. Rae Sremmurd gives a dose of Sremmy on the first single off their forthcoming album, Sremm4Life, the follow-up to 2018’s Sr3mm. Directed by Bryan Barber, the exotic music video finds Swae Lee and Slim Jxmmi in Brazil serenading their ladies on the beaches of Rio De Janeiro and partying […]