Smells like a come up. After two months since its original and a hit on Tik Tok, Russ reups the track with a remix featuring Ktyln. On the extended mix, Russ works his wealth and charm on the ladies, while the upcoming San Diego adds her sassy verse.
Emma Ruth Rundle – “Imbolc Dawn Atop Ynys Wydryn. Ice Melts As The First Resplendent Rays Of Spring Pour Over The Horizon”
Emma Ruth Rundle has just been churning out music recently. In late 2020, she teamed with Thou for the great May Our Chambers Be Full. She returned late last year with her next solo album, Engine Of Hell, and just last month she released an EP called Orpheus Looking Back that corralled a few remaining […]
Stream Syd’s Lovely New Album Broken Hearts Club
It’s been five years since Syd, formerly of Odd Future and still of the Internet, released her debut album Fin. Today, she’s finally followed that LP with her new one Broken Hearts Club. Syd co-wrote and co-produced every song on the album, and she’s said that it charts a relationship from its euphoric beginning to […]
Stream HEALTH’s Great New Doom-Dance Collab Collection DISCO4 :: PART II
In recent years, the ever-evolving Los Angeles band HEALTH has embarked on a fascinating project, blending their styles with those of a great many collaborators, both famous and underground. These days, virtually every new HEALTH track is a collaboration, and most of them come out as one-off singles. In 2020, HEALTH compiled an album’s worth […]
Lil Baby – “Right On” & “In A Minute”
Atlanta rap star Lil Baby hasn’t exactly been quiet lately. He teamed up with Lil Durk on the collaborative album Voice Of The People last year, and he’s recently shown up on two Nicki Minaj singles, as well as a bunch of other people’s songs. (Today, for instance, he’s a guest on the new Vince […]
Stream Crossed’s Sludgy, Crusty, Freaked-Out Meltdown Morir
The Madrid quartet Crossed play intensely harsh and heavy music that pulls from a lot of different buckets. There’s some sludge metal, blackened crust, emo-violence, and deathcore in the mix, and even some parts that remind me of when Deftones get all ominously woozy between sonic freakouts. The vocals can be shrill in various ways, […]
Hey, ily – “Stress Headache”
The Billings, Montana band hey, ily have an extremely online shapeshifting sound that will appeal to you if you dig hyperactive chiptune-adjacent emo bands like Crying and Glass Beach. “Intrusive Thoughts Always,” the lead single from their debut album Psychokinetic Love Songs, morphed from poppy emo to saucy jazz to proggy thrash metal. The next […]
Stream EST Gee & 42 Dugg’s New Collaborative Album Last Ones Left
42 Dugg, from Detroit, and EST Gee, from Louisville, are two of the biggest and most exciting underground rappers to break through to the mainstream in recent years. 42 Dugg made a big impact with the Lil Baby collab “We Paid” in 2020, and EST Gee followed him with the big album Bigger Than Life […]
Stream billy woods’ Stunning New Album Aethiopes
As one half of the duo Armand Hammer, billy woods has been responsible for some of the best rap music I’ve heard in recent years, including the 2021 Alchemist collab Haram. But billy woods also makes some truly powerful music outside of the context of Armand Hammer — like BRASS, his 2020 collaborative LP with […]
Praise – “Hotline To Memory”
Praise, the great melodic hardcore band from Baltimore, went silent for way too long. After releasing their Leave It All Behind EP in 2016, Praise went six years without coming out with any new music. Next month, though, Praise will return with the new LP All In A Dream, and they’ve already shared the title […]