Back in 2017, when he was still a rising teenage UK rapper with a Drake cosign, Dave released a freestyle called “My 19th Birthday.” Today he’s back with a sequel. “My 24th Birthday” finds Dave in a ruminative, grateful mood, with shoutouts to his mother, Drake, and Jesus Christ along the way. The quality witnessed […]
OSEES – “Perm Act”
Last month, the ever-prolific John Dwyer announced a brand-new Osees album, A Foul Form, due out on August 12 via Castle Face Records. Along with the news came a lead single, “Funeral Solution.” Now, there’s a follow-up track, “Perm Act,” and it comes with a video directed and animated by John Harlow. Clattering and urgent, […]
Peter Matthew Bauer – “Skulls”
After the Walkmen went on an indefinite hiatus almost 10 years ago, Peter Matthew Bauer started up a solo career, kicking off with Liberation! in 2014 and then Mount Qaf (Divine Love) in 2017. Then, for a while, it seemed Bauer had transitioned to managing bands. But last month, he returned with “Knife Fighter,” the […]
Spaced – “Prove You Wrong”
I saw the Buffalo hardcore band Spaced open for Angel Du$t in Richmond a couple of months ago, and they ruled. Spaced play straight-up hardcore with serious verve and bounce to it, and lead singer Lexi Reyngoudt is a commanding presence who seems to really, really love being out front of that band. (Spaced also […]
Dot Da Genius – “Talk About Me” (Feat. Denzel Curry, Kid Cudi, & JID)
Producer Dot Da Genius has been working with Kid Cudi from the very beginning; he’s the guy who made the beat for Kudi’s breakout single “Day ‘N’ Nite” more than a decade ago. With his tracks for Cudi and for other artists like Lil Nas X, Travis Scott, and his ex-wife Jhené Aiko, Dot has […]
Eminem & Snoop Dogg – “From The D 2 The LBC”
Well, New York’s NFT conference and Bored Ape Yacht Club’s ApeFest are both still going on. Last night, ApeFest upgraded from Snoop Dogg impersonator Doop Snogg to Snoop himself. During his performance, Snoop took the opportunity to premiere a new song and video with Eminem, and brought him out onstage as well. Snoop and Eminem’s […]
Hear Avril Lavigne’s Alt-Rock Cover Of Adele’s “Hello”
Avril Lavigne is no stranger to emotionally bare material in her own music, but now she’s taken on a particularly volcanic song — Adele’s immortally intense “Hello.” Lavigne made her own rendition for the Spotify Singles series, alongside a stripped-down version of the title track from her recent album Love Sux. While you might expect […]
Greet Death – “New Low”
Late last year, the Flint, Michigan band Greet Death released their beautifully bummed-out single “I Hate Everything,” their first music since the excellent 2019 heavy-shoegaze album New Hell. At first, “I Hate Everything” sounded like a one-off and a big departure for Greet Death, who were now starting to sound something like an American version […]
New Grass’ Attempt At Post-Punk Sounds Great, Even If It Doesn’t Sound Much Like Post-Punk
New Grass, project helmed by Chicago’s Lucio Oquendo, released a furious and inspired album called Scordatura Perforations late last year. It was kind of a screamo album, but Oquendo doesn’t really scream, even if both his vocals and their sonic backdrops supply the genre’s requisite levels of intensity. Now he’s back to put his own […]
Video: Don Q Ft. Rowdy Rebel “Bottom Line”
From BX to BK. Fresh off the release of his Corleone album, Don Q gives mob ties in his new video featuring Rowdy Rebel. Directed by Justin D’Orazio and Paul Plath, the cinematic clip trails the duo in the midst of a mob war battling for their rightful territories.