The Baltimore trio Yume has a unique take on screamo. Yume are really into melody, and their records often drift off into pretty, spindly indie rock meditations. They also play around with time signatures, sometimes lurching unpredictably. But when it’s time to mash down on the gas and roar, Yume can absolutely do that. Yume […]
Moderat – “More Love”
Moderat, the electronic music Voltron formed by Apparat and Modeselektor, returned in February to announce MORE D4TA, their first album in six years. So far we’ve heard two songs from it, including “Fast Land” and “Easy Prey.” Today, they’re back with another. When Moderat first announced MORE D4TA, they mentioned one of the influences was […]
Pabllo Vittar – “Follow Me” (Feat. Rina Sawayama)
Pabllo Vittar is a Brazilian drag queen, musician, and activist who’s collaborated with Charli XCX a couple of times and who’s gearing up for a world tour that includes stops at festivals like Primavera Sound and the Chile, Argentina, and Brazil editions of Lollapalooza. Today, Vittar has teamed up with Rina Sawayama, another recent-vintage Charli […]
Stream Ted Leo’s Surprise EP The Old 200, Featuring A Traffic Homage And A Traffic Cover
Indie rock lifer Ted Leo hasn’t released a new album since The Hanged Man in 2017, but he’s been getting busy on Bandcamp lately. Just in the past month, Leo has covered Stereolab’s “Ping Pong” and contributed the new track “The Clearing Of The Land” to a benefit compilation. Today, for Bandcamp Friday, Leo has […]
Willie Nelson – “Tower Of Song” (Leonard Cohen Cover)
Back in February, Willie Nelson announced he’d be releasing a new album, A Beautiful Time, on his 89th birthday. So far we’ve heard a couple songs from it, including “I’ll Love You Till The Day I Die” and “Energy Follows Thought.” Today, he’s back with another. One of the things that stuck out upon A […]
Stream J. Cole’s New Dreamville Project D-Day: A Gangsta Grillz Mixtape
Last year, Tyler, The Creator released his album Call Me If You Got Lost, and he figured out a smart way to evoke a particular kind of ’00s rap-mixtape nostalgia: He brought in DJ Drama. Drama, whose Gangsta Grillz mixtape series was required listening for everyone who loved rap music in that crucial mixtape era, […]
Stream Singapore Emo Band Forests’ Raucous New Album Get In Losers, We’re Going To Eternal Damnation
Forests are a reminder that emo can be party music. The ridiculously fun Singapore-based trio deals in hooky, high-energy, riff-heavy rock songs built for shouting along at egregious volumes. Yet there’s also a metaphysical streak intermingled with the rowdy camaraderie, as observed through Forests’ album titles. Today they’re following up 2019’s Spending Eternity In A […]
Wilco & Neal Francis Selling New Version Of “Theologians” For One Day Only
“Theologians” is one of the finest songs on one of Wilco’s finest albums, 2004’s mindfucked, somberly rambunctious A Ghost Is Born. The original song is an easy-riding choogle steeped in quotations from Jesus Christ’s Farewell Discourse and visions of cherry ghosts, built around the phrase “Theologians, they don’t know nothin’ about my soul.” At Wilco’s […]
Video: Fredo Bang Ft. Sleepy Hallow “No Love”
Is you with it? Fredo Bang takes New York City in the accompanying music video to his latest single featuring Sleepy Hallow. Directed by Picture Perfect, Fredo and Hallow mingle with a bevy of ladies from their shopping sprees in Soho to the night spot full of strippers.
Video: A$AP Ant Ft. A$AP Rocky “The God Hour”
Get that work. A$AP Ant’s prepping the release of his forthcoming album and he clocks today with A$AP Rocky for his new single. Directed by Geerten Harmens, the colorful visual finds the A$AP Mob duo tripping throughout the city with their crew in the midst of psychedelic and vivid effects. Oh God!