The Los Angeles trio Automatic are releasing their sophomore album, Excess, next month. We’ve heard “New Beginning” and “Venus Hour” from it already, and today they’re back with another single, “Skyscraper.” “It’s about spending your life making money and then spending it to fill the void created by said job,” the band’s Halle Saxon-Gaines said […]
2022 Billboard Music Award Performances & Winners
Take that, take that. It was a historic night for hip hop and R&B at the 2022 Billboard Music Awards on Sunday (May 15). The live event was taped and aired from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada and hosted by Sean “Diddy” Combs”. Coming off the announcement of his R&B label […]
Video: Arin Ray “Gold”
Hotdamn. Everything that glitters is “Gold” on Arin Ray’s brand new single and video. On the groovy ballad, the Cincinnati singer praises his lady’s muse and brings his Midas touch while canoodling with her throughout the crib. “Gold” follows Arin Ray’s previous single, “The Mood” featuring D Smoke.
Kevin Gates “Bad For Me”
Good girl gone bad. After spreading the “Wizdom” on his previous track, Kevin Gates returns with his latest release, “Bad For Me”. Backed by a melodic hook, the Bread Winner rapper laments on the pros and cons of his ride or die chick and their correlations to the streets.
SOAK – “swear jar”
On Friday, Bridie Monds-Watson, the Irish singer-songwriter who records as SOAK, will release their new album If I Never Know You Like This Again. We’ve already posted the early singles “last july” and “purgatory.” Now, with the LP release looming, Monds-Watson has dropped one last pre-release single. The new “swear jar” is a vulnerable and […]
Cola – “Fulton Park”
At the end of this week, Cola, the band that rose from the ashes of Ought, are releasing their debut album, Deep In View. We’ve heard a good chunk of singles from it already — “Blank Curtain,” “So Excited,” “Water Table,” and “Degree” — and today we’re getting one more, the itchy and impressionistic “Fulton […]
Plague Skater’s New psep EP Is A Compact Lo-Fi Tour De Force
New Jersey lo-fi rockers Plague Skater’s Plague Skater II was one of my favorite albums of last year. Today the self-professed “scuzz pop” act is back with another efficiently titled project, an EP called psep. Will Schwester continues to handle mostly everything where Plague Skater is concerned; in this case that means “vocals, guitar, bass, […]
Ty Segall – “Saturday Pt. 2”
Ty Segall released Harmonizer, his last proper album, less than a year ago. A few months ago, Segall also released his soundtrack to the documentary Whirlybird. But Segall’s not about to take a vacation or anything. Instead, later this summer, Segall will follow those two records with the new LP Hello, Hi. We already posted […]
OSEES – “Funeral Solution”
Madcap mastermind John Dwyer has kept up his non-stop string of releases over the past year with albums from projects like Moon Drenched and Gong Splat, which Dwyer made with a whole bunch of friends and collaborators. Today, he’s announcing a brand-new Osees album, A Foul Form, which is due out on August 12 via […]
Post Malone Makes Debut On SNL
Ladies and gentlemen… Post Malone. Post Malone made his Saturday Night Live debut as the musical guest on Saturday (May 14). Kicking off the evening, the hitmaker gave his first televised performance of his new single “Cooped Up” with special guest Roddy Ricch. For his second performance, Post was joined by Fleet Foxes’ Robin Pecknold […]