ABBA, the globally beloved Swedish pop titans, basically broke up in 1982, though they never officially announced it. They released The Visitors, their last album, in 1981, and they spent decades denying any speculation that they’d ever get back together. But now it’s happening. ABBA’s reunion has been in the works for a long time […]
Charli XCX – “Good Ones”
Charli XCX is back with big “Sweet Dreams” energy and even bigger hair. Charli’s been teasing her new single “Good Ones” for weeks now, and today it’s finally here in all its blocky-synth glory. At just over two minutes, the song is short and sweet, merging those ’80s new wave and synthpop touchstones with more […]
Jon Hopkins – “Sit Around The Fire” (Feat. Ram Dass & East Forest)
Jon Hopkins has announced a new album called Music For Psychedelic Treatment, his first full-length since 2018’s Singularity. The album was inspired in part by Tayos Caves in Ecuador, where Hopkins visited in 2018 and which are represented on the LP by three tracks featuring field recordings by Mendel Kaelen. “It felt like time for […]
Silverbacks – “Wear My Medals”
Band To Watch alumni Silverbacks released their great debut album Fad a little over a year ago. Not being able to tour it had a silver lining, with the group forging ahead with writing sessions for a second album starting in the early months of 2020. Today, they’ve returned with a new single — their […]
David Crosby Announces If I Could Only Remember My Name 50th Anniversary Deluxe Reissue With A Dozen Previously Unreleased Tracks
The folk-rock legend David Crosby was already an established figure when he released his first solo album, 1971’s If I Could Only Remember My Name. At that point, Crosby had been a member of the Byrds and Crosby, Stills, Nash, and sometimes Young. For his solo debut, Crosby drew on his considerable circle of friends. […]
Beak> – “Ah Yeh”
Beak>, the Bristol kosmische trio featuring Portishead’s Geoff Barrow, released a phenomenal new song called “Oh Know” last spring via NRMAL CAMARADA TV, a YouTube series run by Mexico City’s NRMAL Festival. At the time, a press release explained, “It is not being released as a single, they just want you to know that they’re […]
Stream Memphis Rapper Big30’s Debut Mixtape King Of Killbranch, Feat. Future, Lil Durk, Pooh Shiesty, More
At the beginning of 2021, already bubbling thanks to the massive Lil Durk collab “Back In Blood,” released the debut mixtape Shiesty Season. That tape immediately made Shiesty a star, though he hasn’t gotten much of a chance to enjoy it. Right now, Shiesty is in jail, facing various federal charges related to armed robbery […]
Little Simz – “Point And Kill” (Feat. Obongjayar)
Tomorrow, the London rapper and singer Little Simz will release her thoughtful and sprawling new album Sometimes I Might Be Introvert. Right now, it’s our reigning Album Of The Week. Today, with the album release looming, Simz has shared what might be its best track. True to its title, Sometimes I Might Be Introvert is […]
Video: 42 Dugg “Bestfriends”
42 Dugg is flexing in his Free Dem Boyz‘ new music video. In the flashy clip, the Detroit rapper shops for ice at the jewelry store, mobs with the crew outside, burns rubber, and hits Ford Field.
Video: Isaiah Rashad Ft. YGTUT “Chad”
If Isaiah Rashad and company weren’t rapping, they’d all probably be doing everything in the TDE rapper’s new video featuring YGTUT. In the Jack Begert and Mez Heirs-directed clip, Rashad and YGTUT claim their stardom while depicted in various occupations and scenarios. Cameos include labelmates Reason, Ray Vaughn, and Jay Rock. Others include Dominic Fike […]