Got bars? Shifting through across the country, Page Kennedy ensembles some of the game’s top notch MCs for lyrically-infused posse cut, “Grand Finale 2021”. Over a high-powered instrumental by Mic West, the Hip Hop lyricist trades elite bars with the likes of Royce 5’9, The Game, Ransom, 3D Na’Tee, Mysonne, Grafh, KXNG Crooked and Locksmith. […]
Lucky Daye “Candy Drip”
Drip drip. Hot off his Grammy nominations, Lucky Daye releases the title-track to his forthcoming album, Candydrip. Over the string-based beat by D’Mile, the soul singer details his infatuation for a lover with his silky vocals. “Candy Drip” follows his previous single “Over” and his recent “You Want My Love” with Earth Wind & Fire.
Sally Shapiro – “Christmas Escape”
A few months back, Sally Shapiro announced a new album, the Johnny Jewel-produced Sad Cities, the duo’s first full-length album since 2013’s Somewhere Else that represents their first new material since they called it quits for a time back in 2016. We’ve heard “Forget About You” and “Fading Away” from that album so far, and […]
Snow Ellet – “Boys Don’t Cry” (The Cure Cover)
Earlier this year, Chicago musician Eric Reyes released his debut EP as Snow Ellet, Suburban Indie Rock Star — one of 2021’s great EPs!– and he’s followed it up with an expanded edition that included “Wine On The Carpet” and a team-up with producer Ryan Hemsworth called “Cannonball.” Today, Reyes is back with a chiming […]
Bad Bad Hats – “Sally Sweet Tooth”
Earlier this year, Minneapolis trio Bad Bad Hats released a new album, Walkman, and today they’re back with “Sally Sweet Tooth,” a spunky and inspired original holiday track. “We initially wrote ‘Sally Sweet Tooth’ a year ago for our Patreon page,” the band explain. “Every month we write an original song based around a musical […]
Blue Hawaii – “L.O.V.E.”
Last year, Blue Hawaii — the dancey team-up between Raphaelle “Ra” Standell-Preston (of Braids) and Agor “DJ Kirby” Cowan — released the very fun Under 1 House, which made our list of Great EPs From 2020. Today, they’re announcing another EP, My Bestfriend’s House, which is out in February and is being introduced by “L.O.V.E.,” […]
*NSYNC’s “Bye Bye Bye” Gets The Sad And Slow Treatment For Acclaimed New Simon Rex Movie Red Rocket
A new A24 movie Red Rocket hits theaters this weekend, and if you already watched the trailer, you might have noticed that *NSYNC’s “Bye Bye Bye” is featured prominently. You might have also caught a somber cover of the No Strings Attached single in the trailer — it’s by actress Suzanna Son (who plays the […]
Stream Drakeo The Ruler’s New Mixtape So Cold I Do Em 2
A little more than a year ago, the influential Los Angeles underground rapper Drakeo The Ruler cut a plea deal with authorities and got out of jail, where he’d been awaiting trial for years. Since his release, Drakeo has been on a creative tear. He’s released the mixtapes We Know The Truth, The Truth Hurts, […]
Tame Impala – “No Choice”
Early next year, Tame Impala will release a The Slow Rush deluxe box set, an expanded edition of their 2020 album The Slow Rush. The set includes some remixes and extended cuts and there are two previously unreleased B-sides called “The Boat I Row” and “No Choice.” Today, Kevin Parker is sharing the latter, which […]
Mitski – “Heat Lightning”
In February, Mitski is releasing her sixth album, Laurel Hell, the follow-up to 2018’s Be The Cowboy. We’ve heard “Working For The Knife” and “The Only Heartbreaker” from it already, and today we’re getting a third single, “Heat Lightning.” It starts out ponderous and slow but builds to a crescendo of fluttering piano keys and […]