New York rapper Princess Nokia self-released a pair of albums, Everything Sucks and Everything Is Beautiful, at the start of the 2020. Since then, she’s signed with Arista Records and put out two more singles, “It’s Not My Fault” last March and the Yung Baby Tate-featuring “Boys Are From Mars” in September. Today, she’s back […]
Stream Sugar World’s Debut Album Lost & Found
Since moving to San Diego a few years ago, Ryan and Katryn Stanley — formerly of the Florida Best New Band alums Naps — have been putting out music under the name Sugar World. After a handful of one-off singles, today they’re dropping their debut album, Lost & Found. It’s a comforting, homespun collection of […]
Arooj Aftab – “Udhero Na” (Feat. Anoushka Shankar)
Last year, Arooj Aftab released her third full-length album, Vulture Prince, which ended up netting her Grammy nominations for Best New Artist and Best Global Music Performance. Today, Aftab is announcing a deluxe edition of that album, which will be out in June. It features a previously unreleased track called “Udhero Na,” which features sitar-playing […]
Stream Hot Water Music’s Deeply Satisfying New Album Feel The Void
For nearly three decades, Gainesville’s Hot Water Music have been cranking out gruff, melodic punk rock anthems. They’ve spawned legions of imitators, but virtually nobody else has managed to bring that passionate fists-up headrush thing on their level. Today, Hot Water Music have come out with a new LP, and it’s almost bafflingly good. The […]
Tha God Fahim – “4 Matic”
Like his frequent collaborator Your Old Droog, Atlanta rapper Tha God Fahim stays busy. Last year, Fahim teamed up with Montreal beatmaker Nicholas Craven for a series of EPs. Earlier this year, Fahim and Your Old Droog got together for the collaborative album Tha Wolf On Wall St 2: The American Dream. And today, Fahim […]
Holy Fawn – “Death Is A Relief”
Two years ago, the Arizona heavy shoegaze band Holy Fawn released their EP The Black Moon, and it ruled extremely hard. Right now, Holy Fawn are on tour with Deafheaven and Midwife, and that sure looks like a sick triple bill. Today, in the middle of that tour, Holy Fawn have come out with a […]
Praise – “All In A Dream”
In the last decade, a group of young musicians in Baltimore changed the face of hardcore. Bands like Trapped Under Ice, Angel Du$t, and Turnstile featured a ton of the same musicians, and they made music that was lively and exciting and full of personality. These days, TUI are dormant, but Turnstile and Angel Du$t […]
hey, ily – “Intrusive Thoughts Always”
We called last year’s hey, ily EP Internet Breath “the Nintendocore x emo x powerpop x shoegaze hybrid you didn’t know you needed.” Today the Billings, Montana band — who describe their style as “genre dysphoric emo synth music from hell” — has returned with a similarly hyperactive genre meld called “Intrusive Thoughts Always.” It […]
Minnie Mouse Releases “Lofi” Versions Of Disney Songs To Relax/Study To
Well, here’s something you probably never thought about needing but exists nonetheless. Disney has released a compilation called Lofi Minnie: Focus, a collection ostensibly by Minnie Mouse but “featuring some of Minnie’s favorite Disney songs reimagined by top artists in the Lofi space.” As you might expect, no, these are not actually Disney songs in […]
Ascendant Teen-Pop Star Gayle’s Debut EP a study of the human experience volume one Goes Hard
Back in November, my friend and colleague Chris DeVille wrote a Week In Pop column about Taylor Gayle Rutherford, a 17-year-old Nashville-based singer who’d just come out with a big honking monster of a breakup song called “abcdefu.” Rutherford, who records as just plain Gayle, is a creature of the music industry; she’s a protege […]