Dan Bejar is releasing the new Destroyer album LABYRINTHITIS in a couple of weeks. We’ve already heard the singles “Tintoretto, It’s for You” and “Eat The Wine, Drink The Bread,” and today, we’re getting another one that’s twice as long as either of them. Written with Bejar’s longtime collaborator John Collins, “June” is a dream-world […]
Girl Talk, Wiz Khalifa, Big K.R.I.T., & Smoke DZA – “Put You On”
In recent years, Girl Talk has moved away from his influential mashup work and started focusing on rap production. And today, the artist born Greg Gillis is announcing Full Court Press, a collaborative album with Wiz Khalifa, Big K.R.I.T., and Smoke DZA, and sharing its ’70s soul-sampling lead single “Put You On,” the first track […]
Video: Kanye West Ft. The Weeknd, Lil Baby “Hurricane”
No more dark for me. Kanye West rallies The Weeknd and Lil Baby in the latest video off his Donda 2 album. The CGI clip depicts an army of masked and robed individuals escaping prison to gather for a baptism of Jesus-like figure. The Weeknd and Lil Baby join Ye during the masses before the […]
Video: Rowdy Rebel “Ah Haa (Freestyle)”
Rowdy back. After a relevant quiet first quarter, Rowdy Rebel returns with a new freestyle. Over Lil Durk’s menacing “Ah Haa”, the GS9 member flexes his lyrical muscle along while mobbing with his clique. This marks the Brooklyn rapper’s first music since last year’s”9 Bridge” with A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie and “Lets Talk Facts“, […]
Video: King Von “Too Real”
R.I.P. King Von. Hot off the release of his What It Means To Be King, King Von brings the heat in the latest video off the late rapper’s posthumous album. In the blazing clip, the OTF rapper hits up a private property and delivers his fiery raps while hanging upside down and disarming a flame […]
Video: Nino Man “Mixed Emotions”
Cheers! Fresh off the release of his Mixed Emotions album, So Raspy’s Nino Man releases the video for the love-themed project’s title-track. Directed by Benji Filmz, the clip finds the Harlem native rapping the introspective track from a run-in with the paparazzi to the back of an Escalade with his lady and the crib.
Mal Blum – “Candy Bars & Men”
Mal Blum is releasing a new EP, Ain’t It Nice, next month. We’ve heard “Stockpiled Guns & TV Dinners” from it so far and today Blum is sharing “Candy Bars & Men,” a pinched and pained track that Blum says is “an ode to solo interstate travel, gay cruising, roadside motels, intimacy with strangers, novelty, […]
John Doe – “Never Coming Back”
John Doe has had a fascinating career. Doe has done stints in bands like the Knitters and the Flesh Eaters, but he’s best-known as one of the two leaders of LA punk legends X. (In 2020, the original lineup of X got back together to release Alphabetland, their first album in 35 years.) Doe has […]
Kate Bollinger – “Who Am I But Someone”
Kate Bollinger has spent the past few years putting out EPs — her most recent was 2020’s A Word Becomes A Sound — and she’s got another shorter collection of songs coming out later this year. The Look At It In The Light EP is being released next month, and she previewed it a couple […]
Terror – “Can’t Help But Hate” (Feat. George “Corpsegrinder” Fisher)
Hardcore bands don’t typically last for a long time without downshifting into legacy-act status, but LA overlords Terror are now 20 years deep into their career. They’ve never lost their vitality. They tour constantly, and their physical live shows are the stuff of legend. And when Terror announce a new LP, that’s worthy of your […]