Back in December 2022, right when S.O.S. was about to drop, SZA was the musical guest on Saturday Night Live. The host that night was Keke Palmer, who got along famously with SZA in the episode promos. Now SZA and Palmer’s paths through the entertainment industry are crossing again: As Deadline reports, the pair will […]
Welcome To AG Club’s World
Since their 2017 inception, it feels like the Bay Area’s AG Club have been through eons of trials and errors. The sprawling collective is spearheaded by the de facto leaders Jody Fontaine and Baby Boy and their videographers Manny Madrigal and Ivan Collaco. Everyone else caught in the colorful crossfire could become a member of […]
Chris Stapleton – “I Should Have Known It” (Tom Petty Cover)
Tom Petty has long been a beloved figure in country music circles, and a new tribute album will feature a bunch of country luminaries covering his songs. We’ve already posted Dolly Parton’s version of “Southern Accents,” the lead single from the forthcoming compilation Petty Country: A Country Music Celebration Of Tom Petty, and the record […]
Doja Cat Is Not For The Children
Van Lear Rose Turns 20
Loretta Lynn could write. It takes a rare and difficult-to-quantify set of skills to write a great country song. You need to be able to tell a rich, emotionally resonant story — maybe saccharine, maybe not — in as few words as possible. Those words need to make musical sense, and they need to be […]
Ice Spice Jumps On Cash Cobain & Bay Swag’s Extremely Horny “Fisherr” Remix
Most fast-rising rap stars flood the zone, releasing a ton of music and jumping on a ton of other artists’ tracks. Ice Spice has gone the opposite direction. She’s been famous for nearly two years now, but she still hasn’t released a proper album. She debuted a new song at Coachella, but the only single […]
Normani – “1:59” (Feat. Gunna)
For a while there, Normani Kordei seemed primed for the biggest solo career of all the Fifth Harmony alumni. She had late 2010s hits with Khalid (“Love Lies”) and Sam Smith (“Dancing With A Stranger”). Her 2020 “Motivation” video was a minor sensation online, and the brilliant 2021 Cardi B collab “Wild Side” was a […]
Stream Thom Yorke’s Confidenza Soundtrack
Thom Yorke has scored his first movie since the 2018 Suspiria remake, which was his first stab at composing music for the screen. This time the film is Confidenza, Italian director Daniele Luchetti’s adaptation of Domenico Starnone’s novel. Yorke worked with most of his braintrust from the Smile on this music, including producer Sam Petts-Davies, […]
Cornelius – “Sketch For Spring”
Last year, Cornelius released Dream In Dream, his first album in six years. Today, the Japanese avant-pop musician is announcing its follow-up, Ethereal Essence, and sharing the single “Sketch For Spring.” “This song was written for the background music in the tube of PARCO, a cultural complex in Shibuya,” he said in a statement. “The […]
Jeff Rosenstock Drops Off Booze Cruise Festival In Solidarity With The Palestinian People
Jeff Rosenstock has dropped off the Booze Cruise festival, an event that is scheduled to take place in Hamburg, Germany later this spring. Rosenstock was announced as the top-billed headliner for the fest back in March. “After a lot of thought and offline conversations, we will not be playing this years Booze Cruise,” Rosenstock wrote […]