Patti Smith has released a new live EP, the latest installment of Spotify and Electric Lady Studios’ Live At Electric Lady series also featuring Japanese Breakfast, Faye Webster, Bleachers, and more. Smith’s seven-track EP includes a number of her own songs in addition to covers of Bob Dylan’s “One Too Many Mornings” and Stevie Wonder’s […]
Hand Habits – “No Difference”
Meg Duffy announced their new Hand Habits album Fun House, the follow-up to 2019’s excellent placeholder, last month. The LP was produced by Sasami Ashworth and engineered by King Tuff’s Kyle Thomas, and lead single “Aquamarine,” one of our favorite songs of the week when it came out, was a successful sonic departure that ventured […]
Rina Sawayama – “Enter Sandman” (Metallica Cover)
We’re getting closer and closer to the release of The Metallica Blacklist, the bugged-out new project where 53 different artists cover the songs from Metallica’s self-titled Black Album. One of the weirdest things about this whole project is that it seems to involve very few metal bands, or even artists with a noticeable metal influence […]
IDLES – “The God That Failed” (Metallica Cover)
In a few weeks, Metallica will release The Metallica Blacklist, the strange new project that will feature 53 different artists covering songs from Metallica’s self-titled “Black Album.” We’ve already heard a ton of those covers; people like Phoebe Bridgers, Weezer, and Chris Stapleton have offered their own incongruous takes on Metallica’s originals. Today, British bellowers […]
Complex Brackets: Sean Paul Crowns Best Dancehall/Rap Song
Lawda mercy. Brian B.Dot Miller picks Sean Paul’s brain for the best Dancehall/Rap song in the latest episode of Complex Brackets. From The Game and Junior Reid “One Blood”, Shyne and Barrington Levy’s “Bad Boyz”, to Sean Paul’s very own “Gimme The Light” remix with Busta Rhymes, and more, Dutty Paul weighs in on the […]
Video: Smoke DZA “Chin Music”
Chin up. Hot off the release his Thanks Again project with producer 183rd and Nym Lo, DZA takes the spotlight in the video to his solo record. At the new cannabis cafe, The Astor Club in New York, the Kushed God breaks his weed and lights up while delivering his smokey raps over Camoflauge Monk’s […]
Video: Trippie Redd “Supernatural”
Trippie is here. Trippie Redd brings his “Supernatural” powers in his Trip At Knight‘s new music video. After fighting off zombies from “MP5“, Trippie Redd takes center of a remote junkyard at night where he turns up with his crew and races cars on the property in the midst of special effects.
Video: Big Body Bes “Tears Of A Tiger”
Bes is the best. Big Body Bes is back like he’s never left on his new drop, “Tears Of A Tiger”. In the accompanying clip, the New York heavyweight unleashes his furious bars while counting bread and mobbing with the crew in the streets. Don’t come outside.
Video: 1982, Statik Selektah, Termanology Ft. Skyzoo, Jared Evan “Summer in New York
Hot boy summers. 1982’s Statik Selektah and Termanology highlight the summer in their The Summer project’s new video featuring Skyzoo and Jared Evan. Directed by Nyjee Evans and 1982, Term and Skyzoo bring the summer vibes inside a liquor store while the clip highlights the trios previous summers. Fun times.
Video: Chief Keef, Mike WiLL Made-It “Harley Quinn”
Pull up. Chief Keef and Mike WiLL Made-It reunite on their new single, “Harlen Quinn” produced by Mike WiLL Made-It and Young Rari. Directed by Traven Young, Sosa flexes his gritty raps inspired by DC Comic character while mobbing with his crew at night. Call him a softie, I dare ya.