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 […]
Chance The Rapper Releases Video For New Song ‘Buried Alive’ — Watch
Chance The Rapper has been prepping the release of his new project Starline Gallery which fans thought was going to be an album, but he recently called his new mixtape. Either way, it’ll probably live on streaming services and be for sale somewhere. After sharing a new song called ‘Buried Alive’ on social media yesterday, […]
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Pet Shop Boys’ Neil Tennant Finds Taylor Swift’s Music Lacking: “What Is [Her] ‘Billie Jean’?”
Taylor Swift released The Tortured Poets Department, a surprise double album, last week. On Monday night, Pet Shop Boys’ Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe sat down for a conversation with The Guardian critic Alexis Petridis ahead of the release of their new album Nonetheless. Naturally, Swift came up as a topic of conversation. Early on […]
David Gilmour – “The Piper’s Call”
David Gilmour has announced Luck And Strange, his first new album since 2015’s Rattle That Lock. The Pink Floyd legend will release the LP on Sept. 6, and he’s sharing the lead single “The Piper’s Call” today. “It’s written from the point of view of being older; mortality is the constant,” Gilmour said about the song […]
Stream Corridor’s Mesmerizing New Album Mimi A Day Early
Until this week, Corridor hadn’t released an album in half a decade. They’ve made good use of that time. The Montréal band have always put their own spin on post-punk, mixing a tight, jittery rhythm section with a florid and expansive melodic palette and the firepower to really and truly rock out. Those tendencies remain […]