Shygirl – “Firefly”
The UK Artist To Watch Shygirl has been around for a while now. She’s released two EPs — including 2020’s Alias, one of that year’s best — and collaborated with Continue Reading
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Here Are Hip-Hop Albums That Didn’t Live Up to the Hype
You can’t always believe the hype. Despite the fact that stans put everything up on a pedestal, flawless track records in reality are figments of our human imagination. Even the Continue Reading
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Stream Future Girls’ Sincerely Catchy Pop-Punk EP Year Long Winter
The Halifax pop-punk band Future Girls started out in 2015 as the songwriting vehicle for Matty Grace, who’s also been in bands like Weekend Dads and Cluttered. Over the years, Continue Reading
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Kathleen Hanna, Erica Dawn Lyle, & Vice Cooler – “Mirrorball”
Kathleen Hanna is on a new song — the Bikini Kill singer’s first in more than four years. “Mirrorball” was written by Bikini Kill’s Erica Dawn Lyle and Vice Cooler Continue Reading
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Shabaka – “Black meditation”
Saxophonist Shabaka Hutchings is one of the key figures in the exploding London jazz scene right now. Hutchings is essentially the leader of Sons Of Kemet, the Comet Is Coming, Continue Reading
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Camp Trash – “Let It Ride”
The Florida power-pop/emo band Camp Trash impressed me with their debut EP Downtiming last year, and now they’re ready to follow it up with a full-length. The group’s first album Continue Reading
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Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever – “Dive Deep”
Later this week, the great Australian rockers Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever will release their new album Endless Rooms. We’ve already heard a bunch of early singles — “The Way It Continue Reading
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Marci – “Immaterial Girl”
Marci — aka Marta Cikojevic, keyboardist for the woozy Montreal indie band TOPS — released her debut solo single “Entertainment” earlier this year. Inevitably, that single is part of a Continue Reading
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AB on Creating a Hip-Hop Album at a Time of Crisis With Assists From Kanye West and Fivio Foreign
An incredible amount of talent, commitment and self-belief is needed to become a professional athlete. An elite pro, former NFL wide receiver Antonio Brown has an entirely different level of those traits. Continue Reading
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Drive-By Truckers – “Every Single Storied Flameout”
Next month, the endlessly prolific country-rock road dogs Drive-By Truckers will release their new album Welcome 2 Club XIII. The band spent three days recording the album live in Athens, Continue Reading
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The 13 Best New Hip-Hop Songs This Week
Week in and week out, there are plenty of brand-new rap songs, no matter the time of year. It can be really difficult to stay aware of what's out and also Continue Reading
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Stream UK Hardcore Greats The Flex’s Ferocious New Album Chewing Gum For The Ears
Four years ago, I went to an aftershow for a punk festival where all the bands seemed to fit a certain theme. On a four-act bill, most of the bands Continue Reading
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The Dream Syndicate – “Damian”
Back in March, classic alternative staples the Dream Syndicate announced a follow-up to 2017’s How Did I Find Myself Here?, which was their first new album in 30 years. At Continue Reading
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Teen Suicide – “coyote (2015-2022)”
Back in 2017, Sam Ray officially retired the Teen Suicide name and adopted American Pleasure Club, a moniker that he had used sporadically over the years, to release 2018’s A Continue Reading
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Slaughter Beach, Dog – “Just Like Me” (Feat. Anika Pyle & Trace Mountains)
Modern Baseball have been on indefinite hiatus for the past five years, and former frontman Jake Ewald has kept himself busy with his project Slaughter Beach, Dog. A little more Continue Reading
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The Black Keys – “It Ain’t Over”
Last month, the Black Keys announced their grand return with a new album, Dropout Boogie, arriving in the middle of May. At the time, Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney shared Continue Reading
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Terror – “Pain Into Power”
In a couple of weeks, decades-deep hardcore institution Terror will release their new album Pain Into Power. The album marks the return of founding Terror guitarist Todd Jones, who left Continue Reading
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Los Colognes – “Ballad Of A Straw Man”
The Nashville trio Los Colognes haven’t put out an album since 2017’s The Wave, but next week they’re returning with a new one called The New World, which they announced Continue Reading
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Weird Nightmare – “Wrecked” (Feat. Bully)
Next month, Metz’s Alex Edkins is releasing his first album as Weird Nightmare, and he’s shared two songs from it already, “Searching For You” and “Lusitania.” Today, he’s sharing another Continue Reading
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Stream Richmond Hardcore Band Guardrails’ Primal Debut EP If You Please
When I saw the Richmond hardcore band Guardrails play with One Step Closer and Soul Blind last year, frontman Jesse “Jetski” Brinkley was rocking auto-mechanic coveralls and a big probably-plastic Continue Reading
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