'Til I CollapseLatin trap star Eladio Carrión incorporates lessons he learned from hip-hop into his music.Interview: Bianca TorresEditor’s Note: This story originally appeared in the Winter 2021 issue of XXL Continue Reading
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Back in October, Ibibio Sound Machine released a new single called “Electricity,” produced by Hot Chip. It was a banger, and it ranked amongst our favorite songs that week. Today, Continue Reading
38 Last year, Rico Nasty had to endure several rude and offensive responses from rowdy crowds while opening for Playboi Carti on his King Vamp Tour. In fact, someone threw a bottle at Continue Reading
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Following the success of her pandemic anthem "Overwhelmed," Royal & the Serpent (Ryan Santiago) has pushed herself as an artist. Her macabre style and cinematic aesthetics are a perfect match Continue Reading
31 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 Continue Reading
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EARTHGANG, the Atlanta rap duo made up of Olu and WowGr8, are releasing their new album Ghetto Gods at the end of the month. And today, they’re following up lead Continue Reading
24 New music Friday is back again. A number of projects have arrived including a sophomore album from an introspective rhymer from Maryland, a new LP by a Cali wordsmith and a Continue Reading
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Ryley Walker released his most recent album, the great Course In Fable, under a year ago. But if you know Walker, you know he’s prolific — and if you listened Continue Reading
38 We're a few days into a new year and the big releases are already rolling in. This week, there's an album from a Canadian crooner who is known to demolish Continue Reading
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At the end of the month, Eels are releasing a new album, Extreme Witchcraft, the prolific project’s follow-up to 2020’s Earth To Dora. We’ve heard a handful of singles from Continue Reading
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Perfume Genius has begun 2022 with a remix of “Lightning Crashes” from Live’s 1994 alt-rock classic Throwing Copper. It is in some ways a radical reworking, and in other ways Continue Reading
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The relentlessly prolific Virginia guitarist Daniel Bachman is back today with a new covers album called Lonesome Weary Blues. It comprises seven acoustic instrumentals in Bachman’s Fahey-esque style, all covers Continue Reading
76 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 Continue Reading
34 Destiny doesn't give up on its target. Back when he was 14 years old, Lil Migo's uncle took him to the studio, wrote a song for him and told him Continue Reading
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It’s been a big year for Nas. His 2020 release King’s Disease earned him his first Grammy, and then he followed that up with the sequel King’s Disease II, which Continue Reading
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It’s a rough day for Chicago rappers. According to a new report, Kanye West’s whole trainwreck of a presidential campaign was secretly run by Republican operatives. Meanwhile, Lil Durk just Continue Reading
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Chicago hardcore warriors Life’s Question haven’t released a full-length album yet, but they’ve already figured out a supremely potent sound, a metallic growl with a whole lot of guitar heroics Continue Reading
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Though Nothing recently dropped The Great Dismal B-Sides, the Philly metal-shoegazers are back with a new Adult Swim Singles entry — the last one of 2021, in fact. “This Man’s Continue Reading
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Early next year, Cat Power, aka Chan Marshall, will release a new collection of cover songs, plus a few updated versions of her own tracks. Leading up to the release Continue Reading
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Boris are releasing W, a full-length continuation of their 2020 album NO, next month. But before that happens, they’ve returned with the two-track holiday single Noël, which features a cover Continue Reading
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