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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Carly Rae Jepsen – “Beach House”
A couple days ago, Carly Rae Jepsen announced a new album, The Loneliest Time, her follow-up to 2019’s Dedicated. It includes “Western Wind,” the Rostam Batmanglij-produced single that came out Continue Reading
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Echosmith Are Just Getting Started
It's hard to believe that it's been almost a decade since Echosmith released "Cool Kids." The 2013 hit was huge on both alternative and top 40 radio, and the Spotify Continue Reading
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Hear Modest Mouse’s Isaac Brock Cover “I Heard It Through The Grapevine” For New Claymation Doc
A documentary all about claymation — appropriately called Claydream — is currently in the works and will arrive in theaters this month. Directed by Marq Evans, the doc follows the Continue Reading
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Why We Won’t Shut Up About Olivia Rodrigo’s SOUR
It began in 2006 with High School Musical. We loved the Troy and Gabriela romance. We couldn’t get enough of mean girl Sharpay. It was a cultural reset, and we Continue Reading
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Engineer Teezio Speaks on Mixing Gunna’s Wunna Album and Working on Jack Harlow’s No. 1 Record ‘First Class’
Behind the BoardsInterview: Robby Seabrook IIIEditor’s Note: This story originally appeared in the Summer 2022 issue of XXL Magazine, on stands now. Pivoting from playing the bass in high school, Continue Reading
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VIAL – “Embryo”
Last year, the Minneapolis band VIAL released their sophomore album, LOUDMOUTH. Today, they’re back with their first new track since then, a fiery one called “Embryo,” which is a benefit Continue Reading
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Gordi – “Stranger” & “Visitor”
Next month, Australian Artist To Watch Gordi (Sophie Payten) will release a new EP, Inhuman. We’ve heard a couple track so far: “Way I Go” and the title track. Now, Continue Reading
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Dazy – “Rollercoaster Ride” & “Peel”
During the first pandemic summer, the Richmond-based musician (and music publicist) James Goodson started posting power-pop songs as Dazy, and in the couple years since then he’s amassed quite the Continue Reading
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Icon Chaka Khan Releases Female Empowerment Anthem “Woman like Me”
The legend and Icon, singer-songwriter-producer actress, and humanitarian Chaka Khan ” releases new single “Woman Like Me.” After giving us the Female Empowerment song of our lives “I’m Every Woman” Kahn Continue Reading
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Jae Stephens makes Mondays easier with new single, “What’s A Monday?”
Jae Stephens is making her mark in the world of R&B and helping her fans beat the Monday blues with her new single, “What’s A Monday?”. This is the newest Continue Reading
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Rosalía – “Despechá”
Earlier this year, Rosalía released her long-awaited MOTOMAMI LP, and it’s easily one of the best albums of 2022 thus far. Earlier this month, Rosalía kicked off a global tour Continue Reading
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Militarie Gun – “Gimme Some Truth” (John Lennon Cover)
A couple of years ago, in the early days of the pandemic, Ian Shelton, leader of powerviolence monsters Regional Justice Center, started a hook-centric and hardcore-adjacent new project called Militarie Continue Reading
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PHONY – “The Middle”
This week, Joyce Manor touring guitarist Neil Berthier is releasing AT SOME POINT YOU STOP, his latest album under the name PHONY. We’ve heard “Kaleidoscope” and “Summer’s Cold” from it Continue Reading
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Julianna Riolino – “You”
Toronto alt-country standout Julianna Riolino (who also performs with Daniel Romano’s The Outfit) announced her debut album, All Blue, last month. All Blue follows Riolino 2019 EP J.R. and will Continue Reading
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Chat Pile – “Wicked Puppet Dance”
Oklahoma City’s Chat Pile make an extremely raw, caustic form of noise-rock that will wake you the fuck up if you’re feeling drowsy. Last year, Chat Pile released a split Continue Reading
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Lucy Dacus – “Believe” (Cher Cover)
Lucy Dacus is no stranger to a cover. She spent a whole year in between albums covering various songs and hasn’t slowed up on that tip since then. Her latest Continue Reading
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Slipknot – “The Dying Song (Time To Sing)”
Nü-metal mainstays Slipknot have announced a new album called THE END, SO FAR, their follow-up to 2019’s We Are Not Your Kind. In the time since, lead singer Corey Taylor Continue Reading
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Dead Cross – “Reign Of Error”
Dead Cross is a supergroup that makes frantic, unhinged hardcore. All the members of the band have a great deal of experience in punishing eardrums. The band’s singer is Mike Continue Reading
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Steven Spielberg Directed His First Music Video — For Marcus Mumford
Last week, Marcus Mumford released his debut solo single, “Cannibal.” When it came out, it was accompanied by a one-take music video shot in a high school gymnasium, but it Continue Reading
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