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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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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 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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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 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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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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Hear Me ClearlyIn the 15 years since he appeared on the inaugural XXL Freshman cover, Lupe Fiasco has changed a lot. Yet, he remains one of the illest lyricists in Continue Reading
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Three former R&B group members RL (Next) Q Parker (112) and Willie Taylor (Day 26) have teamed up and released a single, “Fireworks,” a slow, R&B ballad. It brings back Continue Reading
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The 2022 XXL Freshman Class is here. You’ve seen their ABCs, listened to them respond to trolls for the Mean Comments segment and heard them spit in their individual freestyles. Now, Continue Reading
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