THICK – “Loser”
Brooklyn trio and Band To Watch alums THICK are back with news of a new album, Happy Now, the follow-up to their 2020 debut LP 5 Years Behind. Happy Now Continue Reading
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Narrow Head – “T.W.I.N.”
Houston’s Narrow Head have a style that’s about halfway between early-’90s shoegaze and early-’90s post-hardcore; they sound like the most seasick thing that you might year on alt-rock radio back Continue Reading
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Secret Machines – “Day 21” & “Dreaming Of Dreaming (Mavrogeorgis And Sclavunos Version)”
Secret Machines returned in 2020 with Awake In The Brain Chamber, their first album in a dozen years and the first since the death of founding member Benjamin Curtis. Curtis Continue Reading
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Tony Molina – “I Don’t Like That He”
Tony Molina, the Bay Area musician who has mastered the art of cranking out bite-size power-pop nuggets, has a new album called In The Fade coming out later this summer. Continue Reading
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Flo Milli – “Conceited”
Since making one of our favorite rap albums of 2020, Flo Milli has been sticking to dropping a loose single here and there — including “Roaring 20s,” the Dora The Continue Reading
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Meat Wave – “Ridiculous Car”
Back in March, Chicago noise-makers Meat Wave shared their first new song of 2022 called “Honest Living.” Now, the trio have shared another new song, “Ridiculous Car,” both of which Continue Reading
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Stream Sauce Walka’s Wild New Mixtape Al Rage Walka
Houston rap maniac Sauce Walka isn’t really an albums artist. Sauce Walka puts out a lot of mixtapes — four last year, in fact — but they’re usually afterthoughts. Instead, Continue Reading
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Denzel Curry, Bun B, Jlin, & More Contribute New Songs To Apple Music’s Juneteenth 2022: Freedom Songs
Juneteenth is just over a week away, and Apple Music is celebrating the holiday with a new compilation of originals and covers called Juneteenth 2022: Freedom Songs. Available in Spatial Continue Reading
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Stream Elucid’s Excellent New Art-Rap Album I Told Bessie
A couple of months ago, billy woods, one half of the great New York avant-rap duo Armand Hammer, teamed up with producer Preservation to release the solo album Aethiopes. It’s Continue Reading
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NOT THE MAIN CHARACTERS: A New Type of Girl Group
Photos and Interview by Jordan Edwards Girl groups have come in many different forms over the years. From The Supremes to Destiny's Child to Fifth Harmony, the sound and style Continue Reading
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Dust Star – “Nothing In My Head”
Dust Star are a new band made up of Justin Jurgens, formerly of Sirs, and Cameron Wisch, who we last heard heading up the short-lived band Cende and before that Continue Reading
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Colby Tyner, SVP of Programming for Radio One and Reach Media, Explains Radio’s Shift Over the Last Two Decades
Plus 1Interview: Bianca TorresEditor’s Note: This story originally appeared in the Spring 2022 issue of XXL Magazine, on stands now. The way people consume music has changed over the last Continue Reading
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Pixies – “There’s A Moon On”
Pixies have announced a new album, Doggerel, their fourth reunion-era record and their first since 2019’s Beneath The Eyrie. They recorded it at the studio Guilford Sound in Vermont, and Continue Reading
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Emily Yacina – “White Bull”
Next month, Emily Yacina is releasing All The Things, a compilation album that rounds up some loosies from her discography and also includes three new tracks. We heard one of Continue Reading
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Horse Jumper of Love – “Sitting On The Porch At Night”
Horse Jumper Of Love are releasing a new album, Natural Part, in a couple weeks. They’ve shared two singles already, “I Poured Sugar In Your Shoes” and the title track, Continue Reading
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THISISRNB’S GLOBAL R&B SPOTLIGHT SERIES:MEET R&B ARTIST FROM ACROSS THE WORLD
Our Global R&B Spotlight series continues and this month we are shining the light on Sage Harris, Dylan Sinclair, Amaal (Toronto Canada) with Moliy (Ghana) rounding out this month’s list. Continue Reading
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Rosie Thorne – “You’re My Future”
Back in 2018, Mannequin Pussy’s Marisa Dabice unveiled a synth-pop side project called Rosie Thorne with newer MP member Max Steen. They had plans to release a new song every Continue Reading
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Katie Alice Greer – “Captivated”
Later this month, Katie Alice Greer is releasing her debut solo album, Barbarism. She’s shared “FITS/My Love Can’t Be” and “Dreamt I Talk To Horses” from it so far, and Continue Reading
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Martin Courtney – “Sailboat”
New Jersey indie rockers Real Estate are still going strong; they dropped a Television cover last year. Frontman Martin Courtney has also been steadily cranking out solo records ever since Continue Reading
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These Are the 10 Great Hip-Hop Projects This Year That Shouldn’t Be Determined by Commercial Success
Commercial success in rap music is a tricky subject. While high sales and chart placements stand as landmark wins for artists, a lot of times, numbers are used to discredit Continue Reading
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