Warpaint – “Champion”
Warpaint back, baby! It’s been nearly six years since the shimmery, harmony-rich Los Angeles quartet released Heads Up, their last album. The band has never fully gone away. Last year, Continue Reading
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The Weather Station – “Endless Time”
Last year, Tamara Lindeman, the singer and songwriter who records still and rapturous indie-folk as the Weather Station, released her album Ignorance. It was one of our favorite albums of Continue Reading
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Samm Henshaw set to release debut album
Samm Henshaw has been releasing music for more than six years, but he's just now releasing his debut album. What took so long? Hennshaw gained a following after releasing The Continue Reading
39 YoungBoy Never Broke Again Appears to Take Shots at NLE Choppa on New Song – Listen
YoungBoy Never Broke Again has been dropping new music leading up to the release of his new mixtape, set to arrive later this week. A second song has been delivered and it looks Continue Reading
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Jenny Hval – “Year Of Love”
Back in November, Jenny Hval returned with the announcement she had signed to 4AD and shared her debut single for the label, “Jupiter.” It was a lush and gorgeous song, Continue Reading
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J.I.D – “Surround Sound” (Feat. 21 Savage & Baby Tate)
The scarily talented young Atlanta rap star J.I.D hasn’t released a full-length since his great 2018 breakout DiCaprio 2, but this does not appear to be a problem for him. Continue Reading
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Saba – “Come My Way” (Feat. Krayzie Bone)
Chicago rapper Saba recently announced the new album Few Good Things, coming next month. We’ve already heard lead single “Fearmonger” and “Stop That,” and now we’re getting the breezy “Come Continue Reading
34 Big30 Gears Up for the Release of His Debut Album
Show & Prove: Big30Words: Peter A. BerryEditor’s Note: This story originally appeared in the Winter 2021 issue of XXL Magazine, on stands now. Big30 doesn’t rap as much as he Continue Reading
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Marissa Nadler – “Seabird” (The Alessi Brothers Cover)
Last year, the great doom-folk artist Marissa Nadler released her album The Path Of The Clouds. Today, she’s announced plans to follow that album with a new companion-piece EP called Continue Reading
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Stream Waxahatchee’s El Deafo Soundtrack
El Deafo is a new children’s TV series on Apple TV+ adapted from Cece Bell’s acclaimed graphic novel of the same name. Waxahatchee did the soundtrack EP, which is out Continue Reading
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DJ Shadow Remixes King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard’s “Black Hot Soup,” And It’s Great
Last year, the prolific Australian psych-rock overlords King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard released their synth-heavy album Butterfly 3000. Later this month, they’ll follow that album with the remix LP Continue Reading
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The Cactus Blossoms – “Everybody” (Feat. Jenny Lewis)
A lot of cool people seem to be very impressed with the Cactus Blossoms. David Lynch features the Twin Cities country band in Twin Peaks: The Return, and Kacey Musgraves Continue Reading
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The Ergs! – “Ultimate Falsetto Book”
The Ergs!, the cult-beloved New Jersey pop-punk trio, got together in 2000 and released three studio albums, as well as all sorts of EPs and random releases, before breaking up Continue Reading
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Stream Teenage Halloween & The Homeless Gospel Choir’s New Split EP
Teenage Halloween are kicking off 2022 with a new split EP. The New Jersey power-pop punks have teamed up with Pittsburgh’s the Homeless Gospel Choir for a new four-song release Continue Reading
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Eternal Sleep – “There Above” & “Against A Wall”
The Pittsburgh hardcore band Eternal Sleep has a hugely heavy sound that draws on noise-rock, groove-metal, and the nastiest iterations of grunge. Eternal Sleep released their full-length debut The Emptiness Continue Reading
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Stream 5 Demos For Sinai Vessel’s Next LP
In the year since his excellent Ground Aswim, Caleb Cordes has been hard at work on a new Sinai Vessel album. We know this because he went ahead and dropped Continue Reading
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Mac DeMarco – “I’ll Be Home For Christmas” (Bing Crosby Cover)
Mac DeMarco has been covering a different Christmas song every December for years now. Last year it was “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas.” Before that it was “Santa Claus Continue Reading
55 The 13 Best New 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 Continue Reading
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Sleaford Mods – “Don’t Go” (Yaz Cover)
Since the release of Sleaford Mods’ new album Spare Ribs at the beginning of the year, frontman Jason Williamson has kept himself busy guesting on the Bug tracks and HBO Continue Reading
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Pom Pom Squad Covered Nada Surf’s “Popular” With Matthew Caws And Remade Its Video At The Same High School
In November, Pom Pom Squad hopped on tour with ’90s alt figureheads Nada Surf after “meeting” over Twitter. Now, the two bands have teamed up for a perfectly executed collaboration: Continue Reading
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