Chris DeVille

KAYTRAMINÉ is the new pairing of rapper Aminé and producer Kaytranada, though it’s not really that new of a pairing. The two artists have been circling each other since 2014, when Aminé turned Kaytranada’s 2013 single “At All” into the bootleg remix “Not At All.” This led to three Kaytra credits on Aminé’s 2015 mixtape Calling Brio.  » Read More

The LA duo THEY. have been kicking around the edges of the pop and R&B world for years. Today they’ve released their new album Nü Moon, which features a collab with none other than Kacey Musgraves. With its depressive mid-tempo vibe and mixture of acoustic guitar and a trap beat,  » Read More

For years, the Chicago artist Angel Marcloid has been making wild, genre-mangling music under the moniker Fire-Toolz. As of today, that catalog includes new album I am upset because I see something that is not there. The music on this release is as unpredictable as Fire-Toolz fans have come to expect,  » Read More

“WTF” is the latest collaboration between rap superstars YoungBoy Never Broke Again and Nicki Minaj. Set for YoungBoy’s upcoming album Don’t Try This At Home — a funny title given that he’s been living on house arrest in Utah — the track finds both rappers leaning into their melodic side,  » Read More

The estrangement between Mötley Crüe and their former guitarist Mick Mars continues to get messier. When Mars retired from touring due to his health condition ankylosing spondylitis, the plan was that he would remain a member of the band. But he sued Mötley Crüe this week, claiming that they’d “unilaterally”  » Read More

One of four men charged in the February 2020 killing of rising rap star Pop Smoke has been sentenced to four years and two months by the juvenile court in Inglewood, California. As the Associated Press reports, the 20-year-old pled guilty to charges of voluntary manslaughter and home invasion robbery.  » Read More

Taking in a Conway The Machine set at SXSW last month, I was struck by how much presence he brought to the stage and how much confidence he brought to the mic. (As a sports junkie, I also appreciated Conway’s Lil Wayne-like proclivity for name-checking athletes in his songs, and not just on the recent single “  » Read More

This week in the culture war: The Waukesha School District in Waukesha, Wisconsin prohibited first-graders from singing Miley Cyrus and Dolly Parton’s 2017 collaboration “Rainbowland” on Monday, citing a rule against “controversial” issues in the classroom. Nodding to the LGBTQ+ community in its title, lyrically “Rainbowland” addresses inclusiveness in the most general terms,  » Read More

Back then he was going by Manitoba. I have lots of love and respect for the music Dan Snaith has released as Caribou, and I can refer to the likes of Swim and Suddenly as Caribou records without cognitive dissonance. But I refuse to recognize Up In Flames,  » Read More