James Rettig

Calvin Harris is a week out from the release of Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 2, the sequel to the series’ first volume that came out in 2017. We’ve heard a handful of songs from it so far — “Stay With Me,” “Potion,”  » Read More

Beyoncé is back. Tonight, the pop star returns with Renaissance, her first solo album since Lemonade six years ago. She announced it last month with “Break My Soul,” the album’s lone single, and Act I: Renaissance appears to be the start of a much larger project.  » Read More

Beyoncé’s new album, Renaissance, is out tomorrow, and it includes a song called “Energy” that samples Kelis’ 2000 track “Get Along With You.” The Neptunes’ Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo — who are the officially credited writers and producers of the original song — are in the writing credits for “Energy,”  » Read More

The Cure have announced a 30th anniversary edition of their 1992 album Wish. The deluxe edition will feature 24 previously unreleased tracks and four that were previously only available from the mail order-only tape Lost Wishes. The album itself has been newly remastered by Robert Smith and Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios.  » Read More

The Philadelphia band Doll Spirit Vessel are releasing their debut album, What Stays, in a couple weeks. We highlighted “Something Small” from it earlier this month, and today they’re back with the album’s title track. It’s a pretty, slippery rock song that locks into focus as Kati Malison sings about lacking form.  » Read More

The Brooklyn-based musician Michael Kolb, a former touring member of Water From Your Eyes, has spent the past few years building up quite the Bandcamp backlog, filled with autre pop songs that were recorded in his bedroom. Today, he’s announcing his debut album as Kolb, Tyrannical Vibes,  » Read More

The Winnipeg band Living Hour have a new album coming out in a few weeks, Someday Is Today, which was co-produced by Jay Som’s Melina Duterte. They’ve shared two tracks from it so far, “Feelings Meeting” and “No Body,” and today they’re back with another one,  » Read More

Since departing from the major-label system, Swedish pop star Tove Lo has put out some cool-as-hell tracks. Her recent run of singles — “How Long,” “No One Dies From Love,” and “True Romance” — will all appear on her upcoming new album Dirt Femme.  » Read More

Over the past couple weeks, Houston rapper Maxo Kream has been sharing some new tracks — the Anderson .Paak-featuring “The Vision,” the Benny The Butcher-featuring “Football Heads” — that are included on the deluxe edition of Weight Of The World,  » Read More