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St. Vincent is in promo mode for new album All Born Screaming, and she’s got my attention today with a take that is by no means hot but certainly qualifies as accurate. Speaking to BBC Radio 2’s Jo Whiley, Annie Clark explained that the modern tendency to cover Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah”  » Read More

Last month, country star Kacey Musgraves released her new album Deeper Well. Today, she teamed up with indie rock band Rainbow Kitten Surprise for “Overtime,” a single from their forthcoming album Love Hate Music Box.  » Read More

88Rising’s pan-genre collective 1999 WRITE THE FUTURE already released their debut album hella (˃╭̣ ╮˂̣)✧♡‧o· ̊ this year, and the flow of new music has not stopped. Last week they teamed with Rich Brian and TiaCorine on the Miami bass-infused “PUMP IT UP ε=┌(^_^)┘.” Now Deb Never, a known to meld styles herself,  » Read More

The deluxe edition of Five Finger Death Punch’s Afterlife album is out today, and it includes an unexpected collaboration. “This Is The Way,” a bonus track from the new release, pairs the hard rockers with the late DMX for an extra burly rap-rock experience. They’ve topped it off by hiring Hype Williams to direct the video.  » Read More

More than at any point since the mainstream coronation of rock and roll, fans are increasingly sympathetic to selling out, if not outright supportive of musicians taking shelter within whatever remaining revenue streams have not dried up in the streaming era. These are dire economic times, and the purity of forgoing licensing deals was easier to uphold for bands who could still mint a salary hawking rings of polycarbonate and […]

Kendrick Lamar sent the rap world aflutter last month with a guest verse on Future and Metro Boomin’s “Like That” lashing out at Drake and J. Cole. In the verse, K.Dot responded to Drake and Cole’s For All The Dogs track “First Person Shooter,” a #1 hit in which Cole rapped about the three stars’  » Read More

The lengthy list includes Pharrell Williams, Jon Batiste, Nile Rodgers, Raphael Saadiq, Jay-Z, The-Dream, and Ryan Tedder  » Read More

The North Carolina rapper takes aim at Lamar on his new album’s “7 Minute Drill”  » Read More

Stream new releases from Vampire Weekend, Mount Kimbie, Glorilla, Sinkane, Phosphorescent, Drahla, Grace Cummings, Bnny, and Adam Wiltzie  » Read More