5 Seconds of Summer shared a group statement regarding sexual assault allegations against certain members. The band shared a statement on their Twitter account on Friday Continue Reading
TikTok Star Dixie D’Amelio Releases Debut Single ‘Be Happy’: Listen
Dixie D'Amelio, sister to TikTok icon Charli D'Amelio, dropped her first-ever single "Be Happy." The 18-year-old, who's known for her good singing voice on TikTok, Continue Reading
G-Eazy’s New Song Features Rumored Girlfriend Ashley Benson
G-Eazy and Ashley Benson have teamed up for a new song. On Friday (June 26), the 31-year-old rapper released his new project, Everything's Strange Here, Continue Reading
Blackpink’s ‘How You Like That’ Has Already Broken a YouTube Record
Blackpink just made their official comeback with "How You Like That," their first single in over a year. The long-awaited new song dropped Friday (June Continue Reading
Smells Like MTV: Music Video and the Rise of Grunge
The first 10 seconds are iconic: an ashen ambiance, dirty Converse canvas high tops bouncing to the beat, white gym socks, sullen cheerleaders, a modest Continue Reading
15 Landmark Dance Tracks of 1991
The late, great Tony Wilson of Factory Records fame reckoned contemporary music revolutions occurred every 13 years: the Beatles’ first album was released in 1963; Continue Reading
Corb Lund Says "I Think You Oughta Try Whiskey" (premiere + interview)
Corb Lund’s latest LP, Agricultural Tragic, releases today via New West Records. The latest single is a duet with Jaida Dreyer, “I Think You Oughta Continue Reading
'No Modernism Without Lesbians'
It’s tempting to imagine a modernist deck of playing cards, with each of the four women covered in Diana Souhami’s latest book heading up one Continue Reading
São Paulo's Céu Returns with a Fresh Perspective on 'APKÁ!'
On her fourth studio album, 2016’s Tropix, São Paulo-based singer-songwriter Céu showed a more minimalist and sharply electronic side of herself, largely eschewing the acoustic Continue Reading
Mourning [A] BLKstar's 'The Cycle' Is Secular Gospel for Healing a Damaged Nation
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The last few years have seen a resurgence of interest in reissues of deep, spiritual jazz recordings from late the 1960s and early 1970s, allowing Continue Reading
Nana Grizol Reckon with US' Racist Past and Present on 'South Somewhere Else'
The Elephant 6-related group Nana Grizol have always been a thinking band. On their first few albums, 2008’s Love It Love It and 2010’s Ruth, Continue Reading
Gordi's 'Our Two Skins' Is an Unvarnished Document of Personal Discovery
Our Two Skins, the latest album from Sophie Payten – professionally known as Gordi – begins with a bit of catharsis. “Aeroplane Bathroom” was written Continue Reading
Adele’s New Album No Longer Releasing in September: Report
Adele's fourth studio album's release date has reportedly been delayed. On Thursday (June 25), a member of the "Hello" singer's management team, Jonathan Dickins, confirmed Continue Reading
Khamari Battles Stagnation & More On Debut “Jealous”
Jealous is the debut single and first of five planned for release by Khamari, who initially built a following through covers recorded in his bedroom Continue Reading
The 10 Best Hip-Hop Tracks of 1991
Main Source – “Live at the Barbecue” Foremost among 1991’s superlative beatcraft is Main Source’s LP Breaking Atoms. Astonishingly out of print for more than ten Continue Reading
Bridget Kearney and Benjamin Lazar Davis Are "Still Flying" (premiere)
Lake Street Dive/Cuddle Magic/Okkervil River members, Bridget Kearney and Benjamin Lazar Davis’ Still Flying has been received with wide critical acclaim since its release earlier Continue Reading
Sax Player Rudresh Mahanthappa Channels Charlie Parker's Super Powers
When I first met and spoke with the alto saxophonist and composer Rudresh Mahanthappa over a dozen years ago, he was still an up-and-comer, recently Continue Reading
Pianist Gabriel Ólafs Champions Brevity Over Showmanship on 'Piano Works'
Much like Yann Tiersen and Ludovico Einaudi, the young pianist Gabriel Ólafs comes from the modern school of instrumental performers centered on mood over virtuosity. Continue Reading
MetalMatters: May 2020 – Adapting to Reality
Árstíðir lífsins – Saga á tveim tungum II: Eigi fjǫll né firðir (Van Records) Iceland’s Árstíðir lífsins are a committed band. The flesh of their Continue Reading
Threadbare Elevate Rock and Jazz on the Complex 'Silver Dollar'
Frank Zappa once famously declared, “Jazz isn’t dead, it just smells funny.” That line was uttered onstage for the sake of a good laugh, but Continue Reading