British detectives will be given powers to pursue gangsters who glorify knife and gun violence and stoke tensions through videos posted on social media, targeting them in the same way as terrorists who call for attacks online. Rapper Konan of the duo Krept & Konan wrote an article for the Guardian about how freedom of […]
“I just listen to who [artists] are as people. The most I can do is get inside their minds and see what they’re thinking” - American songwriter Starrah tells Billboard about how she makes songs. She wrote for Travis Scott, The Weeknd, Drake, Halsey, Katy Perry, Nicki Minaj, Camila Cabello, Maroon 5 and Rihanna, some of […]
“I wrote some songs on my own for the last album, but this time it’s all co-writes, Reason being is I want it to be even better than 'As You Were' [first album]. I know my strengths and I know my limitations. I’m an OK songwriter, but I’m a great singer and frontman. I want the […]
"Callahan writes about his happiness, and how much his happiness proves to be enlightening for us... 'Shepherd' feels like his most something album ever—his warmest, his most generous, possibly his most profound... It is a high note, fond and deep and sustained" - Pitchfork says of it's latest choice for Best New Music. Listen to the album at […]
American hard-rockers Baroness have a new album 'Gold & Grey' out, with a new guitarist, and the one to end the color-themed series. Consequence of Sound says the band finds "themselves in a place of great maturity, exhibiting superb musicianship", NME says it's "super-tight, slick and takes sonic soundscapes to the next level entirely", Exclaim's […]
Matthew Murphy of the Wombats gathered a new collective, Love Fame Tragedy, with his famous friends - Joey Santiago of the Pixies, Pearl Jam drummer Matt Chamberlain, and Gus Unger-Hamilton of Alt-J - and made an EP 'I Don't Want to Play the Victim, But I'm Really Good at It', last year. This year they […]
Mashup master Andy Rehfeldt wrote and recorded a jazz version of Slayer's 'Raining Blood', with some Tom Araya's vocals, adding a bit of 'Girl From Ipanema'. Jazz remake with Slayer "playing" it below.
"Some of my fans don't want me to discuss politics in my songs, which makes me want to discuss politics in my songs even more" - Americana singer-songwriter Eilen Jewell says in a PopMatters interview. She has a new single, 'Crawl' (listen to it below), and a new album 'Gypsy', which were heavily influenced by […]
It goes from Hot Chip to Vampire Weekend, it covers a lot of ground, but it lacks some outstanding British music - Slowthai, Little Simz, Dave, Maverick Sabre, and generally some leftfield music - Spelling, The Comet Is Coming, Bibio, Aldous Harding, Holly Herndon, to nema a few, but still it's a good starting point […]
"He is careful and meticulous, malleable and introspective. His sound totters between drill and pop, sometimes hard, sometimes smooth. Eventually, he blurs the lines between them. All of this is on full display on his brutal, powerful debut, 'Die a Legend'" - Pitchfork says about it's latest Best New Music choice, Chicago rapper Polo G's album.
