Lizzo is nominated in all of the big four categories -- record of the year ('Truth Hurts'), album of the year ('Cuz I Love You (Deluxe)'), song of the year ('Truth Hurts') and best new artist. Following closely behind are both Billie Eilish and Lil Nas X, who each have six nominations, with Eilish also […]
"It’s the sound of the good times melting away and the twisted corners of the club coming alive and pulling you into their grasp. Depending on your stance, that’s either a complete nightmare, or some chaos you should embrace – this new song straddles the line carefully between the two" - NME writes about Tame […]
British arena rockers the Foals have reached the U.K. album chart for the first time with 'Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost – Part 2', their sixth album, Billboard reports. The critics like it too: "Testament to all that Foals are capable of – in sound, in scope and in greatness" - NME; "A satisfying […]
"Berman altered my perception, permanently. Because I’ve listened to and read him, I see city skylines as jagged rows of car keys, the ground sometimes seems to wobble in the moonlight, and I know that they build corduroy suits from gutters. When I drive by a yard filled with broken stuff I imagine the crumbled […]
"Burna’s compositions are all based in something he’s dubbed Afro-fusion—blending pop, American hip-hop and R&B, Jamaican dancehall, and hard UK rap with Nigerian music—and he puts Africa at the root of that expanding lineage while also pushing the more traditional sounds forward. The album is a splendid hour of jams, both personal and political, that […]
'Vain coeur' combines soft, euphoric synths with metallic percussion and searing noise, and it is Parisian producer's Chams debut on Shanghai-based label Genome 6.66Mbp, Fact Magazine reports. It comes with a new four-track EP, out July 14. Listen to the EP at SoundCloud.
Tom Morello threw a fan’s phone into the crowd at his Saturday (6/15) show at Hollywood Casino Amphitheater in Tinley Park, IL. He said about the incident - “Put a phone in my face onstage and I’ll throw it. #LiveInTheMoment”, and shared a video of it on Twitter. He also told the audience at the […]
Chicago journalist Jim DeRogatis published a new book 'Soulless' about R. Kelly and his, to put it mildly, problematic relationship with girls. He details not just the accusations of sexual abuse, but Kelly's complex history of out-of-court settlements, the music industry's complicity in his actions, and law enforcement's failure to bring him to justice, BBC […]
"'Black Friday' accepts happiness as something that we’re entitled to, that everyone should feel regardless of their situation" - Stereogum says of their latest choice for Album of the Week, third album by American indie-rockers Palehound. Sonically, 'Black Friday' features "pillowy arrangements that sound like something you could fall back on to keep warm".
Jarvis Cocker has released a first official studio recording with his new project JARV IS..., a seven minutes hypnotic rock song 'Must I Evolve?' (yes, he must, back-up singers answer), Brooklyn Vegan reports. Former Pulp frontman plays now with Serafina Steer, Emma Smith, Andrew McKinney, Jason Buckle and Adam Betts, and this single will only be available […]
