Bilal –“Pleasure Toy” (Feat. Big K.R.I.T.) Video
The ever soulful Bilal has made some key guest appearances on many of the more conscious albums of the past couple years, but he's been relatively quiet musically as the focal point since last year's...
View ArticleMajor Lazer –“Christmas Trees” (Feat. Protoje)
It's officially that wonderful time of year again with Thanksgiving food certainly well-digested by now. That means it's time for the Mad Decent crew to return with their annual reworks of some of the...
View ArticleThe Last Waltz Was 40 Years Ago Today
The Band played their legendary farewell concert, The Last Waltz, 40 years ago on Thanksgiving Day at an old ice-skating rink/concert venue in San Francisco called the Winterland Ballroom. The who's...
View ArticleKamaiyah –“Mo Money Mo Problems” Video
Kamaiyah is back with another set of visuals from her excellent mixtape A Good Night In The Ghetto. This time it's for the celebratory, 808-soaked throwback "Mo Money Mo Problems." The clip, directed...
View ArticleRhymefest Buys Kanye West’s Childhood Home To Convert Into A Community Arts...
There hasn't been much good news on the Kanye West front lately, but his buddy and fellow Chicagoan Rhymefest has made a good move on behalf of West's charity Donda's House. Fest has purchased West’s...
View ArticlePaperhead –“Dama De Lavanda”
Nashville psych-pop trio Paperhead have been blending psych and prog with other genres to create silky textures all their own for six years now. They're set to drop their fourth album Chew early next...
View ArticleHell Hath No Fury Turns 10
In 1697, the British playwright William Cosgrove wrote The Mourning Bride, and two famous quotes have lived on from that play for centuries: “Music has charms to soothe a savage breast” and “Heaven has...
View ArticleUltimate Painting –“Monday Morning, Somewhere Central” Video
Ultimate Painting offered their latest full-length, Dusk, a couple months ago. It's a collection of melodic, soothing psychedelia that with a hypnotic lure pierced by slyly penetrating lyrics. A...
View ArticleThe Besnard Lakes –“Laura Lee”
Montreal psych quintet the Besnard Lakes are gearing up to The Besnard Lakes Are The Divine Wind EP early next year, which extends from last year's A Coliseum Complex Museum sessions. An early taste of...
View ArticleTkay Maidza –“Simulation” Video
Aussie pop-rap upstart Tkay Maidza dropped her introductory album TKAY last month. The last single we heard before the album dropped was a tropical-splashed bopper called "Simulation." In the interest...
View ArticlePaul Simon –“Stranger” (Prod. Nico Segal & Nate Fox)
This song is appropriately titled on a couple of levels because this is certainly one of the stranger team-ups we've seen in a while, and it also refers to Paul Simon's latest album Stranger To...
View ArticleJeezy –“Going Crazy” (Feat. French Montana) Video
Jeezy notched his third #1 album with Trap Or Die 3 earlier this month. One of the early singles for the project was the French Montana-assisted "Going Crazy," not to be confused with the superior "Go...
View ArticleWatch Tegan And Sara, Warpaint, Jenny Lewis, Moby, And More Perform From...
Bedstock is an "online festival" put of by the Children's Cancer Society's MyMusicRX initiative that features artists playing gigs using their mattress as stage for kids who are bed-ridden. This year,...
View ArticleAustralian EDM Fest Offered Free Waterboarding
Earthcore dance festival has to be the wildest fest still operating with impunity. The four-day EDM event held in Pyalong, Australia over the weekend had an unidentified 43-year-old woman die, and...
View ArticleJohn Southworth –“Champion Of Love” Video
Toronto avant-pop sculptor John Southworth followed up his 2014 double-LP Niagara with Small Town Water Tower earlier this month. Today, he's released a video for the percussion-heavy groove "Champion...
View ArticleWatch Dave Grohl In Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton Drunk History
It was a Lin-Manuel Miranda/Hamilton takeover on the latest episode of Comedy Central's Drunk History. The actor/playwright got hammered and recounted the life and times of founding father Alexander...
View ArticleU-God Sues RZA & Wu-Tang Clan For $2.5M
U-God, one of the longest standing members of the Wu-Tang Clan, is suing the legendary hip-hop collective for unpaid royalties. U, legal name Lamont Jody Hawkins, claims that he worked on about 170...
View ArticleJustice –“Fire” Video (Feat. Susan Sarandon)
French dance duo Justice just released their first album in five years, Woman, earlier this month. Today, they've given the disco-leaning jam "Fire" the visual treatment. In the Pascal...
View ArticleLocal Natives –“Ultralight Beam” (Kanye West Cover)
Local Natives know that we've all been ready for 2016 to be over, and they recognize Kanye West's The Life Of Pablo standout "Ultralight Beam" as one of the brightest beacons of light we've had...
View ArticleHodgy –“Final Hour” (Feat. Busta Rhymes)
Odd Future member Hodgy is ready to separate himself from the collective and be the next to establish himself as an artist to pay attention to on his own merits. He's gearing up to drop his solo debut...
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