On Monday, Kanye West debuted the Yeezy Season 9 collection to an invite-only crowd of celebrities and insiders at Paris Fashion Week. During the show, he unveiled a t-shirt bearing a photo of Pope John Paul II on the front and, inexplicably, the phrase “White Lives Matter” on the back. …
Read More »Ankhal Is Back and Stronger Than Ever
The Puerto Rican rapper Ankhal started 2022 with unbeatable momentum. He’d burst onto the music scene just a few years before and had attracted fans at breakneck speed, becoming known across the industry for his dangerous, unapologetically explicit rhymes about street life, delivered in his distinct, throaty baritone. He’d collaborated …
Read More »The Eclectic Sounds Blooming in the Dominican Republic's Indie Scene
The Caribbean is often celebrated for vibrant music scenes that revolve around dancehall, reggaeton, dembow, and soca, among other genres. In the Dominican Republic, specifically, the dembow scene continues to conquer global airwaves and blast up the charts. At the same time, however,a glowing indie scene has been flourishing, reflecting …
Read More »Taylor Swift Shares 'Bejeweled' Song Name as She Continues 'Midnights Mayhem'
Another midnight, another song. Taylor Swift took to her instagram and TikTok on Tuesday night to share yet another track title as she get closer to the release of her highly anticipated 10th album Midnights. Once again taking to her bingo ball cage to select a number, she pulled out …
Read More »Watch Modern English Revisit '80s Hit 'I Melt With You' on 'Fallon'
Modern English appeared on The Tonight Show to perform their 1982 single “I Melt With You” as part of the 40th anniversary celebration of their album After the Snow. The group offered a straight-forward rendition of the ’80s number, which became the band’s most successful track after its release. The …
Read More »Watch No Malice Join Pusha T for Surprise Clipse Reunion at 2022 BET Awards
Just over 20 years after the release of their 2002 debut single “Grindin,’” Virginia Beach-hailing rap duo Clipse reunited for a special performance of the track during the 2022 BET Hip Hop Awards on Tuesday night. Pusha T performed a medley of singles from his latest album It’s Almost Dry …
Read More »Pavement Go Back to Their Gold Soundz in Historic Brooklyn Stand
Pavement had so many amazing moments in their historic four-night run in Brooklyn. But one of the funniest came on Sunday night, after the legendary Nineties indie jesters took a ramshackle stab at “Spit on a Stranger.” Stephen Malkmus shrugged and told the crowd, “That was a version of that …
Read More »Fever Ray Returns After Five Years with Eerie New Single 'What They Call Us'
Fever Ray returns with their first new musical release in five years, an eerily watchful track titled “What They Call Us,” written and co-produced with Karin Dreijer’s The Knife counterpart Olof Dreijer. “First I’d like to say that I’m sorry / I’ve done all the tricks that I can,” Fever …
Read More »J.D. Fortune on Fronting INXS: 'I Had It All In My Hand, And I Couldn't Hold Onto It'
Rolling Stone‘s interview series King for a Day features long-form conversations between senior writer Andy Greene and singers who had the difficult job of fronting major rock bands after the departure of an iconic vocalist. Some of them stayed in their bands for years, while others lasted just a few …
Read More »Sharon Van Etten Sings About Her Son on 'Never Gonna Change,' Announces Deluxe LP
Sharon Van Etten is giving fans a deep cut from her recently released LP We’ve Been Going About This All Wrong. On Wednesday, the indie rocker released “Never Gonna Change,” as she announced the arrival of All Wrong‘s deluxe version with four additional songs. On the simple, yet emotional track, …
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