Jack Harlow and Doja Cat are teaming up for a new song that’s dropping this Friday, March 21. Harlow announced the song, titled “Just Us,” on social media. He also shared what appeared to be the cover art, which showed the two musicians chatting in a restaurant kitchen (the photo …
Read More »Wunderhorse Keep Getting Comparisons to Rock Legends — and They Deserve Every one
Wunderhorse frontman Jacob Slater’s Wi-Fi is spotty— “Fucking nightmare on my end,” he says. He’s taking this Zoom call from the south of Morocco, where he’s spent the last four Januarys “surfing and doing nothing else.” The 28-year-old U.K. musician has grown accustomed to this kind of reset every so …
Read More »Jasmine.4.t Is Boygenius' Favorite New Singer-Songwriter — And Maybe Yours, Too
A few years ago, Jasmine Cruickshank found herself adrift. After coming out as trans, the English singer-songwriter got divorced and decamped from Bristol to Manchester, where she slept on floors and discovered a new wellspring of inspiration: her true self. “I really struggled, in the years leading up to my …
Read More »The Linda Lindas Dance in a Kaleidoscope of Color in 'Don't Think' Video
The Linda Lindas have released a music video for “Don’t Think,” a technicolor-tinged video with lyrics that critique the pressure of conforming to societal norms. The Kiki Banta and Marlowe Taylor-directed clip was filmed over two weekends in the backyard and home of one of the bandmates. “This video was …
Read More »Rachel Chinouriri Is Feeling Hopeful About What's Next
There are five versions of Rachel Chinouriri on the cover of her debut album, What a Devastating Turn of Events. One is settled on the edge of a love seat in the front yard, scribbling notes into a journal. Another is carrying a few bags to the trash. A third …
Read More »Hanumankind Is Aiming Even Bigger Than 'Big Dawgs'
In an era when more music is being released each day than in the entire year of 1989, according to one estimate, it takes a singular talent to cut through the noise. Enter Hanumankind, the curly-haired, tatted-up, India-born rapper who broke through last summer with his viral single “Big Dawgs,” …
Read More »Tina Knowles to Embark on Nine-City Book Tour for New Memoir 'Matriarch'
Tina Knowles will embark on a nine-city tour this spring in support of her upcoming memoir titled Matriarch, out on April 22. The book launch will take place in Washington, D.C. on April 30 with former First Lady Michelle Obama sitting down with Knowles as the event’s moderator. “I’m still …
Read More »How CA7RIEL and Paco Amoroso Got the Whole World Dancing and Laughing
Before the viral Tiny Desk session that put them on the map last year as one of the most exhilarating acts in Latin music, the duo of childhood friends CA7RIEL and Paco Amoroso toiled in obscurity for seven years, honing their craft in their native Buenos Aires with underground rock …
Read More »How Nsqk Became Latin Music's Favorite Rebel-Minded Newcomer
Nsqk owes a lot to a broken-down computer his uncle gave him when he was in middle school. “He had given me his old laptop with, like, Windows Vista on it,” the 26-year-old artist remembers with a laugh. “It barely worked.” Yet somehow, Nsqk — whose real name is Rodrigo …
Read More »Bad Bunny Made Chuwi World-Famous. They Have Even Bigger Dreams
Late last spring, Lorén Aldarondo was halfway through her shift waiting tables when her phone buzzed. It was her music manager, which puzzled her because he typically didn’t call when she was on the clock. Curious, she answered, and was told she needed to get on a conference call immediately. …
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