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With basically no warning, Kendrick Lamar released his new album, GNX, on Friday, and he caught everybody’s attention from the jump. On the album’s first song, “Wacced Out Murals,” Lamar mentions three veteran rappers by name, and each has responded to the name-checks, as Stereogum notes. First, Lamar raps, “Used to bump Tha Carter III, […]
VEIL is taking experimental bass music to another level with her debut album, HIGH VOLTAGE, a delightfully disorienting exploration of new sounds and frequencies. The album comes with a meticulous storyline, which is brought to life by its central character, AZAL. Each track takes us deeper into her journey through what VEIL calls “THE HOLLOW,” […]
If Eliminate‘s debut album Get Off The Internet was a wild first step into uncharted territory, his latest offering is a masterful sprint through the very frontier he helped define. With his latest album, 404: Get Off The Internet [Redux], the EDM.com Class of 2021 star transforms the vibrant chaos of its predecessor into a refined, imaginative […]
The Coward Brothers discuss new album, make rare appearance on Saturday Sessions – CBS News Watch CBS News The Coward Brothers — better known as Elvis Costello and T Bone Burnett — began playing together more than 40 years ago, but until this week, the duo hadn’t released any new music since 2006. Now, their […]
In a supremely strange coincidence, Kendrick Lamar and Father John Misty have released new albums in the same year for over a decade: 2012, 2015, 2017, 2018, and 2022. That pattern continued today with Father John Misty’s Mahashmashana, which was followed by Lamar’s surprise releasing GNX. With his typical dry sense of humor, FJM’s J. Tilman […]
Electric Wizard is returning to the world with a brand new, two-LP live record called Black Magic Rituals And Perversions Vol. 1, due out December 13. The record was recorded onto a 16-track tape machine during the lockdown months of 2020 when Electric Wizard wasn’t sure they’d ever play live again. “It’s raw as fuck,” […]
Elsewhere, Lamar has soundtracked a Chanel short film, played a Pop Out concert in Inglewood, California, and kept his and Dave Free’s pgLang enterprise ticking along, dropping a bespoke phone last year. He also reunited with Baby Keem for “The Hillbillies,” in late 2023, and adopted the title to headline Camp Flog Gnaw. Released in […]
In a recent conversation with the Everblack podcast, Mayhem bassist Jørn “Necrobutcher” Stubberud offered an exciting update for fans of the Norwegian black metal legends. When asked about the possibility of new material from the band, Necrobutcher confirmed their ambitious plans, saying: “Yes, you can. Teloch [Mayhem guitarist Morten Bergeton Iversen] and Charles [Edward Alexander […]
Miley Cyrus is hard at work on a new album titled Something Beautiful, which she says is inspired by Pink Floyd’s seminal 1979 concept album The Wall and its accompanying film. Cyrus opened up about her latest project in an interview with Harper’s Bazaar, describing it as “a visual album” slated for release in 2025. […]
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart are compiling some of their lesser-known tracks on a new album. The B-Sides compilation Perfect Right Now: A Slumberland Collection 2008-2010 is out February 7. Take a look at the tracklist, and revisit the music video for 2010’s “Say No to Love,” below. “Many of these songs, like […]