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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 […]
Daniel Blumberg scored Brady Corbet’s new A24 movie The Brutalist, and he’s now sharing the details of his soundtrack album. The Brutalist soundtrack is out December 13 via Milan Records. Leading the 32-song release are three “Overture” tracks. Listen to the new songs below. In a statement about the “Overture” songs, Blumberg said: “Brady and […]
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 […]
Jazz musician James Brandon Lewis is releasing a new album that he improvised with drummer and mbira player Chad Taylor and bassist and guitarist Josh Werner. The James Brandon Lewis Trio’s Apple Cores is out February 7 (via Anti-). The first taste of the album is the new song “Five Spots to Caravan.” Hear the […]
Ty Segall’s got another new band: Freckle, a duo with Color Green guitarist and singer Corey Madden. Freckle will release their self-titled debut on January 31 via Segall’s Drag City imprint, God? Below, listen to Freckle’s first single, “Taraval.” Segall, who released the solo album Three Bells earlier this year, has been in a lot […]
Shabaka has enlisted rapper billy woods for a new song called “Timepieces.” It serves as the opening song on the jazz musician’s Possession EP, which features further contributions from woods’ Armand Hammer bandmate, Elucid, Esperanza Spalding, South African jazz musician Nduduzo Makhathini, Brandee Younger, Carlos Niño, and Jason Moran. Listen to “Timepieces” below. The Possession […]
Angel Olsen has announced Cosmic Waves Volume 1, an album compiling both original songs by other artists and Olsen’s covers of those artists. Olsen curated the compilation, commissioning new tracks from Poppy Jean Crawford, Coffin Prick, Sarah Grace White, Maxim Ludwig, and Camp Saint Helene. Below, listen to the first offerings: Poppy Jean Crawford’s “Glamorous” […]
British Gambian rapper Pa Salieu has announced a new mixtape: the 11-song Afrikan Alien arrives next Friday, November 15. The project includes recent singles “Belly,” “Round & Round,” and “Allergy,” as well as tracks featuring contributions from Black Sherif, Byron Messia, and Odumodublvck. Afrikan Alien follows Salieu’s 2020 debut mixtape Send Them to Coventry. The […]
East Atlanta rapper Young Nudy and producer Pi’erre Bourne have shared the tracklist, cover artwork, and release date for their new collaborative album Sli’merre 2. The sequel to 2019’s Sli’merre is out November 13 via RCA. Leading the 16-song project is “Right Now.” Check out the new song below. Remarkably, “Right Now” is Young Nudy’s […]
Mereba is coming back with her second solo studio album. The new album, The Breeze Grew a Fire, arrives on February 14 via her new label home, Secretly Canadian. Leading the LP is “Counterfeit,” and you can watch its music video below. Mereba released her first album, The Jungle Is the Only Way Out, in […]