Lower Dens –“Real Thing” Video
Lower Dens' most recent LP, Escape From Evil, came out back in 2015, and during its rollout we saw a few excellent videos to accompany tracks from the album. Jana Hunter performed "Sucker's Shangri-La"...
View ArticleThom Yorke –“Coloured Candy”
Thom Yorke is a fan of Rag & Bone -- that's the designers' beige suede Manston Jacket he's wearing in Radiohead's "Daydreaming" video -- and has showed his appreciation by soundtracking their...
View ArticleGTA –“Little Bit Of This” (Feat. Vince Staples) Video
Miami production duo GTA are set to drop their debut, Good Times Ahead, later this fall. They're known for quirky, synth-doused jams, and though that may not sound like something for Vince Staples to...
View ArticleTrying To Make Sense Of John Mayer’s Career, 10 Years After Continuum
For an indiscernible amount of time in the '00s, I remember hearing John Mayer's "No Such Thing" everywhere. Echoing from new SUVs parked at the intramural soccer matches, playing in T.J. Maxx and...
View ArticleThe 5 Best Songs Of The Week
The 'gum squad is headed upstate to Basilica Soundscape this weekend to see Angel Olsen, Cobalt, Wolves In The Throne Room, Explosions In The Sky, and a bunch of other shit that will sound real good in...
View Article5 Memorable Sets From Riot Fest Chicago 2016 Sunday
No one does exit polls at the end of music festivals or anything, but it's hard to shake the feeling that for a lot of people, seeing an artist you truly love doesn't really factor into the decision to...
View ArticleWhite Lung –“Sister” Video
May cover story stars White Lung had one of the 50 Best Albums Of The Year So Far with their excellent Paradise. They've also released a bunch of great videos for the project, and the latest one comes...
View ArticleHear Meek Mill Attack The Game On His “Ooouuu” Freestyle
Meek Mill and the Game are not getting along with each other. Last week, on a six-minute track called "92 Bars," Game had some threatening words for Meek: "You better have Ross call me or you gon’ be...
View ArticleGucci Mane –“Bling Blaww Burr” (Feat. Young Dolph)
Gucci Mane has been home from prison for a few months now, and he's already released one album, the impressive Everybody Looking. But Gucci works quickly, and before long, we'll get another album out...
View ArticleTommy Stinson Reforms Bash & Pop, Signs To Fat Possum
After the Replacements' first break-up in 1991, bassist Tommy Stinson formed Bash & Pop and released one album, 1993's Friday Night Is Killing Me. In the years since, he's put out two solo albums...
View ArticleDeniro Farrar –“Consistently Inconsistent” Video
Introspective, pro-black North Carolina MC Deniro Farrar dropped his Mind Of A Gemini earlier this summer. It's a versatile collection of songs with plenty of sharp-tongued commentary to go around. One...
View ArticleL’Orange & Mr. Lif –“Palace In The Sky”
Criminally slept-on producer L'Orange and MC Mr. Lif are set to drop their collab LP The Life And Death Of Scenery next month. We've already heard the boom-bap banger "Strange Technology," and today...
View ArticleShut Up, Dude: This Week’s Best And Worst Comments
This week we answered the age-old question Who's Shawn Mendes?. We reflected on the legacies of Pinkerton and Dusk At Cubist Castle. We listed the most unattractive songs for your new Spotify-enhanced...
View ArticleThe 5 Best Videos Of The Week
Lady Gaga is probably the last mainstream star who became a star primarily because of her videos, which were weird and eye-popping and absorbing and cinematic and generally incredible. I've been at a...
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