Next week, the New York underground rap fixture Wiki will release his new album Ancient History. I have heard it, and it’s great. For now, you’ll mostly have to take my word for it, since Wiki’s not exactly inundating us with advance singles. Up until today, the only one he shared was “Park,” his warm… The post Wiki – “Right …

Pixies were a vastly influential band who didn’t stick around for too long or release too much music in their first incarnation, which means people have been mining their discography for decades. Somehow, though, someone has found a handful of Pixies tracks that have never seen the light of day. Later this year, Pixies will include those tracks on new …

Today, we remember pioneering Detroit emcee MC Trouble, who tragically passed away on this date in 1991 following complications from an epileptic seizure. She was only 20 years old. Born… The post The Source Magazine Remembers Motown’s First Femcee MC Trouble 35 Years Later appeared first on .

The Portland-based musician Emma Ruth Rundle specializes in bleak, overwhelming music about how we’re all completely fucked as a species (or maybe that’s just my takeaway.) But there’s something utopian about the way that Rundle makes music, collaborating freely across genre lines and finding community in unlikely spaces. It doesn’t negate the message or the… The post Emma Ruth Rundle …

On this day in 1996, Nas dropped one of the most defining singles of his career — If I Ruled The World (Imagine That) featuring the incomparable Lauryn Hill. Released… The post Today In Hip Hop History: Nas Dropped “If I Ruled The World(Imagine That)” Feat. Lauryn Hill 30 Years Ago appeared first on .

For a long time now, the London collective Ibibio Sound Machine has made a dizzy, cross-cultural form of party music, rooted both in disco and in the Afrobeat that frontwoman Eno Williams grew up with. Earlier this spring, the band dropped the one-off single “Return To Sender,” which is not an Elvis cover. Now, they’re… The post Ibibio Sound Machine …

The last time Death Cab For Cutie dropped an album that wasn’t on Atlantic Records, The O.C. was TV’s new sensation, and a portion of the band’s fanbase had not yet been born. That album was Transatlanticism, an indie classic that launched Death Cab to real-deal rock stardom. Now the band is finally returning to the world from whence it …

On this day in 1996, Queens-bred collective Lost Boyz dropped their seminal debut Legal Drug Money on Uptown/MCA Records; a project that, nearly three decades later, remains a definitive artifact… The post Today In Hip Hop History: The Lost Boyz’s Debut LP ‘Legal Drug Money’ Turns 30 Years Old! appeared first on .

Indie-pop greats MUNA have seemingly been in New York this week promoting their very satisfying new album Dancing On The Wall this week. On my run this morning, I listened to the trio’s new episode of Switched On Pop, which highlighted some awesome moments in their new songs. It seems they also paid a visit to SiriusXM’s studios, where they …

A$AP Rocky is speaking candidly about the emotional toll a frightening incident at his family’s Los Angeles home has had on him and his loved ones. In a recent cover… The post A$AP Rocky Reflects on Family’s Lost Sense of Peace After Home Security Scare appeared first on .