During the pandemic, Danny Brown started releasing Bandcamp-only albums from the members of his Bruiser Brigade crew. All of them were cool, but the fussy, loquacious stylist Bruiser Wolf quickly emerged as the real discovery from that group. Since that bit of exposure, Bruiser Wolf has taken off running. He released the single My Story Got Stories about a year …

Last year, the French artist Rahim Redcar released two albums. First, there was the 20-track colossus PARANOÏA, ANGELS, TRUE LOVE, which Redcar released under his Christine And The Queens stage name. A few months later, Redcar followed that LP with Hopecore, released under his personal name. Now, Redcar has brought back the Christine And The Queens name for an awesome …

If you’ve spent enough time on TikTok or Instagram Reels, you’ve probably heard the phrase, “So what’s your take?” spoken over the rumble of a subway train. SubwayTakes is probably one of the most popular tiny-microphone, man-on-the-street style interview series right now, and turns out the guy who created it — not the host who does the interviewing, that’s a …

The distinctly regional dance-music subgenre known as ghettotech has been an underground phenomenon in Detroit for decades — a hyper-local fusion of raunchy club-rap and skittery techno. Every once in a long while, Detroit ghettotech threatens to cross over into the rest of the world. Two decades ago, genre pioneer DJ Assault took his ultra-horny chants to America’s hipster dance …

Saint Etienne released their most recent LP The Night just last December. Today the British indie-pop trio have already announced its follow-up, though under slightly bittersweet circumstances: International, out this September, will also be their last. Lead single “Glad” is out now.

The Newark-born singer Connie Francis had a massive run of pop hits in the late ’50s and early ’60s. Three of her singles — “Everybody’s Somebody’s Fool,” “My Heart Has A Mind Of Its Own,” and “Don’t Break The Heart That Loves You” — became #1 hits on the Billboard Hot 100. Francis recorded tons of songs during that run, …

We’ve Got A File On You features interviews in which artists share the stories behind the extracurricular activities that dot their careers: acting gigs, guest appearances, random internet ephemera, etc.

Neil Young has a brand-new band. At last year’s Farm Aid, Young introduced his new backing band the Chrome Hearts, with Spooner Oldham on Farfisa organ, Micah Nelson on guitar, Corey McCormick on bass, and Anthony LoGerfo on drums. Young and his Chrome Hearts are doing some heavy touring in the months ahead, including headlining spots at Glastonbury and at …

On Thursday, Brian Eno posted an open letter to Microsoft, calling on the company to cut its ties with Israel’s genocidal campaign against Palestinians. He also pledged to donate the fee that Microsoft paid him for composing the Windows ’95 start-up chime to victims of the genocide in Gaza. On Thursday night, U2 frontman and longtime Eno collaborator Bono spoke …