The UK singer-rapper Jim Legxacy is a master of compulsively listenable songs that are both ultra-catchy and ultra-hard. “Stick,” the latest single from his upcoming black british music, exceeds both of those standards. It’s a bit low-key and melancholic, but the melodic warmth and depth-charge blasts of UK drill low end make it feel like the kind of ballad you …

This year, Murder By Death, the unique and long-running swampy and orchestral punk band, will say goodbye. Earlier this year, Murder By Death announced their farewell tour, set to kick off in the band’s Bloomington hometown this June. Now, they’ve also unveiled plans for one last album. It’s called Egg & Dart, and it’s coming right after they start that …

Bayron Matos: Orgullo de Los Mina, the documentary about the Miami Dolphins offensive tackle, has just been nominated for an Emmy. The post ‘Bayron Matos: Orgullo de Los Mina’ Documentary Receives Emmy Nomination appeared first on Remezcla.

“Did You Read The News?”: What a stressful song title. That’s the sort of question I hate to hear. It’s never followed by good news. Nobody’s ever like, “Did you read the news? It’s nothing but sunny weather ahead!” It’s always some fucked up shit. That’s the name of the song that Leeds post-punkers Eades used to introduce their sophomore …

Days after releasing the ambitious s t a r g a z e collaboration Song Of The Earth, Dirty Projectors leader David Longstreth has announced his first film score. Longstreth did the music for the upcoming A24 family adventure film The Legend Of Ochi. Arriving later this month, the soundtrack is being previewed today with three songs: “Prelude,” “The Pond,” …

The late, great Lou Reed’s long, twisty solo career was full of peaks and valleys. One of the peaks came in 1982, when Reed got together with the former Richard Hell guitarist Robert Quine and recorded The Blue Mask. The album came out on Reed’s 40th birthday, and it’s one of his best. The Blue Mask is a tense, anxious …

Patti Smith, whose memoirs like Just Kids and M Train have served as de facto required reading for creative young people in New York, is about to add yet another memoir to her bibliography. Bread Of Angels arrives Nov. 4 via Random House, and it’s billed as the “most intimate” of the artist and poet’s memoirs to date.

Last month, Portland’s Alien Boy returned with the announcement of their new album You Wanna Fade? The band shared the great lead single “Changes,” and now they’re back with another banger titled “Pictures Of You.”

After continuing the theme of their past fan favorites Cigarette Boats, The Stage, The Marina & The OutRunners (and its companion piece The Directors Cut) Regatta, and VICES, Curren$y and Harry Fraud recently returned with a new… The post Curren$y Announces ‘4:20’ Tour Dates appeared first on .

Back in 2017, SZA tweeted a very important question: “HOW DOES ONE GET ON SESAME STREET !?” It looks like she found the answer. SZA taped her Sesame Street appearance more than a year ago, and it finally made its way onto the show today — good timing, with all that SZA’s got going on these days. Her Kendrick Lamar …