Look who’s back! Well, no, that’s not quite right. Captain Murphy can’t really be “back” because he’s not a real person. He’s the rap alter-ego for Flying Lotus, the visionary producer who has continued making music while transitioning into a new career as a horror-flick auteur. Earlier this year, FlyLo released his joyously experimental EP… The post Captain Murphy – …

The relentlessly playful and inventive Philly rapper Tierra Whack emerged as a dizzy artistic force on her 15-minute musical/visual feast Whack World in 2018, though she didn’t release her proper debut album World Wide Whack until 2024. I’d say she’s quietly become an influential figure in that time; it would be hard to imagine a figure like Doechii emerging if …

Kennyyyyyyy! Here’s a rhetorical question: When are we getting Kenny Beats back again? Ever since the producer started going by “Kenneth Blume,” his actual government name, he’s been thriving. He produced last year’s best album. He co-produced the new Weezer joint that just got announced. He’s making rock records, and he’s making big moves. But… The post Rico Nasty – …

“Blast Off (Blast Off) Blast Off” is an objectively funny song title, and I’m not likely to forget it anytime soon. Too bad I can’t say the same thing about the band name Hammok. It would be bad enough if a different band called Hammock didn’t just release an album of their own, but this… The post Hammok – “Blast …

Dawg. Wednesday is featured on a new Weezer song. Rivers Cuomo and Karly Hartzman recorded a duet, with production by . That’s a real thing that happened, and you can experience it for yourself today. The song in question, “We Might As Well Be Strangers,” is the new single from Weezer’s latest self-titled, color-themed album,… The post Weezer Announce New …

Meg Duffy and Emile Mosseri have both been prolific forces in modern music — Duffy as frontperson for Hand Habits and guitar hero for artists like Kevin Morby and Perfume Genius, Mosseri as an Oscar-nominated composer and member of the Dig — and those histories intertwine. Since meeting a decade ago in New York, the… The post Hand Habits & …

I tend to get Bristol’s Froglord mixed up with all the other current bands with the word “Frog” in their names, but that always changes when I hit play on one of their tracks. When I do that, I’m like, “Oh right, this is the Frog band that kicks ass.” Their new single “Croak” is… The post Froglord – “Croak” …

Ryan Castro is closing his SENDÉ era with a tour. On June 2, the Colombian star announced his extended SENDÉ THE LAST DANCE tour. The highly anticipated tour will kick off at the HQ2 Beachclub in Atlantic City, NJ, on Sept. 6, and wrap up at a TBD location in Las Vegas, NV, on Oct. The post Ryan Castro Announces …

Over the past decade or so, the New York singer-songwriter Margaret Glaspy has built up a truly solid catalog, and it just keeps growing. Glaspy released her album Echo The Diamond in 2023, and she followed it up with the 2024 EP The Sun Doesn’t Think. Last year, Glaspy covered Wilco with Norah Jones and… The post Margaret Glaspy Announces …

The young skronk-rockers Tramhaus come from Rotterdam, but their form of itchy, energetic post-punk feels spiritually connected to the stuff coming out of London’s Windmill scene. Tramhaus put out their first demo in 2022. Two years later, they dropped their full-length debut The First Exit and then spent a solid 18 months touring all over… The post Tramhaus Announce Sophomore …