The glorious Detroit rap eccentric Bruiser Wolf broke out a few years ago as a member of Danny Brown’s Bruiser Brigade, and his exuberant, loquacious style immediately set him apart. He raps like he once had a CD wallet full of E-40 albums in his Oldsmobile Cutlass, and that’s exactly what the world needs right now. Last year, Bruiser Wolf …

Megan Thee Stallion is really, really good at rapping. That’s a dumb, obvious thing to say, but it can get lost in all the pop-star spectacle that Meg likes to put on. In her recent Coachella performance, for instance, Megan went heavy on surprise guests and choreography, and it’s hard for some good-ass rapping to register amidst all that. Today, …

Three-time Grammy winner Megan Thee Stallion has kicked off 2025 with her fiery new single, “Whenever,” released today via Hot Girl Productions. Produced by Bankroll Got It, the track samples… The post Megan Thee Stallion Drops Bold New Single “Whenever” appeared first on .

Softcult, the duo of Toronto twins Mercedes and Phoenix Arn-Horn, became a Stereogum Band To Watch on the strength of their 2023 debut EP Year Of The Rat. Last year, they followed that EP with another one called Heaven, and they appeared on Split Chain’s “(Re)-Extract” single. Softcult haven’t announced their debut album yet, but they’ve apparently finished recording it. …

The band name “Credit” is functionally impossible to Google, but when you make music like this, maybe it’s supposed to take some work to find. Credit are from Baltimore, and they’ve got a skronky, experimental indie rock style that doesn’t go out of its way to appeal to anyone. Sometimes, Credit go on misty keyboard-noodle excursions. Sometimes, they lock into …

Last we heard from Dating was the fall of 2023, when the one-man Swedish shoegaze project followed up the Supercollider EP with the excellent single “Rameses II” in quick succession. Today he’s back with another one-off. In a note to Bandcamp followers, Mr. Dating explains that he’s too busy to make a whole album right now but describes his new …

MUNA’s Katie Gavin is supporting Lucy Dacus on the Forever Is A Feeling Tour. On Wednesday night, they played at Radio City Music Hall and had some surprises for fans. Gavin mashed up “Sanitized,” off her 2024 solo album What A Relief, with Addison Rae’s latest whispery pop hit “Headphones On.”

In the music blogosphere, the sales pitch for Robyn’s self-titled album went something like this: Hey, remember Robyn? That Swedish teenager who had that song called “Show Me Love”? No, not that song called “Show Me Love.” That was Robin S. She’s not a Swedish teenager. Yes, I agree, that song ruled. But remember how there was another song called …

From a young age, Emma-Jean Thackray always knew she wanted to be an artist — no matter the medium. Speaking on a video chat from a hotel room in Glasgow, she tells me she never wavered in that conviction. “At no point have I ever thought, ‘I don’t know if I can do this.’ It was always just like 100% …