In the five years since Teyana Taylor last released new music, the multi-hyphenate (R&B singer, dancer, model, director, etc.) has enjoyed a serious glow-up as an actor. She had a breakout role in the 2023 indie film A Thousand And One. In a huge coup, she’s starring alongside Leonardo DiCaprio in this fall’s Paul Thomas Anderson movie One Battle After …

Some artists can make you feel like you’re floating outside of time. The sounds they mix feel like a spell. Such is the case of the latest single “Play” from New York’s james K, which announces her new album Friend. (You might remember her from the collabs she’s done with Yves Tumor, including the magnetic “Licking An Orchid.”) The new …

Last month, Chicago band Moontype provided a great anthem for weeping with “Let Me Cry.” Now, with her new Precipice preview, Asheville singer-songwriter Indigo De Souza is offering a perfect tune for tears as well with “Crying Over Nothing.”

Last year Wendy Eisenberg released their latest album Viewfinder, and a few months ago they returned with the song “I Don’t Miss You.” They also play in the band Editrix, who released their last record in 2022 with Editrix II: Editrix Goes To Hell. Now, its follow-up The Big E is on the way, and the title track is out …

Nothing quite compares to the practical nature of a messenger bag. Equal parts spacious, durable, and comfortable, they easily become a go-to accessory for the on-the-go consumer, factors that have kept Chrome Industries, the original messenger bag label, growing. Now, Chrome’s Creative Director, Rio Uribe, is launching a new iteration of their iconic bags, drawing The post Rio Uribe Launches …

Sophia Stel fits somewhere in between 070 Shakes’ moody auto-tuned romanticism and Ethel Cain’s soft, soaring vocals that traverse multiple genre terrains. She released her debut EP Object Permanence last September and has opened for PC Music founder A. G. Cook. Today, she shared a new single “Everyone Falls Asleep In Their Own Time” with a music video by Scarlet …

Today, S.G. Goodman returns with a new single “Michael Told Me” from her forthcoming album Planting By The Signs, which is out June 20 via Slough Water Records/Thirty Tigers. “Michael Told Me,” which follows singles “Fire Sign,” “Snapping Turtle,” and “Satellite,” is devastating and gorgeous.

Two days from now, Turnstile will release their hotly anticipated, widely debated new album Never Enough. We just ran our Premature Evaluation review. I think Eli Enis did great work on that, even though I like the album a lot more than he does. It’s immediately right up near the top of my own personal album of the year race, …

South London’s Ain’t, which we dubbed one of the Best New Artists of 2024, have released their second single of the year. The follow-up to last month’s “Pirouette” is titled “Jude.” There’s a tactility to it, contrasting between gentle and volatile notes, that recalls Hole or the Smashing Pumpkins.