Four decades ago, during a pivotal moment in American urban history marked by the crack cocaine epidemic, Run-D.M.C. released an album that would cement their legacy as Hip Hop royalty.… The post Today in Hip-Hop History: Run-D.M.C.’s Third LP ‘Raising Hell’ Turns 40 Years Old! appeared first on .

An Oklou film score makes so much sense. Oklou’s Choke Enough, one of last year’s very best albums, cast a weirdly magical spell. When I play it in the car, I feel like I’m living in a montage. On top of that, Oklou is enough of a movie head that she’s serving as a Critics’ Week judge at this week’s …

Kentucky alt-country singer-songwriter S.G. Goodman is back today with a deluxe edition of her excellent 2025 album Planting By The Signs. The album title is a reference to farming, so naturally she’s calling the deluxe (Re) Planting By The Signs. Goodman put some fascinating tweaks on the deluxe album routine. There are five bonus tracks,… The post Tyler Childers & …

Let me tell you about my friend Bryan. Great guy. Big music head. He goes and sees live music all the time now. He loves stuff like Silversun Pickups and Tune-Yards and Gogol Bordello. Last year, he and I went and saw David Byrne together. That was a good night. I know Bryan because he’s a dad in my neighborhood. …

Clairo is inspired, and it’s a beautiful thing. The pop artist is in the thick of making her fourth album, the follow-up to 2024’s Charm. In TikTok posts, she vlogged about the music she’s working on, while currently on a recording trip, the third of the recording process so far. Across three videos she talked about the importance of documenting …

It’s been almost exactly four years since Ibeyi, the duo of French-Cuban twin sisters Lisa-Kaindé and Naomi Diaz, released Spell31, their last album. The two sisters have been living apart from each other in recent years, but they came back together to record the upcoming Offering, their first LP since going independent. Where their past… The post Ibeyi Announce New …

Last November Band To Watch alums Twin Peaks announced a few 10th anniversary shows for their 2016 album Down In Heaven at Thalia Hall in their hometown of Chicago, which has ballooned into an eight-night run featuring opening sets from a range of locals and friends of the band including Lifeguard, V.V. Lightbody, Post Animal, Finn Wolfhard, and more. Last …

For nearly a year now, Drake has been teasing his unfortunately titled new album Iceman, but things really escalated in April when he hid the release date for the project inside a giant block of ice in Toronto. This led to a melee and, ultimately, the reveal that the album would drop today, May 15.… The post Drake Finally Dropped …

Drake has targeted DJ Khaled on his newly released album ICEMAN. The Toronto rapper uses the song “Make Them Pay” to call out his longtime collaborator for failing to support… The post Drake Criticizes DJ Khaled on “Make Them Pay” off New Album ICEMAN appeared first on .

Drake has targeted L.A. producer Mustard on his new track “2 Hard 4 The Radio,” featured on his newly released studio album Iceman. The song sees the Toronto rapper take… The post Drake Targets Producer Mustard on New Track “2 Hard 4 The Radio” appeared first on .