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Queens of the Stone Age’s previous album, …Like Clockwork, was one of the best rock albums the year it came out, and arguably the band’s most downbeat and sobering release to date. But things are slated to take a poppy turn with the Mark Ronson-produced Villains, coming out
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In 2015, Chelsea Wolfe released her heaviest record to date, Abyss, and judging from “16 Psyche” here, it seems things are only going to get heavier and darker on her next record, Hiss Spun. A doom metal album recorded by Chelsea Wolfe and Kurt Ballou? That’s a wet nightmare
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Chillwave spearhead Washed Out ventures in a digable nu-disco direction on new single “Hard to Say Goodbye.” It’s taken from his upcoming visual album Mister Mellow, out June 30 via Stones Throw.
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Bones comes through with a brilliantly-titled dark banger featuring a verse from none other than Danny Brown! The track is featured on Bones’ new NoRedeemingQualities mixtape.
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Denzel Curry and BADBADNOTGOOD each embark upon one of their most ambitious musical undertakings by reinventing banger-of-the-decade contender “Ultimate” with live instrumentation. I’m more surprised by the trippy video than I am the fact they pull it off. Feels like I dropped acid…or edited a thatistheplan video. Denzel
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Todd Terje teases toward his beautifully-titled sophomore album Numero Twomero with a lengthy cover of “Maskindans,” an obscure piece of ’80s minimal synth from fellow Norwegian dance music duo Det Gylne Triangel. Naturally, this new version is a lot brighter and dancier, but it also features new vocal contributions from
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LA-based hip hop collective/boyband Brockhampton is releasing its second mixtape, Saturation, next month. Coming off strong singles like “Heat,” “Face,” and now “Gold,” it’s become one of my most highly anticipated projects this year.
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Chromatics were featured in last week’s premiere of the new Twin Peaks series, and their soothing dream pop sound was just what viewers needed after two hours of Lynchian horror. Here’s the song they played as the credits rolled; it’s set to appear on the soundtrack Twin
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Omar Souleyman is dropping his new album To Syra, With Love on June 2 via Diplo’s Mad Decent label, and it’s great to hear the singer’s magnetic style of dabke continue to break through in the West. This latest single, “Chobi,” is probably his most techno-oriented offering
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Poppy has done the Poppiest thing imaginable and created a love song for her computer, and of course there’s a video attached to it that has that Poppy aesthetic. We’ve reached peak levels of Poppy, people. I love it.
