A few days ago, Papoose spit over ‘Many Men’ and dissed 50 Cent on it. The New York rappers have been feuding for a little while and until then, it stayed on social media. Tonight, Pap is back with a new song, this time a studio-recorded one. It’s called ‘Agent Provocateur’ and is pretty relentless […]
Aesop Rock & Homeboy Sandman Release New EP Miami Lice: Season Four
For more than a decade, the great underground rap veterans Aesop Rock and Homeboy Sandman have been getting together for a series of EPs called Lice. Those guys bring out the absolute best in each other. When they get together, they always sound like they’re having fun without compromising the hyper-referential density of their styles. […]
Thundercat – “ThunderWave” (Feat. WILLOW)
In a few weeks, bass-noodling funkateer Thundercat will release his collab-heavy new album Distracted. The LP features contributions from friends like A$AP Rocky, Tame Impala, Flying Lotus, Channel Tres, Kenneth Blume, and the Lemon Twigs. We’ve already posted the Lil Yachty collab “I Did This To Myself” and the posthumous Mac Miller team-up “She Knows […]
Woman Charged With Attempted Murder After Allegedly Firing 10 Arounds At Rihanna’s Home
On Sunday afternoon, Los Angeles police arrested an unidentified 30-year-old woman outside Rihanna’s mansion, just north of Beverly Hills. Police say that the woman fired several shots at Rihanna’s house when the pop star was inside with her children. According to LA’s ABC 7, nobody was hurt in the shooting, and bullets only hit the […]
The Alternative Number Ones: 311’s “Down”
September 14, 1996 STAYED AT #1:4 Weeks In The Alternative Number Ones, I’m reviewing every #1 single in the history of the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks/Alternative Songs, starting with the moment that the chart launched in 1988. This column is a companion piece to The Number Ones. The column is now biweekly, alternating with The Number Ones on […]
Cindy Announce New Album Another Country: Hear “Procession”
San Francisco’s Cindy have been making gorgeous, delicate slowcore for years, and they’re extremely good at it. We last heard from them when they released the 2024 EP Swan Lake, and now they’ve announced plans to follow it with a new LP called Another Country. This is the first time that frontwoman Karina Gill has […]
Girl Scout – “Crumbs”
Next month Sweden’s Girl Scout are releasing their debut album Brink. They’ve given us glimpses with “Same Kids,” “Operator,” and “Keeper.” Today they’ve shared their final single before the project comes out. “Crumbs” is a glistening power pop indictment of posers and users in the music industry. “You bleed me dry and leave me with […]
Coca-Cola’s World Cup Jingle Is A Chaotic Van Halen Cover From J Balvin, Steve Vai, Travis Barker, & Amber Mark
Amber Mark, J Balvin, Travis Barker, and Steve Vai have teamed up to cover Van Halen’s “Jump” as the Coca-Cola Anthem for the FIFA World Cup 2026. Does this make sense? Absolutely not. Is it terrible? Only a little bit. Do I ever want to hear it again? No. That said, Mark’s voice sounds good […]
The Mountain Goats & Mary Chapin Carpenter Team Up On Two New Cover Songs
Here’s a combination I never expected to see. Country-folk star Mary Chapin Carpenter was been making stately, pretty music since 1987. In the ’90s, she sold millions and won a bunch of Grammys. She was one of my dad’s favorite singers. Carpenter turns out to be friends with John Darnielle, frontman of the Mountain Goats, […]
Damon Albarn Mostly Stone-Faced In SNL Promos, Scoring Movie About ChatGPT Creators
This weekend, Damon Albarn makes his long-awaited SNL debut with Gorillaz. Ryan Gosling will serve as host, and the promo came out today, with the English frontman mostly stone-faced with no lines. Jamie Hewlett, the illustrator of Gorillaz, stood beside Albarn equally stone-faced as Gosling and Ashley Padilla cracked jokes. Albarn and Hewlett don’t break […]