New Music Releases
Tom Petty Estate Unveils Finding Wildflowers (Alternate Versions): Stream
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-04-16T18:16:44+00:00“>April 16, 2021 | 2:16pm ET The Tom Petty estate is streaming Finding Wildflowers (Alternate Versions), a collection of alternative looks at some of Petty’s most beloved songs. Take a listen to it below via Apple Music or Spotify. The 1994 original was produced by Rick Rubin and went on to become one of Petty’s most admired records. The alternate versions on Finding Wildflowers first appeared on the 2020 collection Wildflowers & All the Rest , an expansive — and, at least in its Super Deluxe edition — expensive retrospective. It’s now been made available digitally, on CD, and as a limited-edition gold vinyl. Finding Wildflowers colle...
Beach Bunny Share the Origins of New Version of “Cloud 9” Featuring Tegan and Sara: Stream
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-04-16T12:20:47+00:00“>April 16, 2021 | 8:20am ET In our new music feature Origins, artists give us a peek behind the curtains, providing insights into the inspirations behind their latest single. Today, Beach Bunny talk about updating the pronouns in “Cloud 9” and working with Tegan and Sara. Some seventeen years separate Beach Bunny from Tegan and Sara, but hearing them on the same track allows the listener to feel the unbroken chain that connects generation to generation, inspiration to inspiration. On one end, our former Artist of the Month Beach Bunny are perfectly of-the-moment, and their effortless melodies made them among the first sensations of the young platform ...
Twin Shadow Drops New Song “Alemania”: Stream
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-04-16T12:40:11+00:00“>April 16, 2021 | 8:40am ET After a quiet 2020, Twin Shadow returned last month with the tropical new song “Johnny & Jonnie”. Now, the artist born George Lewis Jr. has sojourned to Germany with second single “Alemania”. This latest preview of his as-yet unnamed album is set, as he sings, “Near the Elbe/ In the harbor,” in Hamburg, Germany. Alemania is the Spanish word for Germany, and here Twin Shadow infuses a bit of Dominican flair into staid old Europe. Over minor-key guitars, he spins a tale of a chance meeting that occurred because of a set of lost keys. The song comes with a soaring chorus and a guitar solo that would make Santana proud. Check out the ...
Greta Van Fleet Break Down New Album The Battle at Garden’s Gate Track by Track: Stream
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-04-16T04:00:09+00:00“>April 16, 2021 | 12:00am ET In our Track by Track feature, artists guide listeners through each track on their latest release. Here, Greta Van Fleet pull back the curtain on the band’s new album, The Battle at Garden’s Gate. Greta Van Fleet experienced a meteoric rise after breaking out in 2017 with their single “Highway Tune” and two EPs, followed by their 2018 debut full-length album, Anthem of the Peaceful Army. The young Michigan rockers have now released their highly anticipated sophomore LP, The Battle at Garden’s Gate, providing Consequence of Sound with an exclusive track-by-track breakdown. The album finds Greta Van Fleet expanding beyond the hard...
Conway the Machine Unveils New Album La Maquina: Stream
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-04-16T04:00:24+00:00“>April 16, 2021 | 12:00am ET Conway the Machine has unveiled his new album La Maquina. Stream it below via Apple Music or Spotify. In recent months The Machine has been living up to his name, as this record follows February’s If It Bleeds It Can Be Killed, September’s From King to a GOD, June’s No One Mourns the Wicked, and last March’s LULU. This latest endeavor comes via longtime home Griselda Records, as well as EMPIRE, and his own Drumwork Music Group. La Maquina features guest verses from 2 Chainz, J.I.D, Westside Gunn, Benny the Butcher, Ludacris, Jae Skeese, 7xvethegenius, and El Camino, with production by Cosmo Bea...
Kenny Mason Drops New Project Angelic Hoodrat: Supercut: Stream
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-04-16T04:00:32+00:00“>April 16, 2021 | 12:00am ET Kenny Mason has released his sophomore project, Angelic Hoodrat: Supercut. Stream it via Apple Music and Spotify below. The 12-track project features appearances from Freddie Gibbs (“Much Money”) and Denzel Curry (“A+”). It is primarily produced by Julian Cruz, with Mason contributing production to a handful of tracks. A pair of rising artists, Dallas’ Angel White featuring on “Titan” and bi-lingual New Jersey singer-songwriter Ambar Lucid, join the Atlanta rapper on “Titan” and “Breathe”, respectively. Prior to the full-length’s release, Mason shared “Partments”, “Pup”, “Play Ball”, and “Rih”. Angelic Hoodrat: Supercut follows his b...
Paul McCartney Releases New Covers Album McCartney III Imagined: Stream
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-04-16T04:00:48+00:00“>April 16, 2021 | 12:00am ET Paul McCartney has just released McCartney III Imagined, his new album of covers and remixes by St. Vincent, Damon Albarn, Josh Homme, and many other marquee artists. Stream it below via Apple Music or Spotify. If the title didn’t make it obvious, this new LP was composed entirely by other musicians as they reimagine McCartney III, the solo album he dropped last December. Because that record was written, performed, recorded, and produced entirely by McCartney himself, it’s extra fitting for the former Beatle to put that same material in the hands of others to see how it sounds from different perspectives. As we heard in early singles...
Cannibal Corpse Expand Their Brutal Palate with Violence Unimagined: Review
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-04-15T18:14:52+00:00“>April 15, 2021 | 2:14pm ET The Lowdown: American death metal institution Cannibal Corpse continue their almost-unbroken string of gory and mosh-worthy killing sprees with Violence Unimagined, their first album with longtime producer Erik Rutan as a full-time guitarist. The result is one of their most subtle and disquieting albums – but subtle is a relative term here. Every Cannibal Corpse album is a nonstop metal assault, and Violence Unimagined is no exception. The Good: While the fortunes of American death metal as a whole have waxed and waned, Cannibal Corpse’s career has remained steady, thanks to a solid lineup and reliable recorded output. Their string of...
ALLBLACK Announces New Album TY4FWM (Thank You 4 Fuckin’ With Me), Drops “Ego”: Stream
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-04-15T18:52:06+00:00“>April 15, 2021 | 2:52pm ET After several years of raising his profile and creating waves in the hip-hop scene, Oakland rapper ALLBLACK has finally announced his debut studio album. It’s called TY4FWM (Thank You 4 Fuckin’ With Me) and it’s due out May 7th via Play Runners/Empire. Stream the lead single “Ego” featuring Drakeo the Ruler below. Unsurprisingly, TY4FWM is a star-studded effort, especially considering it’s the first proper album ALLBLACK has recorded. Across its 14-song tracklist, the record features guest verses by Vince Staples, Mozzy, G-Eazy, E-40, Sada Baby, and others. The contributions don’t stop there either. On the production end of things, AL...
Man on Man (Faith No More’s Roddy Bottum) Share Video for New Song “It’s So Fun (To Be Gay)”: Stream
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-04-15T19:45:29+00:00“>April 15, 2021 | 3:45pm ET Man on Man is the project of Faith No More keyboardist-guitarist Roddy Bottum and boyfriend Joey Holman, and back in February they announced that their self-titled debut album will be out May 7th. They previously shared a single called “1983”, and now they’re back with a new one called “It’s So Fun (To Be Gay)”. Unlike the alt-metal of Faith No More and the shiny indie-rock Bottum makes with his band Imperial Teen, Man on Man has a much different vibe. “1983” had a locked-and-loaded post-punk sound to it, and “It’s So Fun (To Be Gay)” is strikingly bright and giddy by comparison. The near-five-minute track is a light, steamy pop song ...
Justice’s Gaspard Augé Releases Debut Solo Single “Force Majeure”: Stream
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-04-15T14:38:38+00:00“>April 15, 2021 | 10:38am ET The members of French electronic duo Justice haven’t just spent the pandemic sitting around drafting cease and desist letters over Justin Bieber ripping off their logo. It turns out one half of the pair has been working on his debut solo material, and now Gaspard Augé is giving us our first taste of those efforts with his first-ever solo single, “Force Majeure”. The track serves as an early preview of Escapades, Augé’s upcoming solo LP from Genesis/Ed Banger Records/Because Music. If “Force Majeure” is any indication, fans are in for a treat of ’80s cinematic maximalism. Press play and instantly be taken to a wild montage of ret...
Fiona Apple Covers Sharon Van Etten’s “Love More”: Stream
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-04-15T14:55:11+00:00“>April 15, 2021 | 10:55am ET Sharon Van Etten’s Epic Ten anniversary reissue arrives on digital platforms tomorrow, and now she’s shared the final advance single: a cover of “Love More” by recent Grammy winner Fiona Apple. The double-disc Epic reissue has already spawned several thrilling updates to old songs: Big Red Machine’s “A Crime”, IDLES’ “Peace Signs”, Shamir’s “Dsharpg”, and Courtney Barnett and Vagabon’s “Don’t Do It”. “Love More” is the closing track to both Epic and Epic Ten, and Apple puts her mark on the song right from the beginning with newly-added claps and hand drums. Where the original derived its atmospheric...
