New Music Releases
Denzel Curry and T-Pain Bemoan Their “Troubles” on New Single: Stream
We’re one step closer to hearing one of our most anticipated albums of 2022: Denzel Curry has shared the T-Pain-featuring single “Troubles” today, another sample of his upcoming album Melt My Eyez See Your Future before it drops this Friday, March 25th. Produced by Curry’s frequent collaborator Kenny Beats, “Troubles” sees him and fellow Floridian T-Pain detail their rise to fame, and the unexpected grievances that come along with being in the public eye. “Maneuver through the game I put my n***** in a huddle/ Now we all just running routes and fitting pieces to the puzzle,” Curry spits in his trademark rasp. Then, T-Pain’s instantly-recognizable vocals arrive in the chorus to deliver the track’s most pertinent line: “Got some problems that the music can’t fix.” Advertisement Related ...
Phife Dawg’s Estate Details Posthumous Album Forever, Shares Title Track: Stream
Phife Dawg’s long-awaited posthumous album, Forever, will finally be released on March 22nd via AWAL. Today, the Tribe Called Quest member’s estate has unveiled the LP’s artwork and tracklist, as well as its title track. The release of Forever coincides with the sixth anniversary of Phife Dawg’s death. The 13-track project was recorded shortly before his passing, and boasts features from Busta Rhymes, Q-Tip, members of De La Soul, and more. In addition to today’s new single, Forever boasts previously teasers, “Nutshell Pt. 2” and “French Kiss Trois.” The title track is classic Phife Dawg, layering elements of tried-and-true East Coast hip-hop with his unmatched lyrical wit. The verses navigate the tribulations of becoming rap royalty, and the never-ending strife of...
Princess Nokia Throws It Back with New Song “No Effort”: Stream
Princess Nokia has returned with “No Effort,” her first new single of 2022. Stream the track below. Over breezy production recalling the late ’90s and early 2000s hip-hop, the New York native crushes the competition (“These bitches is still basic like they shop on Fordham”) while prepping for a hot girl summer. Princess Nokia also reminds fans of her roots when she raps, “I’m the Diplomat girl with the Harlem Shake/ I’m on First Ave, gang, we at Hajji’s, babe.” To further acknowledge those roots, Princess Nokia recruited the StuntGuyz BMX crew for the accompanying music video, which was filmed at an East Harlem skatepark. Watch the rapper and her squad show off their dance moves in the Travis Libin-directed video below. Advertisement Related Video “No Effort” drops ahead of Princess Nokia’...
Alex G Drops “End Song” from We’re All Going to the World’s Fair Soundtrack: Stream
Alex G has released his new track “End Song” via Milan Records/Sony Music Entertainment. The vocal track scores the end credits for the upcoming indie thriller We’re All Going to the World’s Fair, which the singer-songwriter also soundtracked. “I choose to stay/ There is no other way/ I read the sign/ I do not ask it why/ You know what they do to little dogs like you,” he repeatedly warns over spare guitar. After making its world premiere more than a year ago at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival, We’re All Going to the World’s Fair is set to premiere April 22nd in theaters and on HBO Max. Starring Anna Cobb, the haunting film follows the story of a teenage girl who gets initiated into a horror role-playing game and begins losing her grip on reality as she documents her entire experience...
Bladee and Ecco2k Release Surprise Album Crest: Stream
Bladee and Ecco2K dropped a surprise on their fans today in the form of their brand new album Crest via YEAR0001. Stream the full project below. Produced by the pair’s longtime collaborator Whitearmor entirely in a tiny red cabin located in the south of their native Sweden, the nine-track album contains tracks like “The Flag Is Raised,” “5 Star Crest (4 Vattenrum),” “Desire Is a Trap,” and “Girls Just Want to Have Fun.” The Stockholm-based hyperpop duo’s collaborative studio set serves as a follow-up to their latest single “Amygdala” as well as Bladee’s 2021 album The Fool. Ecco2K’s most recent albums, E and Trash Island, were both released back in 2019. Advertisement Related Video Stream Crest and check out the album’s artwork and full tracklist below. This week, the duo will also join Wh...
Decapitated Announce New Album Cancer Culture, Unleash Title Track: Stream
Polish death metallers Decapitated are returning with their eighth studio album, Cancer Culture, on May 27th. The band offered up the title track as the lead single. It’s a ferocious slab of technically perfected extreme metal, with a fair bit of melody guiding the snarled vocals of Rafał “Rasta” Piotrowski. Overall, the track falls on the catchier end of the tech-death spectrum. “It wasn’t easy to pick the first single from Cancer Culture,” guitarist Waclaw ‘Vogg’ Kieltyka commented in a press release. “Each song has this different vibe that we would like to show as soon as possible and be proud of. Since ‘Cancer Culture’ is the first song from the album, we decided that this would be the perfect way to introduce you to new music. It is the album’s opening chapter, and you know what you c...
Neil Young Announces Official Release Series Volume 4 Box Set
Neil Young has announced the coming release of his latest box set, Official Release Series Volume 4, out April 29th via Reprise Records. The collector’s item will include three of Young’s albums from the ’80s: 1980’s Hawks & Doves, 1981’s Re•ac•tor with Crazy Horse, and 1988’s This Note’s for You with The Bluenotes, as well as his 1989 EP Eldorado, which has previously only been available in Japan and Australia. Coming to the US for the very first time, Eldorado features the singer-songwriter backed by The Restless (Chad Cromwell and Rick Rosas) on tracks such as “Cocaine Eyes,” “Heavy Love,” and “On Broadway.” Advertisement Related Video The box set will be available in vinyl and CD editions. While the CD version will be available for purchase through all retailers, fans can only get ...
Syd Announces Sophomore Album Broken Hearts Club, Shares “CYBAH” with Lucky Daye: Stream
Syd has unveiled her new single “CYBAH” featuring Lucky Daye. The track will appear on the singer’s upcoming sophomore solo album, Broken Hearts Club, which she announced will arrive April 8th via Columbia Records. Stream the track below. The new studio set will mark The Internet vocalist’s first solo foray since her 2017 album Fin. It features previously-released singles “Missing Out”, “Fast Car”, and the Smino-assisted “Right Track”, as well as an as-yet-unheard collaboration with Kehlani (“Out Loud”). “The album is about a relationship I had that ended in my first real broken heart,” Syd revealed in a statement. “It almost felt like I joined a club because all of my friends went through similar experiences. It was like a rite of passage. I started writing the album on the relations...
King Princess Announces New Album and Tour, Shares “For My Friends”: Stream
Three years since Cheap Queen, a new King Princess era is officially upon us. The singer-songwriter has shared “For My Friends,” the first look at her forthcoming sophomore album Hold On Baby, and announced a supporting North American tour. Few other details exist about Hold On Baby besides the fact that it will be out this year, but “For My Friends” previews the album with straight-ahead pop sheen. A love song to the artist’s oldest friends, the track melds a stop-start melody of distorted synthesizers with impassioned vocals from King Princess. “Loving me takes patience,” the singer admits, but she takes comfort in knowing her bonds are unbreakable. “I thought it would be extra fab to begin releasing this new record with a song about my two best friends from high school,” ...
Charli XCX Unveils New Album CRASH: Stream
Charli XCX has released her new album CRASH through Atlantic Records/Warner UK. Stream it below via Apple Music and Spotify. The studio set is the avant-garde pop star’s fifth and final entry under her current recording contract, and contains hit singles “Good Ones,” the all-star “New Shapes” featuring Caroline Polachek and Christine and the Queens, and the Rina Sawayama-assisted “Beg For You.” Ahead of its release, Charli also rolled out a pair of additional tracks: the hyper-sexual dance pop of “Baby” and dreamy, synth-drenched ballad “Every Rule.” In an interview with MTV News, the singer explained that the title and themes of the LP are intentional callbacks to some of the earlier musical output of her career. “The idea of the title CRASH felt really right to me,” she told the outlet. ...
Rosalía Releases New Album MOTOMAMI: Stream
¡La Rosalía! The Spanish pop star has released her new album MOTOMAMI through Columbia Records. Stream it below via Apple Music and Spotify. The Spanish-language studio set follows 2018’s El Mal Querer, which the singer crafted as her baccalaureate project to graduate from Catalonia College of Music, and includes a host of previously-released singles like “LA FAMA” featuring The Weeknd, opener “SAOKO,” the playful “CHICKEN TERIYAKI,” and intimate ballad “HENTAI.” Forgoing the flamenco sound that inspired her earlier work, Rosalía dove into all kinds of Latin sub-genres when writing the entirely guitar-free MOTOMAMI, from reggaeton and dembow to bachata and beyond. Advertisement Related Video “I cannot think of making music in a right or wrong way,” she said in an interview with The New Yor...
Chino Moreno’s ††† (Crosses) Share New Songs “Initiation” and “Protection”: Stream
††† (Crosses), the project of Chino Moreno and Shaun Lopez, have shared two new songs: “Initiation” and “Protection.” The duo made good on their promise to drop new music come spring, having been freshly signed to Warner Records in December. The new singles mark the first original Crosses material since 2014, following a pair of cover songs released over the past couple years. “Initiation” and “Protection” present the two sides of Crosses. The former was inspired by the infamous “The World Is Yours” scene in Scarface and is a self-described “urgent soundtrack for uncertain times”; the latter song “digs deeper into their influences and electronic textures.” Advertisement Related Video “Protection” comes with a visualizer featuring Thais Molon, who also appeared in Crosses’ previous videos&n...
