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SASAMI‘s self-titled debut LP, released last year, saw Sasami Ashworth coming into her own as a songwriter. A classically trained French horn player who’s scored orchestral arrangements for films and commercials, she’s spent years making a name for herself in the LA music scene, joining Cherry Glazer in 2015 in addition to touring alongside the

Do you think the “neutral platform” argument is made in bad faith? No. And I don’t want Facebook determining the boundaries of fair and legitimate speech. But we need to start breaking the problem down. I don’t really know what that looks like. But I think it’s a crisis that they can’t address without completely

blink-182 have shared a new song called ‘Quarantine’. Evidently written over the past few months, the track was recorded by longtime members Mark Hoppus and Travis Barker and co-written by Brian Lee, with no involvement from singer/guitarist Matt Skiba, who replaced Tom DeLonge in 2015, Exclaim reports. Listen to it below. “Quarantine, f*ck this disease,”

Courtney Barnett has released an acoustic cover of  Indigenous Australian singer-songwriter Kev Carmody’s ‘Just For You’. It’s taken from a tribute album of Carmody’s songs titled Cannot Buy My Soul, which was originally released in 2007 and will be reissued with new songs on August 21 through EMI Australia, featuring Jimmy Barnes, Kasey Chambers, Kate

DYLYN Find Myself Firstly on our Sound Selection, we have Find Myself by the terrifically talented DYLYN. The song itself envelops the raw, catchy, rock-style DYLYN has shaped since her debut EP Sauvignon and a Kimono, back in 2018. For the song, DYLYN worked alongside Ryan Guldemond who is known for being the member of Indie rock band Mother Mother.

Of course, not all big men are the same and the criticisms of skill doesn’t fall on them all alike, which gets to the idea of what is considered skill and what isn’t. Kevin Durant is almost a 7-footer, but being one of the best shooters ever, he’s never been criticized for a lack of

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Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion have joined forces on a new collaborative track titled ‘WAP’. Check it out below, alongside an accompanying music video featuring cameos from Kylie Jenner, Normani, Rosalía, Rubi Rose, Sukihana, and Mulatto.  Cardi noted on Instagram that this is the censored version of the ‘WAP’ video. “The song was so

The Last Dinosaur, the project of artist Jamie Cameron, has revealed a new single named Wholeness and the Implicate Order, just today. Talking about the song The Last Dinosaur stated “This piece began it’s life in 2012 and was finally finished this year. A collaboration between me, Luke Hayden (piano), Rachel Lanskey (viola) and Lewis

This is Wait, What?, a column that explains the seemingly incomprehensible. Just as the sun must rise and set, just as the tides must ebb and flow, so too must YouTube enfant terrible Jake Paul be embroiled in a new controversy. This time, however, the consequences may be more severe than merely getting fired from

Kate Tempest has announced they will be changing their name to Kae Tempest. From now on, they will be using the pronouns they/them, the rapper and poet revealed on social media. “It’s pronounced like the letter K,” Kae wrote. “It’s an old English word that means Jay bird. Jays are associated with communication, curiosity, adaptation

Filipino-British indie artist beabadoobee has revealed that her debut album Fake It Flowers will arrive on October 16th through Dirty Hit. The 12-track LP will include the previously released single ‘Care’ and the newly unveiled ‘Sorry’, which comes with a brooding visual directed by longtime collaborators bedroom. Check it out below, and scroll for the album’s

Expectations were high for Alanis Morissette‘s ninth album, Such Pretty Forks In the Road: not only because it marks her first album in eight years, but also because the shadow of her landmark LP, Jagged Little Pill, still looms large. With a musical version having debuted at Broadway last year and the 25th anniversary deluxe

I wasn’t sure about the new Perry Mason, a reboot of the classic series about a masterful defense lawyer who could get anyone to confess on the stand. I wasn’t sure, when I saw the trailer, if it would end up leaning too heavily on the noir signifiers. (You call legs “gams,” we get it!)

Mush, a magnificent post-punk band out of Leeds, has released their latest song Dead Beat. The song comes after the release of their debut album 3D Routine, which was released earlier this year. The album included arguably their most successful song Revising My Fee. Mush will also be following up with a five-track EP named Great Artisanal

Kelly Lee Lee Owens has shared a new song featuring the Velvet Underground’s John Cale, titled ‘Corner of My Sky’. It’s taken from her upcoming album Inner Song, out August 28 via Smalltown Supersound. Check it out below. The two Welsh artists first met in London while collaborating on one of Cale’s songs, and decided to record

Matilda Mann is a 20-year-old singer hailing from London. Earlier this year, she put out an EP called If That Makes Sense – a lovely, often beguiling indie folk project with a unique jazz flair punctuated by hypnotic rhythms, ethereal vocals, and enchanting lyrics – and she’s already gearing up for the release of another

“That’s why representation matters, man…I didn’t realize you could be black and gay and, like, fly and shit,” Sam Jay says in her new Netflix special ‘3 In The Morning,’ which is available today. Jay grew up not seeing herself in the world (“I’m from Boston, bro. We didn’t have Black dykes”) which is one

The Paul Institute, the musical project founded by brothers Jai and A. K. Paul, have released an EP titled Summer 2020. The new collection of experimental pop and R&B songs includes A. K. Paul’s previously released ‘Be Honest’ – which was one of our favourite tracks of the week – as well as a batch of

Throughout the week, we update our Best New Songs playlist with the new releases that caught our attention the most, be it a single leading up to the release of an album or a newly unveiled deep cut. And each Monday, we round up the best new songs released over the past week (the eligibility period

If you haven’t watched the recently released filmed version of Hamilton on Disney+, you should. The hip-hop/rap based Broadway musical which follows the life of Alexander Hamilton, the man who aided the foundations of the United States of America, became a cultural sensation back in 2015. Now, in 2020, a film of the musical has

“This shit has to be a hit and if it’s not, I swear to God I’m going to go crazy,” Aminé says, laughing into the receiver from somewhere in Los Angeles’s San Fernando Valley. He’s talking about “Woodlawn,” a song named after the neighborhood in the Northeast section of Portland, Oregon, where he was raised,

Earlier this week, Lana Del Rey released her new spoken word album Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass. Featuring music from producer Jack Antonoff, it serves as the audiobook version of her poetry collection of the same name, which is available for purchase through Google Play and Audible. She previously shared sample track from the album (which

When Logic announced his retirement, it was hard not to be at least a little bit sceptical – rappers make these sort of statements all the time only to make a grand comeback just a few years later. But the Maryland rapper sounded both serious and determined: having recently become a dad, he wanted to

Still, he’s not as sad as the photos would have you believe. “[The Phanatic] is representing all the Philadelphia fans,” he added. “So it’s quite an opportunity, but also a responsibility. The Phanatic has to do his best to make sure the team knows that the fans are still behind them.” When the league started

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Lil Uzi Vert and Future have shared a pair of new singles, ‘Over Your Head’ and ‘Patek’ (not to be confused with Uzi’s 2018 song ‘New Patek’). Listen to both songs below. The two rappers first teased their latest collaboration on July 21 by posting a video directed by Hype Williams on social media –

Spanish indie rock outfit Hinds have covered The Clash’s classic tune, ‘Spanish Bombs’. Check it out below. Writing about the band’s decision to record their own rendition of the song, Hinds’ Carlotta Cosials said: “We’ve always loved doing covers. Maybe ’cause it’s the way we started, or maybe because there are so many good songs