“I really started to notice when rappers started referencing footballers. In my youth, rappers would talk about basketball players.”
@futureislands’s Samuel T. Herring and more on the collision of soccer, fashion, and music: tinyurl.com/3n43mn7t
Watch @thedeslondes play their version of Hurricane Smith’s 1971 single “Don’t Let It Die,” as featured on the Americana band’s new covers collection of the same name
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“Every time I come back South, people stare. So I wrote that if you’re gonna stare, at least throw me some money and smile with your eyes.”
— Zoh Amba
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“I’ve never made a soundtrack before, and I was encouraged to let it sound like @frankiecosmos.”
Greta Kline talks influences on her new film score
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With “Goodbye Cool World!” turning 20 this week, @jeffrosenstock discusses the LP that birthed the industry’s first donation-based label, which remains a blueprint for do-or-die DIY two decades on
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Josh Conway of @themarias offers insight into his debut solo album and shares the story behind the chill-ass polar bear that’s been starring in all of his visuals
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On their second LP, Kelsey Lu taps Jack Antonoff and Yves Rothman to co-produce a fascinating tapestry of pop, R&B, electronica, classical, folk, and everything avant-garde in between | tinyurl.com/yp3p8asy
“The music video concept came to me in a dream, and as I relayed it aloud in the morning, I figured it was weird enough to actually try.”
Cinder Well returns with another cut from her forthcoming “A Blooming Body” LP
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Watch Swiss art-rockers District Five perform a cut from their newly released “GLUT” LP at their Rote Fabrik rehearsal space
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Rather than staying insular and pointing outwardly, sarcastically, Vince Staples works his way from the outside in, from history to his own story
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“We’re losing character in vocals because everyone’s trying to be perfect, and I think it’s a loss for music. It’s so important to be flawed. It’s what makes it real.”
— Jordan Joy
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Check out photo ops, galleries, and other interactive installations in LA this weekend tied to the release of Olivia Rodrigo’s new LP
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The cacophony of ideas on display on Genghis Tron’s dystopian fourth album reflects the relentless, manic digi-present we find ourselves in today | tinyurl.com/4e2z9fev
The Strokes will perform at Flushing Meadows Corona Park on October 2, marking their first NYC headlining show since 2023
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Now in its 29th season, Skirball’s summer concert series will feature artists who all exist at the crossroads of a uniquely American genre: jazz
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