Last month, the influential Swedish quasi-rap cult figures Yung Lean and Bladee surprise-released a really good collaborative album called Psykos. Apparently, Bladee has just been living in the studio lately. Today, he’s followed Psykos, as well as his 2022 solo album Spiderr, with a brand new surprise mixtape called Cold Visions.

A month ago, the gothed-out LA synth-punk duo Cold Cave released “She Reigns Down,” their first proper single since the 2021 mini-album Fate In Seven Lessons. It ruled. Today, Cold Cave have followed that single with another one, and the new one rules, too.

A couple of this year’s big hardcore festivals, Tampa’s FYA and Louisville’s LDB, have already happened, and the other big ones have already dropped their lineups. Now, Philadelphia’s This Is Hardcore, the biggest annual American festival left on the docket, has unveiled its bill for this year. As usual, t...

The Filipino funk-pop band have finally launched their first album – stuffed with joyful disco, cocksure rap and outright melancholy. The septet talk their origins as a “niche” band, performing ‘Raining In Manila’ with Coldplay’s Chris Martin, and moreThe post On their debut album, Lola Amour hold space for joy and grief: “If you�...

Although Drake has feuded with many a rapper, he’s usually maintained alliances with most of the biggest names in hip-hop at any given time — perhaps because people realized it was profitable to stay on good terms with such an unstoppable commercial force. That dynamic seems to be changing. Kendrick Lamar laid into Drake and his curr...