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RIIKI's "Share Your Luv" is Exactly What We Need Right Now
June 12, 2020
RIIKI's latest single, "Share Your Luv," expresses a sentiment that is much in demand. And while the lyrics may have been meant more specifically, I think the buoyancy of the song, that baseline especially, serves this time succinctly.
Author:
DJ Connor
Dua Saleh, RMR, Kiana Ledé, and More Artists You Should Listen to Now | #NowWatching
June 12, 2020
This Friday features a #NowWatching playlist filled with amazing voices from the BIPOC community and beyond. From Dua Saleh's powerful ROSETTA, to Kiana Ledé's open letter to the president, to a new jazzy tune from Jorja Smith, this week's playlist is a perfect soundtrack for your weekend.
Author:
Malc.
boyband Releases "get home safely," With All Proceeds Going to NAACP Legal Defense Fund and RAINN
June 12, 2020
"get home safely" is as much a response to recent events as it is a response to a deep-seated anxiety for far too many Americans.
Author:
Ruby Scott
Kiana Ledé Searches For the Heart in a Heartless Administration
June 12, 2020
Ledé reimagines P!nk's "Dear Mr. President," and the sentiment originally aimed at George W. Bush feels all the more relevant today.
Author:
Ruby Scott
StaySolidRocky Is Jumping From TikTok's Trending Pages to the Billboard Hot 100 [Q&A]
June 11, 2020
We catch up with the Virginia artist who, thanks to TikTok, finds himself with a self-funded Billboard Top 30 hit.
Author:
Ruby Scott
Derek Simpson's "Hide + Seek" Inescapably Captivates You
June 10, 2020
For the entirety of the six-minute song, you are put in a trance. A delectable guitar establishes the feel-good, alternative R&B vibe and drives the alluring beat throughout.
Author:
Alexis Vaganos
Slide's New Video Has Us "Waiting" For Better Days
June 10, 2020
Slide's video for their latest single, "Waiting", was shot at a time when its beautiful visuals, representing the desert environments east of LA, represent a contrasting narrative of both love and fear, life and death, and the inner monologue common to us all.
Author:
DJ Connor
Black Artists You Should Listen to Now | #NowWatching
June 5, 2020
This week's #NowWatching playlist is dedicated to the sounds and voices of a small fraction of innovative black artists.
Author:
Ruby Scott
Music Taught Me to Love My Blackness | A Letter From The Editor
June 4, 2020
As protesters take to the streets across the world, I want to take this moment as a black man and editor of this site to share my perspective.
Author:
Maxamillion Polo
Milq's "Summer Again" Transports You Directly to the 80′s [Premiere]
June 1, 2020
"Summer Again" is a song straight out of an 80's summer romance film.
Author:
Joey Legittino
Alec King & Kiana Ledé Embrace the Awkward in "Larry David" Video [PREMIERE]
September 5, 2019
'Cause sometimes you just have to revel in those terribly awkward "Larry David" moments.
Author:
Jessica Thomas
K. Flay Teams Up With Pierce The Veil's Vic Fuentes On Gut-Punching "Irish Goodbye" | THE NOISE
August 18, 2023
"Irish Goodbye" is the album's heaviest and hardest-hitting track, serving as an intimately detailed portrait of choosing self-preservation over succumbing to possibly toxic desire.
Author:
Alessandra Rincon
thủy Invents a Rose-Tinted Paradise in Pop-Tinged “cloud 11”
September 9, 2024
“cloud 11” is a honeymoon phase fantasy set into overdrive.
Author:
Grace Holtzclaw
TikTok Fame Is Just the Beginning for TOKYO'S REVENGE
February 19, 2020
TOKYO'S REVENGE is for more than just pouty VSCO girls and e-boy influencers.
Author:
Emily Bird
EDEN's "love, death, distraction" Is a Bleak and Beautiful Slow Jam
December 9, 2019
EDEN is making every word count.
Author:
Matthew Rudas
Omar Apollo, Dominic Fike, and Kenny Beats Tackle Unrequited Love in "Hit Me Up"
November 5, 2019
The collaboration of the year.
Author:
Maxamillion Polo
Carlie Hanson Finds Herself Lovesick in "Side Effects"
November 25, 2019
Hanson's latest single has us hooked.
Author:
Matthew Rudas
REI AMI Finds Herself Uninhibited in "RUNAWAY"
February 19, 2020
"RUNAWAY" could very well score any horror flick or uninhibited night out.
Author:
Maxamillion Polo
Cavetown Is Bringing Their Heartwarming Vulnerability to Their Largest Headlining Tour Yet [Q&A]
March 30, 2022
"I can tell I really love someone when something we go through together inspires a banger."
Author:
Alessandra Rincon