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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
BINNY Tries to Resist the Lure in Hypnotic New Single "Retrograde"
June 1, 2020
With inspiration hailing from Mariah Carey, to Drake, and everything in between, BINNY incorporates elements from his favorite R&B artists and love for strong female singers to formulate a potent sound, oozing with charisma and sass.
Author:
Chloe Robinson
ROLE MODEL Is Crushing Hard in “cross your mind”
August 25, 2022
“cross your mind” captures the emotional high that comes hand in hand with intense infatuation.
Author:
Tatum Van Dam
ESHAAN on The Future, Spontaneity and Amplifying His Act
September 8, 2022
“For me the only rule that I have is to make sure that the show is as fun and exciting as can be”.
Author:
Jessica Magtalas
Jade Bird Demonstrates a Quick-Witted Songwriting Genius in "I Get No Joy"
January 18, 2019
"This song is about the stream of thought that runs through your head at all times as an over thinker."
Author:
Maxamillion Polo
Adam Melchor on the 5 Songs That Inspired 'SUMMER CAMP'
March 4, 2020
From SZA to Green Day, Melchor lets us in on the wealth of inspiration that informed his latest EP.
Author:
Sloan Pecchia
ARI Turns a Nightmare Into the Dance-Inducing Single "Oh Well" [Premiere]
March 26, 2020
ARI has all the makings of a rising pop star.
Author:
Alissa Arunarsirakul
The Best of 2020 | Staff Picks
December 21, 2020
We look back at some of our favorite music and moments from 2020.
Author:
Staff
Blxst Joins Forces with Drakeo The Ruler & Russ on 'Just For Clarity' EP
March 12, 2021
Blxst is back with a surprise two-track EP to reassert his status as one of LA's hottest upcoming artists.
Author:
Carter Fife
Frames on Pop-Punk, Sex Work, and Their Debut Album 'Every Room' [Q&A]
September 27, 2021
Frames is aiming to create the next wave of music-videos-playing-on-MTV pop-punk.
Author:
Ally Rincà²n
With Confidence's Jayden Seeley on New Music, Touring Life & Working With New Artists | The Noise [Q&A]
May 31, 2022
Hailing from Sydney, Australia, fan-favorites With Confidence have created quite the name for themselves here in the US.
Author:
Moe Horta
Anna Clendening - "Invisible" | Live From the Rooftop
May 8, 2019
Clendening's poetic, passionate, and purposeful approach to pop arrives as a welcomed breath of fresh air.
Author:
Maxamillion Polo