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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
No Rome Enlists Indie All-Stars beabadoobee and Jay Som For the Dynamic "Hurry Home"
June 1, 2020
"Hurry Home" paints a vivid picture of a wistful late-night voicemail, the kind you leave after one too many drinks.
Author:
Maddy Quach
Towa Bird’s “Boomerang” Embraces the Painful Push and Pull of a Long Distance Relationship
May 30, 2023
“Boomerang” is just as good as it is gut-wrenching.
Author:
Abby Kenna
Stand Atlantic - "Toothpick" | Live From The Rooftop
April 25, 2019
Pop-punk outfit Stand Atlantic is on the verge of breaking in a major way.
Author:
Maxamillion Polo
Max Bennett Kelly's "Happy Healthy, Well-Adjusted" Video Is a Three A.M. Fever Dream
October 7, 2021
The video takes us back to waking up in the middle of the night to the sound of George Lopez yelling out from the darkness.
Author:
Joey Legittino
King Princess Delivers a Heartfelt Double Feature With “Too Bad” and “Cursed”
June 8, 2022
"I’m here with you, and I love you.”
Author:
Maxamillion Polo
Cafuné Have the Perfect 'Love Songs For The End'
October 18, 2023
"As we wrote this EP, we realized that everything is always ending - in the world at large, within each of our lives."
Author:
Alessandra Rincon
WATCH: Stick To Your Guns Perform Gripping New Tracks For ‘Something Loud’ Session [EXCLUSIVE] | THE NOISE
April 2, 2025
Hitting Studio Eleven43 in Los Angeles earlier this year, the hardcore heroes showed up ready to unleash hard-hitting tracks from their thrilling new album 'Keep Planting Flowers.'
Author:
Jimmy Smith
eee gee May Not Care But She Is 'Winning'
February 25, 2022
Winning oozes confidence in all the right ways.
Author:
Nathan Ahamed
UMI and V of BTS Share a New Year's Gift With "wherever u r"
January 5, 2024
A poem every prose, “wherever u r” asks nothing more from you than surrender.
Author:
Jazmin Kylene
Rex Orange County Unpacks the Human Experience in 'The Alexander Technique'
September 10, 2024
Rex Orange County delivers critical vulnerability, passion, and self-awareness in 53 minutes and 16 seconds of exploratory music-making.
Author:
Gia Acosta
Lennon Stella Really is That "BITCH"
March 15, 2019
The sassy anthem we were all asking for.
Author:
Alyssa Yung