Photo Credit: Erik Bardin Today, GRAMMY-nominated jazz visionary and Doris Duke Artist Award winner Kassa Overall unveils “C.R.E.A.M. (CASH RULES EVERYTHING AROUND ME),” a Coltrane-esque exploration of Wu-Tang Clan’s rap anthem that dissolves the boundary between spiritual jazz and golden age hip-hop. The track is the second single off of his eponymously titled forthcoming album CREAM, out digitally and on CD and vinyl September 12 via Warp …
Month: August 2025
Photo Credit: Joel Ståhl Releases “Nobody Dies” Single + Video Today, Badlands – also known as transboundary Swedish producer, composer and sound designer Catharina Jaunviksna – announced her fourth studio album Nobody Dies, set for release on October 10 via RITE. Inspired by a longing for human primitive musicality, the project embraces a raw sound using old string instruments and electronic scrap; thus exploring our need …
Acclaimed Mexican composer Gabriela Ortiz unveils Revolución Diamantina, her first full orchestral album, performed by the Los Angeles Philharmonic under the baton of Gustavo Dudamel. Inspired by Mexico’s 2019 feminist uprising, this powerful ballet score gives voice to the urgent fight against gender-based violence through an emotionally charged and deeply resonant musical narrative. “Gabriela Ortiz’s evocative …
Jenny Don’t and the Spurs on the Edge stage – All photos by Zach Putnam Pickathon isn’t a music festival so much as a fever dream filtered through Oregon pine trees and earnest idealism. The remnants of this dream leave behind vivid memories: a kid with glitter on their cheeks napping in a hammock during …
Photo by Lena Nordfjord In anticipation of her upcoming sophomore album Time Time Time (I’m in the Palm of Your Hand), Oslo dream-pop artist Yndling (her name means “favorite” in English) has released a new single “Fences.” An insightful reflection on self-isolation and inner struggle, ‘Fences’ considers how rumination can be a hurdle on the …
Turning heads with swagger, style, and substance, rising R&B singer-songwriter TA Thomas uncovers a soulful new single entitled “Outside Man” available now via High Standardz/Def Jam Recordings. Listen HERE. The upbeat track revolves around steady handclaps, booming horns, and a head-nodding bassline. It’s the perfect backdrop for TA Thomas to flaunt his impressive vocal range. He tips his hat to classic Motown …
Photo Credit @bubbasellars “Plane Jane” is part of Lexie’s “Sassy Soft Girl Era” for the dream chasers, adventurers, and the people reaching for something new. Inspired by The Staple Sisters’ song, “I’ll Take You There”, the track was created after an exhaustive run of traveling and a broken heart. Lexie shares, “home is a feeling, not a place, if you are always on the move. It got to …
Today, multi-platinum duo Disclosure unleash their monumental new collaboration “NO CAP” featuring multi-hyphenate superstar Anderson .Paak, out now via Disorder / Capitol Records. Listen HERE. The swelteringly funky cut has massive summer-night energy and arrives ahead of Disclosure’s Fall 2025 North American Tour, launching September 19, which will find brothers Guy and Howard Lawrence returning to their epic, acclaimed live show format. Full routing and tickets available HERE. “NO CAP” returns to Disclosure’s …
August 6, 2025: Today, emerging Georgia singer/songwriter Clover County releases new single “Good Game” from her upcoming debut LP Finer Things, out September 26 via her own label Undercover Lover Records in partnership with Thirty Tigers. Co-written by Will Taylor of Hovvdy (who also provides background vocals), the song finds Clover taking the high road …
All photos by Zach Putnam It’s always strange to see musical pioneers warming up the stage for bands they accidentally made possible. But there’s something deeply satisfying about watching those pioneers remind the room whose footsteps everyone’s been moshing in. That’s exactly what happened Monday night at Revolution Hall, when Fishbone, the architects of genre …
This song is a triumphant farewell to darkness and deceit, embracing truth, peace, and the healing power of kindness. It speaks of a brighter future—a time when the clouds of confusion and contradiction will part, revealing a world where honesty flows freely and our hearts sing openly. Levi Robin’s journey of exploration and curiosity has taken him …
Image source: Pexels It’s very easy to think of sport as something for children, high school athletes or professionals, but it’s not just for the young. In fact, getting involved in sports as an adult can be one of the best decisions that you make for yourself, for your physical health, mental well-being and your …
She was Jayne Mansfield. She was Thelma Todd. She was most importantly, WKRP’s all-powerful receptionist Jennifer Marlowe. The St. Paul, Minnesota native was, impossibly, just two days shy of her 80th birthday at the time of her passing this Sunday. Loni Anderson was my #2 screen siren, in order of appearance – and in 1984, …
August 1, 2025 – Today, Austin Snell has announced his new EP Home Sweet Hell, due out August 22 via River House Artists/Warner Music Nashville. Produced by Andrew Baylis (Brantley Gilbert, Jelly Roll), the EP finds the Nashville-based singer-songwriter examining an upbringing steeped in hard lessons, raised at the crossroads of garage-rocking grit and country grace. Along with the announcement, Austin shares his new single “Family …
In “Why Don’t You Love Me?”, Red Clark presents a fascinating dichotomy, pairing lyrics that express deep yearning and the pain of a lost connection (“Why don’t you love me no more?”) with an undeniably upbeat and energetic musical arrangement. This unexpected combination creates a compelling narrative: a man grappling with lingering feelings, yet choosing …