Blackbear – Digital Druglord Fresh off his distressingly underwhelming collaborative album with Mike Posner, Blackbear’s returned with his third full-length solo album (following up a stream of excellent EPs from last year, notably Cashmere Noose and Drink Bleach). The LA-based singer/songwriter is known for his remarkably catchy take on R&B, with a penchant for songwriting that’s seen him… Read More New Music Fridays: April 21st, 2017

IshDARR – Four The Better Following up last year’s well-regarded Broken Hearts & Bankrolls album, Milwaukee rapper IshDARR has returned with a new EP. Apparently, the six-track project was recorded while IshDARR was on tour with buzzing R&B duo THEY., and the rapper bills the project as a sequel to his 2014 debut EP The Better Life. Four the Better features… Read More New Music Fridays: April 14th, 2017

Bear with me here, this is gonna be a long one… Allan Kingdom – Lines A Kanye cosign (catch him on the chorus of  “All Day”) blasted Allan Kingdom into mass consciousness a couple years ago, but the Winnipeg-born, Minnesota-based rapper/singer has steered clear of the limelight: he’s kept a relatively small, but devoted fanbase, and each… Read More New Music Fridays: April 7th, 2017

After garnering a couple of week’s worth of anticipation, Kendrick’s album will not be dropping today, to the utter disappointment of fans. Apparently mentioning the release date on wax wasn’t enough to guarantee anything. Top Dawg Entertainment, Kendrick’s label, is notorious for its terrible release scheduling. Last year, Ab-Soul took to Twitter to call out… Read More Kendrick Lamar’s New Album To Drop Next Week

In case last night’s music drop wasn’t enough for you — with new songs from Kendrick Lamar, Mary J. Blige x Kanye West, Calvin Harris x Young Thug x Pharrell x Ariana Grande, Joey Bada$$ x ScHoolboy Q, Ludacris x Ty Dolla $ign, and Logic — here’s the week’s new albums. Amir Obè – None of the… Read More New Music Fridays: March 31st, 2017

Days N’ Daze – Crustfall Houston punk band Days N’ Daze return with their seventh album four years after their under-underground masterpiece Rogue Taxidermy. With a DIY aesthetic and a blending of folk, punk, indie, ska, and just about any other genre you could think of, lead singers/former lovers and multi-instrumentalists Jesse Sendejas and Whitney Flynn have… Read More New Music Fridays: March 24th, 2017

After ‘breaking up’ six years ago, Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett’s animated hip hop/britpop project Gorillaz are finally releasing their new album, Humanz, on April 28th. After having their tracklist , along with several track snippets, leaked over the past few days, Gorillaz’ announced via Instagram that their long-awaited followup to 2011’s The Fall is officially on its… Read More Gorillaz Are Back!

Depeche Mode – Spirit Moody new wave/electronic group Depeche Mode dominated in the 80s, with massively famous albums like Construction Time Again and Violator, and they’re still going strong. After a four year break, the Essex band has returned with their fourteenth album, described as “an hour-long howl of outrage and horror“. Spirit has to be their most aggressive… Read More New Music Fridays: March 17th, 2017

After teasing it for weeks, it seems like Drake’s album mixtape playlist More Life is finally dropping on March 18th, according to a teaser video posted to the artist’s Instagram. View this post on Instagram 🌺 A post shared by champagnepapi (@champagnepapi) on Mar 11, 2017 at 10:51am PST Along with previously released tracks “Fake Love”,… Read More Drake Announces Release Date For ‘More Life’

AOE – Homecoming Recent signees to Def Jam, AOE (Ambassadors of Earth) is an alternative R&B duo comprised of singer Phil Beaudreau and producer Dawaun Parker, a Grammy-winning Dr. Dre protégé who’s worked with Kendrick Lamar, Dr. Dre, Jay-Z, and 50 Cent. Their music has proven to be totally innovative, melding elements of R&B and EDM into lush, expansive… Read More New Music Fridays: March 10th, 2017