Stereogum — For decades, Flea has wanted to release a trumpet-based jazz record, and now it's finally happening. Flea's solo debut Honora comes out on Friday, and he's already shared the singles "A Plea," the Thom Yorke collab "Traffic Lights," and his version o... more info

Stereogum — Since dropping debut album I’ll be here last year, Vines, aka composer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Cassie Wieland, has released a one-off single and a Christmas traditional. Today she’s back with news of a fun project, an EP called Cover... more info

Stereogum — About eight years ago, Jack Harlow trolled the fuck out of me. Or, at least, it felt like he did. Visiting XXL’s midtown Manhattan office for a video freestyle, pre-glow-up Jack — glasses, unwieldy curly hair and all — sat down in our video ro... more info

Stereogum — The Afghan Whigs have great songs for days, but they’d still be legends even if you only ever factored in their cover songs. Greg Dulli and friends have always had fascinating taste, and they bring their own bluesy intensity to the songs that they ... more info

Magnet Magazine — Happy birthday Frank Ocean. Thinkin’ ‘bout you. Read the Pack A.D. in MAGNET on Frank: The post Happy Birthday Frank Ocean appeared first on Magnet Magazine. more info

Stereogum — Next August will mark a decade since Frank Ocean last released a studio album. While the follow-up to Blonde still seems like a longshot, the singer-songwriter has served up a few breadcrumbs in the years since: In 2020 he officially released two ... more info

Stereogum — The album is called Describe, so let’s do some description right away. For a few seconds, “Doing Now” sounds like something off of Frank Ocean’s Blonde, lo-fi guitar sounds loosely unspooling under Hannah Jadagu’s moonbeam melody. Then t... more info

Stereogum — Mavis Staples is one of those miraculous figures — someone who’s been making earth-shakingly important music for an extremely long time and who remains active and curious, with a whole lot left to say. As part of the Staple Singers, her family... more info

Obscure Sound — An engaging new EP from Mang, On The Low infuses dreamy electronic atmospherics within lyrical sentiments of yearning and heartrending love. The smooth vocals and hooky refrains exist seamlessly within productions that remind fondly of Frank Ocean’... more info

Stereogum — “Bashville On The Sugar.” “Blister.” And now “Cross My Heart And Hope To Die.” Yumi Zouma keep dropping new tracks on us this year without any further context. Is an album coming? An EP? Or are the indie-pop greats in one of those phas... more info