Stereogum — The 2024 Emmy nominations are live, and as usual there are some musical artists in the mix. Some of them come from people who do a lot of work in both the music and film/TV realm: Donald Glover (who has a new album out this week) is up for Outstan... more info

Stereogum — Shaboozey, the Nigeria-born, Virginia-raised country singer, now has the #1 song in the country. All year long Shaboozey has been building steam with “A Bar Song (Tipsy),” which cleverly flips J-Kwon’s signature song (itself a #2 smash in 20... more info

Stereogum — This year’s BET Awards aired live last night from Los Angeles’ Peacock Theatre. SZA, Victoria Monét, and Tyla won big awards, but nobody watches the BET Awards for the actual awards. The performances are the main draw, and this year had some ... more info

New York Post — Other big names on the bill include Busta Rhymes, Keke Palmer and Big Boi. more info

New York Post — It was the ultimate soul-man showtime at the Apollo, raising more than $3 million for the Harlem theater that, for 90 years, has been the music mecca for everyone from Louis Armstrong and James Brown to Tuesday night's honorees Usher and Babyface. more info

Stereogum — The London trio FLO has dedicated itself to resurrecting the poppy R&B glide of the late ’90s and early ’00s, so it’s a little surprising to find out that their new single “Caught Up” has nothing to do with the Usher song of the same nam... more info

Stereogum — Usher is having a big year — the R&B linchpin released a new album called Coming Home and performed at the Super Bowl Halftime Show. Today, he took to Instagram Stories to tell a story about how his son recently stole his phone to try to link ... more info

Stereogum — A couple months ago, Victoria Monét won Best New Artist at the Grammys thanks to her full-length debut Jaguar II . On Sunday, she performed at Coachella for the first time, and during her set, she said: “Stop the wars, stop the hate, stop the ... more info

Obscure Sound — San Francisco-based band REPTIEL present a heady psych-rock expanse on new album Down Below World, representing the third album in a sci-fi/fantasy series that commenced in 2015 with Hobbitozz … A Land That Never Was. Listeners pick up on the journ... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Sean Bankhead crafts pop culture moments out of his music video choreography. After dancing in Usher's Super Bowl performance, he is ready for his next move. more info