Last year, Dua Lipa was busy touring 2024's Radical Optimism and bringing out guests like Charli XCX and Ben Gibbard in addition to performing covers like Sinead O'Connor's "Nothing Compares 2 U" and Daft Punk's "Get Lucky." Now, the British singer... more info

The veteran rapper/producer Oddisee has been making beautiful music for a very long time now. Last year, he released an EP called En Route. Next month, he’ll team up with Heno., a relatively new rapper from Takoma Park, Maryland, to release a new a... more info

In a couple of weeks Jessie Ware will drop her new album Superbloom. The UK pop singer has been leading up to the release with singles like “I Could Get Used To This” and “Ride,” and today she’s graciously given us another sample with “A... more info

Ne-Yo is not clued in to what's going on at Pacific Music Group — the Pan-Asian music company that was founded by him, Sonu Nigam, MC Jin, and Jonathan Serbin. While walking through an airport, paparazzi asked the R&B trailblazer what he thought o... more info

For the past few years, rap great Danny Brown has been collaborating heavily with underground hyperpop producers. He loves that stuff! Those collaborations built up to the release of Stardust, the album that Brown released last year, but they didn’... more info

As a former Beatle and a man investing in burnishing his legacy, Paul McCartney has spent lots of time over the years looking back on his glory days. On his new album, he’ll go back even farther. McCartney is 83 now, and as old men are wont to do, ... more info

Next month, the buzzy young Brighton band Lime Garden will release Maybe Not Tonight, an album that apparently tells the story of a single night out. We've already posted a whole bunch of early singles from the LP: the title track, "23," "All The Bad... more info

Omaha indie rock fixture Tim Kasher (now based in LA) is already known for leading Cursive and the Good Life, as well as his youthful tenure in influential bands like Commander Venus and Slowdown Virginia. He’s been kicking out solo albums intermit... more info

In 2024, Harlem rap legend Cam'ron had a verse on "Ready '24," a track from J. Cole's Might Delete Later mixtape. Last year year, Cam sued Cole over that feature. Cam didn't make a huge noise about the lawsuit, but it still became a news story. As ... more info

Every few years, indie rock seems to settle on a naming convention it can’t ignore. In the 2000s and early 2010s, every other act seemed to have a wolf (Wolf Parade, Wolf Eyes, Wolf Alice) or deer moniker (Deer Tick, Deerhunter, the Dear Hunter). A... more info