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News Young Thug Pays Bonds for Multiple Inmates in New Video: Watch Thug and Gunna visit Atlanta’s Fulton County Jail in the visual for “Paid the Fine” By Madison Bloom April 28, 2021 Facebook Twitter Still from “Paid the Fine” video. Facebook Twitter Young Thug has paid the bonds for multiple inmates at Atlanta’s Fulton

News Arthur Russell 7″ Cover Series Announced Featuring recordings by Peter Broderick, Stereolab’s Lætitia Sadier, Russell’s collaborator Peter Zummo, Mabe Fratti, and more By Madison Bloom April 28, 2021 Facebook Twitter Arthur Russell, 1986 (Tom Lee) Facebook Twitter Experimental label Unheard of Hope has announced a new 7″ series featuring artists covering their favorite Arthur

News Lana Del Rey Announces New Album Blue Banisters An Independence Day release follows a previous teaser for a June record called Rock Candy Sweet By Evan Minsker April 27, 2021 Facebook Twitter Lana Del Rey (Rich Fury/Getty Images for The Recording Academy) Facebook Twitter Lana Del Rey shared a teaser for a new record

News MF DOOM’s Alternate “Dead Bent” Video Getting NFT Release Half the proceeds from the auction will go to DOOM’s children By Evan Minsker April 27, 2021 Facebook Twitter MF DOOM, November 2020 (courtesy of Adam Bhala Lough and SWEISS PR) Facebook Twitter An alternate version of MF DOOM’s “Dead Bent” music video is getting

News Little Simz, illuminati hotties, and More: This Week’s Pitchfork Selects Playlist Our weekly playlist highlights songs that our writers, editors, and contributors are listening to on repeat By Pitchfork April 26, 2021 Facebook Twitter Graphic by Drew Litowitz Facebook Twitter The staff of Pitchfork listens to a lot of new music. A lot of

News Billie Eilish Previews New Song “Happier Than Ever”: Watch Eilish recently remarked, “things are comingggg” By Matthew Strauss April 26, 2021 Facebook Twitter Billie Eilish in “Happier Than Ever” (Billie Eilish/YouTube) Facebook Twitter Billie Eilish has shared a 15-second clip of what appears to be a new song called “Happier Than Ever.” The track

News Questlove’s Music Trivia Game at Oscars 2021 Ends With Glenn Close Doing “Da Butt” Andra Day chatted about “Purple Rain” and Daniel Kaluuya took a guess about a Donna Summer song By Allison Hussey April 25, 2021 Facebook Twitter Questlove at the 2021 Academy Awards (Still via YouTube) Facebook Twitter Questlove DJed the Oscars

News A. G. Cook Pens Tribute to SOPHIE “She approached every topic with the love, care and intensity of someone who has truly lived” By Madison Bloom April 25, 2021 Facebook Twitter A. G. Cook, SOPHIE (Photos via Getty Images). Facebook Twitter A. G. Cook has penned a tribute to his late friend and collaborator

News Watch the DMX Memorial Service at Barclays Center Celebrating the life of the late rapper, who passed away earlier this month By Noah Yoo April 24, 2021 Facebook Twitter DMX photo by Jonathan Mannion, edit by Vanyedit Facebook Twitter The memorial service for the late DMX is being held today at the Barclays Center

News Logic and Madlib Form New Project MadGic, Share New Song: Listen “Mars Only pt. 3” follows Logic’s return from “retirement” By Noah Yoo April 24, 2021 Facebook Twitter Facebook Twitter Logic and Madlib have formed a new duo project, MadGic. Last night, they released a new joint single called “Mars Only pt. 3.” It’s

News The Mars Volta Share Previously Unreleased De-Loused In The Comatorium Demos: Listen Landscape Tantrums arrives with the new La Realidad De Los Sueños box set By Noah Yoo April 23, 2021 Facebook Twitter The Mars Volta’s Cedric Bixler-Zavala, July 2011 (Brian Rasic/Getty Images) Facebook Twitter The Mars Volta have released Landscape Tantrums, a previously

News After Delay, U.S. Government Says Venue Operators Will Finally Able to Apply for Relief Money The Shuttered Venue Operator Grant portal crashed earlier this month, preventing applications from being processed By Noah Yoo April 23, 2021 Facebook Twitter Photo by Noam Galai/Getty Images Facebook Twitter Last month, the Small Business Administration was scheduled to

News Pharrell Features on New Moneybagg Yo Song “Certified Neptunes”: Listen Chad Hugo and Pharrell produced the track from the Memphis rapper’s new album A Gangsta’s Pain By Noah Yoo April 23, 2021 Facebook Twitter Moneybagg Yo, Pharrell (Getty Images) Facebook Twitter Moneybagg Yo has shared a new track called “Certified Neptunes.” The title doesn’t

News YG and Mozzy Share New Song “Bompton to Oak Park”: Listen A joint single from the West Coast rappers By Madison Bloom April 22, 2021 Facebook Twitter Mozzy and YG in “Bompton to Oak Park,” directed by SUJ Facebook Twitter West Coast rappers YG and Mozzy have teamed up for a new song. It’s

News RZA Releases New Song “Pugilism” as Bobby Digital: Listen He’s also launched “Saturday Afternoon Kung Fu Theater,” an online kung fu movie screening series By Evan Minsker April 21, 2021 Facebook Twitter RZA, photo by Kyle Christy Facebook Twitter RZA has released his first single since 2008 under the name Bobby Digital. It’s called

News Wiki and NAH Announce Telephonebooth, Share Video for New Song “Hip Hop”: Watch The New York rapper and Philadelphia-born, Antwerp-based producer’s full-length collaboration is out May 7 By Matthew Strauss April 21, 2021 Facebook Twitter Wiki, photo by Ryosuke Tanzawa Facebook Twitter New York rapper Wiki and Philadelphia-born, Antwerp-based producer NAH are teaming up

News Method Man and Redman’s VERZUZ Battle: Here’s What Happened The “How High 4/20 Special” showdown between the two rappers featured cameos from RZA, EPMD, DJ Kool, and more By Madison Bloom and Evan Minsker April 20, 2021 Facebook Twitter Method Man and Redman on VERZUZ Facebook Twitter Method Man and Redman went hit-for-hit tonight

News Flying Lotus and Thundercat Share New Song “Black Gold”: Listen FlyLo has also released “Between Memories,” featuring Niki Randa, from the Netflix show Yasuke By Evan Minsker April 20, 2021 Facebook Twitter Flying Lotus, photo by Tim Saccenti Facebook Twitter Flying Lotus provided the original score for the Netflix original anime series Yasuke, which

News Jeff Rosenstock Surprise Releases SKA DREAM—a Ska Rework of His Album NO DREAM: Listen A full ska re-recording of his album NO DREAM, featuring titles like “NO TIME TO SKANK” and “Ohio Porkpie,” has arrived By Evan Minsker April 20, 2021 Facebook Twitter Jeff Rosenstock (Christine Mackie) Facebook Twitter Jeff Rosenstock has shared a

News Jorja Smith Announces Be Right Back, Shares New Song “Gone”: Listen The eight-song project arrives on May 14 By Noah Yoo April 19, 2021 Facebook Twitter Jorja Smith, photo by Rashidi Noah Facebook Twitter Jorja Smith has announced Be Right Back, a new eight-song project that serves as the follow-up to her 2019 debut