“Breaking Up Slowly” opens not with Lana’s voice, but that of her co-writer Nikki Lane, sounding remarkably like Stevie Nicks’ reedy contralto. With its country-blues style, it’s as much Lane’s song as Del Rey’s; a plea to let go of doomed relationships, not prolong the agony...
It’s the musical equivalent of hearing a sudden, loud noise in the wild. Your body braces for action, but when it realizes there’s no real danger, dopamine is released, and you're left with that wave of pleasurable chills. Emotional contagion plays a big role too. This happens when t...
In the lead-up to Halloween,Tyler, The Creatorunveiled his seventh studio album,CHROMAKOPIA,The Curereleased theirfirst album in 16 years, and Westside Gunn delivered back-to-back drops with LPs11andSTILLPRAYINGarriving just 24 hours apart. ...
I had revelled in my first taste of Almaty; a marvellous walk through alien streets, with alien faces at each and every turn, with the cold wind kissing my cheeks. Konstantin played a Cocteau Twins song for me on the TV. “Pearly-Dewdrops’ Drops.” I was in heaven. At 2.30pm, I ...
Flo Milli knows how to take the high of a sugar rush and knock a listener in the chest with it. “Fruit Loop” ramps that energy up until it snaps. She delivers simple, cutting bars like “You bitches really weak and you just talk online” and the laugh-out-loud diss “Tryna talk ...
When the gong hits, the bass drops out, or the actually hotline-style pre-recorded greeting rings out about DJing a relative's Slip N Slide party, the moment will feel like yours and yours alone. —Marc Hogan Erykah Badu: "Cel U Lar Device" Future “March Madness” Free Bandz 23 As...
for: an undeniable anthem for what we’ve all come to know as Hot Girl Summer. And she didn’t do it alone: With assistance from pal Nicki Minaj and features king Ty Dolla $ign, this track is repeat worthy no matter how much the temperature drops in the coming months. —LYNDSEY ...
and walloping East Bay funk. “Party’s jumping off on a Thursday night,” rap Terrible T, Lil’ P, and Sweet L.D. in tag-team style as an unnamed chorus of homeboys cheers them on. “The bass is boomin’ and the crowd is loud/We’re about to tear the roof off, yeah, Oak ...
On Aug. 19, blink-182surprisedfans with the news that they were doubling down on their 2023 albumONE MORE TIME…— their first in nearly a decade to feature OG memberTom DeLonge— by adding eight more songs to the track list. While th...
Lakeyah — formerly Lakeyah Danaee, now just the mononym — hails from Milwaukee as well, but she’s got a bass-heavy sound indebted to the Bay, and she just signed with Quality Control in Atlanta. She could have easily decamped to one of the more fashionable sister cities. The Atlanta...