Rahim Redcar’s creative prowess is not only awe-inspiring in its prolificacy, but its shape-shifting vastness. Today, the French musician has released a new song under his Christine And The Queens moniker called “Ah Ya” featuring longtime friend and collaborator Thee Diane. You might recognize Thee Diane, a classically trained musician who combines afrobeats and alt-pop,…

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Back in 2022, the Oslo hardcore band Draümar stormed out of the gate with their D’KRIG EP. It’s been a minute, but they’re ready to unveil their debut LP. The self-titled album will drop next month on Static Shock, and a pair of connected tracks are out today as a teaser. Draümar begins and ends…

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For a little while now Lykke Li has been hinting that she’s working on a new album. Her most recent album EYEYE arrived in 2022, and since then the Swedish singer-songwriter released the single “Midnight Shining,” and got a Golden Globe nomination for co-writing Miley Cyrus’ “Beautiful That Way,” and released a three-song covers EP. That new album is still coming soon, but it might be Lykke Li’s last one.

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We’ve Got A File On You features interviews in which artists share the stories behind the extracurricular activities that dot their careers: acting gigs, guest appearances, random internet ephemera, etc.

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Today is fakemink’s 21st birthday, and he’s celebrating with a new EP. It’s called The Boy Who Cried Terrified, and according to the UK rapper’s Tumblr, it serves as the “teaser project” for his imminent LP Terrified. The seven-track EP includes yesterday’s single “fml .,” which samples Burial’s “Rival Dealer”; per Genius, that song also…

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Last year, the great punk band Ekko Astral founded the DIY trans-rights music festival known as Liberation Weekend and held the first installment in their Washington, DC hometown. It looked awesome. This year, trans rights and Washington, DC are still under attack from the Trump administration, and the festival feels more urgent than ever. Thankfully, it’s coming back for a second year, and its lineup seriously kicks ass.

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Throughout the 2020s, Olive Ardizoni and Michael Flanagan have been making new-age-y “eco-ambient” music about environmental distress under the name Green-House. The project, which began as Ardizoni’s solo venture, has already yielded two full-length albums, and a third is on the way. Hinterlands drops in March via Green-House’s new label home, Ghostly International. As beloved…

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Look at that fucking cover art! Wow. I have seen a lot of dog-ugly album covers in my many, many years on this planet, and it takes a lot for me to really notice another one. This one did it. The cover art for Pain Travels, the first full-length from the Leeds band Love Rarely,…

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Nearly a year ago, Jason Isbell released his stripped-down post-divorce album Foxes In The Snow. The album earned him three Grammy nominations, and with the ceremony looming in Los Angeles this Sunday, Isbell is in town to promote it with a performance on Jimmy Kimmel Live.

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The late Arthur Russell didn’t release his heart-rendingly gorgeous song “I Couldn’t Say It To Your Face” during his lifetime. Russell died of complications from AIDS in 1992, and he achieved cult-hero status thanks to a series of reissues of his music years later. “I Couldn’t Say It To Your Face” finally came out on…

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