Jason Mills, the rapper, singer, producer known as IDK, is releasing a new mixtape at the end of the month titled E.T.D.S. – Even The Devil Smiles. Today he’s shared a preview of the new project via the single “LiFE 4 A LiFE” featuring Pusha T with arrangement by Kaytranada. It follows last year’s posthumous-DMX-featuring lead single…

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August Ponthier hails from Texas, but as their new album title professes, Everywhere Isn’t Texas. For Ponthier, that’s a complicated truth — sometimes a relief, sometimes a lament. The title’s backstory goes something like this: Growing up outside Dallas, Ponthier “felt othered and uncomfortable,” but after moving to New York at age 20, they realized…

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Since their conception, VIAL have been politically outspoken, using punk music to advocate for what they believe in. Today, the Minneapolis-based band is announcing their new album Hellhound, but they’re also calling attention to the horrific killing committed by ICE in their hometown yesterday. In a statement, VIAL wrote: Today was supposed to be the…

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As anyone who’s ever seen Friday Night Lights can tell you, the state of Texas has a long, proud history in the field of soaring, emotional post-rock. Houston’s Trembler employ vocals, so they aren’t exploding in any skies. Instead, they offer a fresh take on the way that twinkly guitars can intertwine with one another.…

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London-based musician Wesley Joseph emerged in 2021 with ULTRAMARINE — a collage of avant-pop, melancholic funk, and seamless grooves. Today, he’s back with a new single “Peace Of Mind” featuring Danny Brown. The single is the follow-up to his sole release from last year “If Time Could Talk.” It announces his new album Forever Ends…

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The Woodstock, New York singer-songwriter Storey Littleton has yet to release an album, and she’s only in her early twenties, but she’s basically been making music since she was old enough to talk. Littleton’s parents Elizabeth Mitchell and Dan Littleton are in the long-running New York indie band Ida, and Mitchell made a series of…

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A couple of months ago, post-hardcore supergroup Bitter Branches returned with “Basic Karate.” Now the band — made up of Tim Singer (Deadguy, Kiss It Goodbye), Jeff Tirabassi (Walleye), Matt Ryan (Cavalry), Kevin Sommerville (Lighten Up!), and Dan Yemin (Paint It Black, Kid Dynamite, Lifetime) — is back to announce their sophomore record, Let’s Give…

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Look, it’s harder and harder for musicians to make a living at what they do. You have to be more and more creative to figure out ways to turn music into money. But how about this: A lollipop that costs nine dollars and plays a song in your head while you eat it? Boom. Problem solved. A new golden age has dawned. Everybody’s getting rich.

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Last month, Tigers Jaw announced their new album Lost On You. The Scranton emo band unleashed the ripper of a lead single “Head Is Like A Sinking Stone,” and now they’re back with the propulsive anthem “Ghost” as well as tour dates. “The genesis of ‘Ghost’ was a chance run-in with a person I grew…

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It’s PONY, baby! The giddy, consistently excellent Toronto fuzz-pop duo will release their new album Clearly Cursed in a little more than a month, and it’s shaping up to be something special. We’ve already heard a grip of early tracks: “Freezer,” “Every Little Crumb,” “Superglue,” “Middle Of Summer.” Today, they break us off with another…

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