Back in the day, it would’ve been a much bigger deal if a Dischord band covered Depeche Mode. These days, boundaries between musical universes are a whole lot looser, and it feels completely natural — especially given that the Dischord band in question is the art-punk crew Shudder To Think, who were always glammier than their peers.

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D4L’s 2005 single “Betcha Can’t Do It Like Me” didn’t become a huge crossover hit like their other song “Laffy Taffy” did. But it’s still a prime example of the peak ringtone-rap era, and it still randomly gets stuck in my head way more often than it should. New York rapper/producer Cash Cobain made his name by building strange, horny new shapes out of ultra-familiar samples, and his new single “Betcha Can’t” gives D4L the sample-drill treatment.

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Lucy Dacus is celebrating 10 years of her debut album No Burden. The singer-songwriter announced an anniversary reissue today and shared the previously unreleased fan-favorite “No Thank You, I Love You, Goodbye.”

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Che and Nettspend, two of the young rage stars who bailed on that Canadian rap festival, are both young as fuck. Che turned 20 last week, so they’re not both still teenagers. Still, when you add up both rappers’ ages, you get a grand total of 39. Tomorrow is my 47th birthday, which means I am the wrong person to say anything about “KickAss (Pull Up Pls),” the two-rappers’ first-ever collaboration.

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Hustle Culture: Good name for a band, especially a post-punk band. This particular post-punk band comes from Cincinnati, and their debut EP Kill A Computer came out last year. Kill A Computer: Good title! Today, Hustle Culture follow that record with a single called “New Government Pyramid Scheme,” and I’m sensing a pattern here. Hustle Culture are good at naming things. They’re also good at making bracing, urgent, cynical stompers, and “New Government Pyramid Scheme” is one of those. Listen below.

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Shortly before the pandemic began, Black Sabbath were celebrating 50 years of their debut album and revealed the identity of the “witch” on the cover. It was Louisa Livingstone, who models, acts, and makes electronic music under the moniker Indreba. She recently released Alice, a psychedelic rock opera about AI made with the help of AI.

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Snoop Dogg is one of the musical artists coming up in the biopic pipeline. It’s called Snoop, and it’s set for release on Aug. 6, 2027, with Hustle & Flow‘s Craig Brewer directing. The film’s been in development since at least 2022, and last year Jonathan Daviss was cast as Calvin Broadus himself. Since then, a bunch of other key roles have been cast, including Myles Bullock as Dr. Dre, Algee Smith as Warren G, Camron Jones as Tupac Shakur, Tre Hale as Suge Knight, Corey Champagne as Nate Dogg, Olly Sholotan as Kurupt, Jonica Booth as the Lady Of Rage, Laya DeLeon Hayes as Snoop’s wife Shante Broadus, and Lauren London as his mother Beverly Tate.

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The death toll for this year’s Burning Man has risen to three. The first death was confirmed on Friday (Sept. 4) after Sampson Tshombe, who was in his mid-50s, suffered a medical emergency. The second was confirmed on Saturday (Sept. 5) when Craigh Mann, 60, was found dead in his camp. On Monday (Sept. 7), the final day of the festival, a third death was confirmed.

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How Strange It Is release their second album There Is No Evil next month, and it’s going to be a treat. The Portland band reeled us in with the shoegazey pop-rock chaos of “Slime,” which posed a compelling contrast to its whispery, Sparklehorse-indebted followup single “Tough Luck.” Now, we get the sly, engrossing “Holladay Park,” which, despite being under two minutes, contains seismic levels of catharsis in its huge chorus, with guitars that come crashing in hard enough to knock you off your feet. Dive in below.

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The five members of Bone Thugs-N-Harmony were honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame in July, and the group was announced as the support on Wu-Tang Clan’s latest farewell tour that began last month. But the ’90s rap legends have been taking the stage without Layzie Bone and Bizzy Bone, and both addressed the situation in new videos.

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