Chicago-based rapper McKinley Dixon has announced a guest-stacked new album called Magic, Alive! coming in June via City Slang. Its lead single “Sugar Water” (out now) features Quelle Chris and Anjimile. Elsewhere on Magic, Alive!, Dixon loops in Pink Siifu, ICECOLDBISHOP, Blu, Shamir, and Ghais Guevara.
The playfully angular post-punk band Fib started off in Portland, a city that was once the center of America’s playfully angular post-punk community. Fib released their debut cassette and then moved to Philadelphia, the new capital of America’s playfully angular post-punk community. They signed to Julia’s War, the label run by They Are Gutting A Body Of Water’s Douglas Dulgarian, and they’ll release their first studio album Heavy Lifting this spring. Today, they share the skronky, off-kilter opening track “Mutuals.” Here’s what the band says about it:
Los Angeles’ Sextile have announced their new album today. It’s called yes, please. — stylistic period included — and it’s the electro-punks’ follow-up to 2023’s Push. Before the full thing arrives in May, the lead single “Freak Eyes” is out now.
In a few months, evilgiane will be performing alongside Oneohtrix Point Never, Nala Sinephro, Two Shell, and more at the inaugural C2C NYC Festival. The Surf Gang founder is getting ready by announcing a new album titled The Hurtless with fellow rapper Harto Falion.
Last week, Shannon Lay guested on the lovely Sean Solomon ballad “Car Crash.” Now, the Sub Pop artist is joining forces with Rob Shelton, Carly Bond, and Paul Spring for the gentle ditty “Friendship.”
Will Johnson has announced his 10th solo album, Diamond City. The Centro-matic frontman and member of Jason Isbell’s band the 400 Unit is sharing the lead single “Floodway Fall” today.
In the early ’80s, Oppenheimer Analysis released New Mexico as a cassette and it quickly became a collectible as the duo became synth pioneers. Since then, the album has had a few rereleases, including one in 2015 following the death of the band’s Martin Lloyd. Today, Avalon Emerson is sharing her appreciation for Oppenheimer Analysis with a cover of the LP opener “Don’t Be Seen With Me.”
On Friday (Feb. 14), Winter released Water Season, her collaborative EP with Philly’s Hooky. Today, the indie artist is guesting on the intriguing new Terraplana single “Hear A Whisper.”
A couple of weeks ago, Ozzy Osbourne made a huge announcement: He will reunite with the original Black Sabbath lineup for what will most likely be his final performance. The show is happening in the band’s Birmingham hometown this summer, and it will include performances from both Sabbath and solo Ozzy Osbourne. Those sets will headline an absolutely massive metal festival called Back To The Beginning, which will also feature performances from bands like Metallica, Slayer, Anthrax, Pantera, and Gojira, as well as appearances from other hard rock luminaries. Today, the festival gains two huge names, while Osbourne himself is working to temper expectations about what he’ll do in that final performance.
Even if you don’t know Kara DioGuardi’s name, but you likely know at least one song she’s written. Ashlee Simpson‘s “Pieces Of Me,” Gwen Stefani’s “Rich Girl,” and Christina Aguilera’s “Ain’t No Other Man” are just a few hits credited to her. The music biz veteran has certainly written some sad songs, but I don’t think she’s written any emo songs. And yet, she’s mistakenly credited as a writer on Football, Etc.’s most popular song “Safety” on Spotify.