Excerpted from When Sunday Comes: Gospel Music in the Soul and Hip-Hop Eras by Claudrena N. Harold (footnotes omitted). Copyright 2020 by the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois. Used with permission of the University of Illinois Press.… Read More
A standard-issue modern music gripe, subject of a ton of clickbait articles, is, “why are there no protest songs anymore?” The answers vary, but the most crucial point is that political criticism laces an incredible amount of modern music. Anyone… Read More
Super7 continues expanding their line of awesome, music-related, retro-design ReAction figures. We've seen lots of punk and metal figures from the company, as well as some hip hop, and for this upcoming release they're branching out into another genre, though… Read More
Rage Against The Machine's Tom Morello is a guitar hero in his own right, and he's just released a new EP, Comandante, which honors some of his guitar heroes. He pays tribute to the late Eddie Van Halen with "Secretariat"… Read More
As mentioned, Deftones will release their White Pony remix album Black Stallion on December 11 via Reprise. It features remixes by DJ Shadow, Phantogram, Robert Smith (The Cure), Mike Shinoda (Linkin Park), Squarepusher, Trevor Jackson, Clams Casino, Blanck Mass, Salva,… Read More
Freddie Gibbs has already been having a great year with his excellent Alchemist-produced album Alfredo and standout guest verses on albums by Benny The Butcher, Conway The Machine, Westside Gunn, Boldy James, Machinedrum, and more, and now he dropped a… Read More
Seventeen years have passed since Ane Brun delivered her critically acclaimed debut album Spending Time with Morgan. On her latest outing, After the Great Storm, the Stockholm-based Norwegian artist still displays a singular knack for painting words that leap off… Read More
So many artists, so little time. Each week we review a handful of new albums (of all genres), round up even more new music that we'd call "indie," and talk about what metal is coming out. We post music news,… Read More
The Avalanches have just unveiled a brand new single from their forthcoming record, We Will Always Love You (due December 11 via Astralwerks). The song, "Interstellar Love" — which was inspired by the love affair between science-focused writers and documentary… Read More
The underlying theme of Ela Minus’ music is the idea that resistance grows from everyday practices. There are whispers of this across her meticulously crafted debut full-length acts of rebellion, but it’s Minus’ intricate production that commands the most attention.… Read More