Leah Kate Makes a ‘Bad Idea’ Sound Pretty Damn Good https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHmvuBDrqZ4&feature=youtu.be Another day, another stay. While the world largely continues to keep things socially distanced (which some of you are better at than others, evidently), there is no shortage of… Read More
Prince's 1987 double album Sign o' the Times is getting reissued on September 25. As if its 16 tracks — including classics "Starfish and Coffee," "U Got the Look," "If I Was Your Girlfriend," "Adore" and more — weren't enough,… Read More
The last few years have seen a resurgence of interest in reissues of deep, spiritual jazz recordings from late the 1960s and early 1970s, allowing many to hear forgotten gems such as Khan Jamal’s Creative Arts Ensemble, the World’s Experience… Read More
It’s tempting to imagine a modernist deck of playing cards, with each of the four women covered in Diana Souhami’s latest book heading up one of the suits. Diamonds would be represented by Bryher (pen name of Annie Winifred Ellerman)… Read More
Dua Lipa, ‘Future Nostalgia’: A Dance Floor Escape in a Time of Isolation “You wanna turn it up loud, Future Nostalgia is the name…” The world looks drastically different than how it did just over four months ago when Dua… Read More
ARI is a relatively new name in the pop playing field. That said, she has already garnered considerable attention following the release of her first two singles, “Nothin But a Monster” and “Oh Well”. Tackling darker themes between hefty trap… Read More
Dua Lipa, ‘Future Nostalgia’: A Dance Floor Escape in a Time of Isolation “You wanna turn it up loud, Future Nostalgia is the name…” The world looks drastically different than how it did just over four months ago when Dua… Read More
UK artist Fenne Lily will release BREACH, her sophomore album, on September 18 via Dead Oceans. It's her first for the label. She made the record at Chicago's Narwhal Studios with Brian Deck, with additional recording with Steve Albini at… Read More
Old Crow Medicine Show entered 2020 a different band than they had been in 2019. Founding member Critter Fuqua left the group for the second time after a New Year’s Eve gig at the Ryman in Nashville. Ketch Secor, who… Read More
Between the years of 1986 and 1994, a movement called New Jack Swing took popular culture on an unforgettable ride and its undeniable influence still carries on to this day. Harlem, New York gave birth to the Harlem Renaissance, but… Read More