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Ah, 2011. A full decade ago. Gas was $3.52 on average, a stamp was only 44 cents (according to this promising factsheet, which I wouldn’t dare to question) and those Charlie Sheen autotune remixes that you’ve since pushed to the deepest depths of your brain were all the buzz. And like pretty much any other […]

Taylor Swift has released her ninth studio album Evermore, marking her second surprise drop of 2020. The singer-songwriter announced the project via Instagram on Thursday morning, nearly five months after its predecessor seemingly arrived out of nowhere. Swift described Evermore as a sister album to Folklore, her critically acclaimed project that earned her multiple 2021 […]

Swifties got an unexpected, but much-appreciated gift this weekend. On Thursday morning, Taylor Swift announced she had completed her eighth studio album, Folklore, during the COVID-19 lockdowns. That news alone was enough to get fans hype, but then the singer-songwriter confirmed the project would arrive in less than 24 hours. Needless to say, the Swifties […]

In a surprise move, Taylor Swift will be releasing a new album at midnight tonight. The album, Swift’s eighth, is titled folklore and features contributions from frequent collaborator Jack Antonoff, the always reliable Bon Iver mastermind Justin Vernon, and more. “Before this year I probably would’ve overthought when to release this music at the ‘perfect’ time, but the times we’re living […]

Post Malone’s new album, Hollywood’s Bleeding, headlined the week in rap releases, but it wasn’t the only drop that made waves. We also heard new projects from EarthGang (Mirrorland), IDK (Is He Real?), Childish Major (Dirt Road Diamond), Lil Gotit (The Real Goat), and more. Beyond the full-lengths, some of the best new music this […]

Either TuneCore stumbled into an accidental early release of an official final version of a fresh Francis and the Lights track, or this is another incident of a prematurely surfaced song. Regardless, new Francis is out and—at the time of this writing, at least—it’s available to stream via YouTube, Amazon, Spotify, and Tidal. Kanye West and […]

Justin Vernon regrets airing out Eminem after the pair worked together on the Tyler, the Creator-dissing track “Fall.” Hip-hop’s go-to indie guy and the mastermind behind Bon Iver shared that he should have handled his frustrations privately in a new interview with Zane Lowe.  “I made that huge mess out of the Eminem song. I […]

With Michael B. Jordan set to reprise his role as Adonis Creed on Thanksgiving, fans can get ready for Creed II by checking out Mike Will Made-It’s soundtrack for the film. Mike Will teased the tracklist this week, which features Lil Wayne, Kendrick Lamar, Young Thug, J. Cole, Nicki Minaj, and many more. On Instagram, the producer […]