Australian singer and guitarist Milan Ring returns with her slick and sultry single ‘2063’. Rich …
L.A. producer TOKiMONSTA has announced the release of her new 'Lune Rouge Remixed' album, landing April 6th on her label Young Art Records. The LP is a reworked version of her album 'Lune Rouge', which was released back in 2017. Producers who are featured on 'Lune Rouge Remixed' include Dâm-Funk, Sofi Tukker, Sam von Horn & Justin Jay, Hugo Massien, Plastic Plates and more.
Having shared a number of tracks within the past year, London's Biig Piig will release her debut EP 'Biig Fan of The Sesh' this spring. One of the song's featured on the record her latest single 'Flirt'. Produced by Dylantheinfamous, the track is a hazy stir of jazzy Hip-Hop and lo-fi soul with Biig Piig grappling with the initial mental complexities of getting closer to someone.
Janelle Monáe has announced the release of her new album 'Dirty Computer', dropping April 27th. To warm everyone's taste buds, the superstar has not only released one video but rather two simultaneously.
The first, 'Make Me Feel', is directed by Alan Ferguson and features Monáe playing a number of character roles in a setting that references punk, new wave and more.
The second video, the Andrew Donoho and Chuck Lightning-directed 'Django Jane', finds Janelle Monáe rapping whilst stylishly dressed with a mini army of biker jacket clad dancers.
Post-punk, synth-wave, industrial, techno - Barcelona's SDH (Semiotics Department of Heteronym) are some of the best to craft the sound bursting from Spain. Comprised of Andrea P. Latorre and Sergi Algiz, label owners of Cønjuntø Vacíø and members of the cutting edge band Wind Atlas, their SDH project is the ultimate rush of haunting, heavy electronica layered with a synth-pop spreading, creating the ultimate balance between light and dark. Questioning the idea of fiction, SDH's sound is a continuing ride through illusory and realism. With their new EP 'Tell Them' out March 9th on Avant! Records, Semiotics Department of Heteronym are true heroes of electronic and post-punk alchemy.
Swedish sensation Ängie steps up with the video for her smoking hot single 'Dope'. Directed by Ängie herself, as well as Christofer Nilsson, the stylishly shot visuals depict the Stockholm-based bombshell in a low-lit, hedonistic environment performing the song and of course doing what she loves best...smoking weed. The track is taken from her debut LP 'Suicidal Since 1995', out April 6th via Universal. Have a look.
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Brisbane’s Mallrat is gearing up for the release of a second …
South London has been bubbling with young artists delving into the sounds of jazz and soul with a Hip-Hop sensibility. Oscar Jerome is among those that have been delivering impressive recordings for the past year and a half. Dropping his self-titled EP back in 2016, Jerome's latest single 'Smile on a Screen' featuring James Massiah is a silky selection bursting with radiance. The track is reminiscent of the golden period of acid jazz, early 90s Hip-Hop and the 70s jazz fusion era all rolled up into one well presented package that is fitting for the now.
At this point you can say that Jay-Z isn't releasing music videos anymore, rather short films. Having consistently dropped videos to various tracks on his album '4:44' that have taken the visual game to high levels, Jay-Z now unveils his latest treatment to his song 'Family Feud' which features his wife Beyoncé. What starts off as an all-star cast of actors depicting the betrayal of a family legacy, transitions into Jay, Beyoncé and their daughter Blu Ivy in a cathedral as Hov gives his confession on rappers, the importance of family togetherness and of course, his success. 'Family Feud' is directed by Ava DuVernay.
North Carolina beatsmith HANZ is gearing up for the release of his forthcoming album 'Plasty I'. Out January 19th via Tri Angle Records, he has shared his new track titled 'King Speed', which will be featured on the upcoming record. Treading between glitch-driven electronica and haunting Hip-Hop, HANZ is firmly gliding across surreal soundscapes. Have a listen.