Leon Bridges has released a new single, “Why Don’t You Touch Me,” off his forthcoming LP Gold-Diggers Sound. The singer shared the mournful track with the first half of a two-part music video directed by Jackson Tisi. The second half will premiere June 24th. The video showcases an intertwining narrative …
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Big Boi has turned the Dungeon — the famed Atlanta home studio where Outkast and the Dungeon Family recorded together — into an Airbnb for a limited time this summer. The rapper — who purchased the house two years ago — will also personally host three overnight stays at the …
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Rachel Baiman was doing outreach for a Democratic political candidate when she had an important realization about songwriting. Volunteers going door-to-door were given instructions about possible scenarios they might encounter, including if the home had changed hands or the person living there had swapped their party affiliation. “You’re supposed to …
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Lil Durk and Lil Baby‘s collaborative album The Voice of the Heroes debuted at Number One on the Rolling Stone Top 200 Albums chart with more than 176 million streams. The success of the joint release was not surprising: Lil Baby’s last album, My Turn, was a massive hit in …
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Leela James welcomes the long-overdue end of a toxic relationship in “Put It on Me,” a new single released on Friday. The track will appear on See Me, the R&B veteran’s seventh studio album, due out July 30. “Put It on Me” is a driven by pounding pianos and a …
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The producers of the 2021 CMT Music Awards were clearly paying attention. After a year-plus national conversation about equity, diversity, and, yes, racism, Wednesday night’s CMT Awards made a clear attempt to be inclusive, devoting airtime to artists and personalities of color. Instead of putting all of their effort into …
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Superstar collaborations between two platinum rappers are a dime a dozen since Drake and Future linked for What a Time to Be Alive in 2015. Still, a summit with Lil Durk and Lil Baby carries a special sense of anticipation. Peaking in critical and commercial acclaim, both seem ready for …
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Melbourne-based band Hiatus Kaiyote have released “Chivalry Is Not Dead,” the latest single from their upcoming album Mood Valiant, out June 25th via Brainfeeder Records/Ninja Tune. The funky track has an unusual and NSFW subject matter: the bizarre mating rituals of leopard slugs (who turn fluorescent during copulation) and seahorses …
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Flatland Cavalry gear up for the July 2nd release of their new album Welcome to Countryland with a string of just announced tour dates. The Texas country-roots band’s headlining Welcome to Countryland Tour kicks off this weekend and runs through September and includes a few shows supporting Luke Combs. Along …
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Olivia Rodrigo scored the biggest debut of the year on the RS 200 with her debut album Sour. The concise, 11-song set earned 302,100 album-equivalent units, surpassing the first-week total for Fearless (Taylor’s Version) by over 10,000 units. Sour was a resounding streaming success, picking up nearly 280 million streams …
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