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Marissa “Missy” Dabice spends her days at home chasing serotonin. After becoming an “intense hermit” during lockdown, Dabice discovered that there are just three sure-fire methods of acquiring the body’s natural mood booster: exercise, cooking, and talking face-to-face with another person. “How hard are those three things to fit into a day when your energy is a resource for others?” she asks, ticking off the latter from her to-do list over a full English breakfast in a south London cafe.

Charli XCX has announced the title of her new studio album. In a post shared across social media on Wednesday, XCX wrote that Brat is due "this summer," adding "15 songs.

The first trailer for the upcoming A24 movie I Saw The TV Glow has been revealed. The movie premiered at this year's Sundance and received rave reviews.

Late last year, Evilgiane was sitting in a New York recording studio waiting for an artist to show up. He wasn’t the only one — the label arranging the session had four other producers on deck.

PJ Harvey has announced a late summer/early fall run of shows across the United States and lower Canada, her first North American trek in seven years. The tour is scheduled to begin on September 11 at The Anthem in Washington, D.C.

Earlier this month RiTchie of By Storm (FKA Injury Reserve) shared his first solo single. The track wasn't a one-off, with news today that the rapper's debut album Triple Digits [112] will be released on April 5.

Sean “Diddy” Combs is the subject of a lawsuit filed by music producer Rodney Jones Jr., the New York Times reports. Jones, who is also known as Lil Rod, alleges that Combs subjected him to sexual assault, grooming, and improper payment while they worked on last year's The Love Album. Diddy, via his lawyer, denies all claims.

DIIV are heading out on tour in support of their recently announced fourth album, Frog in Boiling Water. The band will play across North America starting on June 6 in Santa Cruz, California before making their way cross country through the summer and wrapping up in their hometown New York City on August 5 with a show at Brooklyn Paramount.

Smino last released an album in 2022 (the very good Luv 4 Rent), but luckily for the St. Louis rapper, he’s got a level of charisma that serves as its own form of momentum, keeping him in the conversation even if he’s not dropping an album.

Kelela is in a reinterpretive mood. Earlier this month, the electronic R&B singer-songwriter shared RAVE:N, The Remixes, a collection of tracks inspired by her 2023 album (one of our favorites of the year) by artists including Loraine James, Shygirl, Yaeji, and Bambii.

Rap Blog is a weekly showcase of a standout rap song written by Vivian Medithi and Nadine Smith.

SZA has shared a new song titled "Saturn." The track was first previewed in a MasterCard commercial that aired during the 2024 Grammys In a Rolling Stone cover story, SZA indicated that "Saturn" would be part of a deluxe edition of her 2022 album SOS called Lana. A release date for the bonus version of the album remains TBC.

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André 3000 has been added to the lineup of this year’s Big Ears festival. He will perform five times across the festival's four days, with pass holders requiring additional tickets for each show.

It’s already been more than eight months since the premiere of The Idol, The Weeknd‘s widely (and overly!) loathed HBO series, co-created with Euphoria‘s Sam Levinson. Bad reviews and middling ratings led to the show’s cancellation, and like most trending topics, the show has faded from our collective cultural memory.

On March 7, Tony Shhnow will share Out The Woods, the Atlanta rapper's first full-length album of 2024. Ahead of that release, he's shared a brand new single called "Watch." Fans of Shhnow already know of his ability to shift effortlessly between different styles of rap, from the floaty bliss of pluggnb to every color of trap music.

Madlib and Karriem Riggins are closing in on the release of their second joint project as Jahari Massamba Unit. YHWH is LOVE — the follow-up to their 2020 collaborative debut LP, Pardon My French — is due out March via Riggins’s own label, Law of Rhythm Records.

After years of delays, loose singles, and few-to-no concrete details, Normani has announced her debut solo album. It's called Dopamine, and while it doesn't have a release date, Normani did share the project's cover art on social media.

Apple TV's new prestige drama series The New Look features a soundtrack that's assembled and produced by Jack Antonoff, the in-demand pop savant who just won at the 2024 Grammys for Producer of the Year, Non-Classical (his third Grammy in that category and 10th overall). The soundtrack collects covers of classic songbook standards from modern pop giants, and today's track comes from Perfume Genius, the singer-songwriter born Mike Hadreas.

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LA-based label Stones Throw has announced plans to release a compilation album of artists covering songs from Haruomi Hosono’s 1974 album, Hosono House. The album will mark 50 years of the Happy End and Yellow Magic Orchestra musician's solo debut and will feature contributions from Sam Gendel, John Carroll Kirby, and more.

Beyoncé has made Billboard chart history with her new song "Texas Hold 'Em." The single, which was released immediately after the Super Bowl earlier this month, has debuted at No.1 on Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart this week, making her the first Black woman in history to do so. "16 Carriages," which was released alongside "Texas Hold 'Em," debuted at No.

Erika de Casier has released her third studio LP. Still, the follow-up to her 2021 standout Sensational, is out today (February 21) via 4AD.

Solange is the subject of a lengthy new cover story in Harper’s Bazaar. It’s an interesting read, with Solange speaking about her myriad artistic projects, which include a glassware line and becoming just the second Black woman to compose a score for New York City Ballet. Steve Lacy pops up, too, revealing that Solange decorated his home (he describes it as “Clean, futuristic, classic, Black”).

Nourished By Time has shared a new song called “Hand On Me.” It’s the lead single from Catching Chickens, the Baltimore singer-producer’s debut EP with XL Recordings and his first since the April arrival of Erotic Probiotic 2, one of The FADER’s favorite albums of 2023. While that record was recorded in his parents’ basement and released on the small English label Scenic Route Records — making its visionary production and masterful mixing all the more impressive — the forthcoming project will be backed by one of the world’s few remaining powerful indies.

MGMT have returned with "Dancing In Babylon," a duet with Christine & the Queens that serves as the New York pop duo's final single before the release of their new album, Loss Of Life, on February 23. The new song finds its foundation in the sophisti-pop of the '80s without lazily throwing back to it. Andrew VanWyngarden instantly finds a melodic camaraderie with Chris, their melodies swan-diving comfortably into the pockets left by the other.

Pianist and composer Kelly Moran has confirmed details of Moves in the Field, her first album in six years. The album will be released on March 29 and includes "Butterfly Phase," which is streaming below. In a press statement, Moran explained how self-playing piano helped her craft her new project.

All four members of The Beatles will get their own standalone biopic as part of an ambitious series of movies from director Sam Mendes. News of the first fully licensed Beatles films depicting the lives of Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, John Lennon, and George Harrison was announced by Sony Pictures Entertainment and Neal Street Productions.

Adrianne Lenker of Big Thief has shared "Fool," taken from her upcoming solo album Bright Future. Scroll down to see a video, directed by Lenker's brother, Noah, now.

The 2024 Roots Picnic line-up has been announced with Lil Wayne and festival organizers The Roots teaming up for a celebration of New Orleans. They are joined by fellow headliners Jill Scott and Nas while André 3000 will present his 2023 album New Blue Sun live.

Even in the Das Racist days, when he was rhyming “Pizza Hut” with “pizza gut” and “pizza butt” for the comic relief of a largely white, largely online audience, it was obvious that Heems had something special. To drop a needle on any track in the Punjabi-American MC’s extended catalog is to be swept away by his preternatural cleverness.

Every Friday, we try to do our best to collect every notable album release in one post. But sometimes, one slips under the radar, and this week's omission is too significant to ignore: it's an album called Total Meditation, a project of guided meditations hosted by crunk legend Lil Jon. That sound you hear is a thousand music critics furiously reassessing their "Best Albums of 2024" list.

Rap Blog is a weekly showcase of a standout rap song written by Vivian Medithi and Nadine Smith.

As a rapper Vince Staples chronicles memories of life in Long Beach with the kind of granite-like coldness only possessed by those who have experienced true darkness. "No matter what we grow into, we never gon' escape our past," he stated matter-of-factly on "Like It Is," a song from his 2015 album Summertime '06.

There’s something in the water in New Jersey — a close-to-deadly concentration of wormwood, perhaps, or of fresh blood drained from an inexhaustible supply of sacrificial virgins. Whatever it is, Fatboi Sharif and Roper Williams are drinking from the tap.