Stuff by: Steven Ward
After releasing her debut album Bittersweet last year, Los Angeles artist Amaria has returned with a new single and music video for “Get Away.” A sizzling slow-burner of a track about escaping with your beloved — whether it’s within an idyllic paradise or just to a quiet place of private intimacy. The new song also […]
MoreDaniel Caesar has shared a new music video for his recently released single “Do You Like Me?” a leisurely soulful track that narrates the flirty beginnings of a new relationship. The GRAMMY Award-winning singer/songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer had been relatively quiet since their 2019 sophomore album CASE STUDY 01. But then came a collaboration with […]
MorePetite Noir continues to tease the arrival of their highly-anticipated second album — their first since 2015’s La Vie Est Belle / Life is Beautiful — linking up with rapper and singer Sampa the Great to create the hauntingly beautiful “Blurry.” The new single follows previous releases “Numbers” and “Simple Things” (feat. Theo Croker), though […]
MoreAs Biig Piig, singer/producer Jess Smyth creates invigorating electro-pop that finds ecstatic fruition on her debut mixtape Bubblegum. It all began with the release of last year’s single “Kerosene,” a track that helped reveal to the artist that she had a whole lot more to say than could be contained in just one song. Against […]
MoreNorth Carolina poet-turned-rapper OG Spliff has dropped a batch of new singles with the release of “son of toga” and “buildings.” Two tracks that highlight the rising artist’s knack for crafting numbingly introspective anthems submerged in the oceanic number of genres he’s been influenced by since he first started making art. His debut EP Pre […]
MoreLos Angeles-based artist and songwriter Courtney Paige Nelson revealed their first single this year with the release of “1-800-BROKE MY HEART,” a concussive pop track that shudders with hard truths and betrayal. After releasing her debut Fever Dream EP last year she’s kept her foot on the gas. Releasing a series of explosive anthems that […]
MoreRising rap and R&B artist Enchanting has shared a preview of their forthcoming debut mixtape Luv Scarred, unveiling a fiery new track about cheaters on “Tell Me Why.” Last year she released her debut album No Luv, a 14-track collection that introduced her neo-soul spliced with an old-school R&B sound — with a dash of […]
MoreSAIAH has shared their first new single of the year with the release of the emotionally bristling “ihateyouandyouhatemetoo,” as well as announcing a tour this spring with easy life that will stop at the El Rey Theatre in Los Angeles on Apr. 21. As a rising queer Black voice in music, they’ve been steadily honing […]
MoreVanessa Zamora has finally shared in full their third album with the release of DAMALEONA, VOL. 3. It’s the first collection of new music that she’s shared since their 2018 sophomore release Tornaluna and their 2014 debut Hasta la Fantasía. On her newest project, which was released in three volumes over the last year, culminates […]
MoreLondon singer/songwriter and producer Sans Soucis is back with their first single of 2023 with the release of the electro-retro pop track “Merchants.” The latest in a series of singles the Italian-Congolese artist has shared since their 2021 EP On Time For Her, a seven-track collection that unveiled the dynamic and multi-genre soul of their […]
MoreY La Bamba is returning with new music, sharing the lead single “Dibujos De Mi Alma” off their upcoming new album Lucha out Apr. 28. They will also be playing the Lodge Room in Los Angeles on May 2. The follow-up to their 2019 album Entre los Dos, their seventh studio album is a sprawling […]
MoreYaeji has announced the imminent arrival of her debut album With A Hammer, sharing the first single from the project with the release of the simmering electro-track “For Granted.” She has also revealed a large run of North American tour dates that will bring the New York-via-Seol artist back to the stage for the first […]
MoreLos Angeles-based Bara Hari has shared a new single with the release of “Violence Rising,” the second darkly rapt vision the multidisciplinary artist has unveiled from their coming debut album Lesser Gods. It arrives on the heels of “Tempest,” the lead single consumed by a hurricane’s worth of emotional and melodic turbulence that also revealed […]
MoreLos Angeles quartet La Santa Cecilia is back with a cover of the José José song “Almohada,” their first release from what will end up being the second half of their new album Cuatro Copas: Bohemia En La Finca Altozano. They will also be playing two shows in California next month: one at the Gallo […]
MoreBIIANCO is back with another bass-quaking track on “Money Power Freedom (and a lover)” (feat. Maiah Manser), their first new song and collaboration of 2023 but surely far from the last. After releasing their momentous Mixtape #2 back in 2021, the producer/DJ effectively established themselves as a prolific creator of infectious dance tracks. The singles […]
MoreLos Angeles artist Maraschino has shared the latest track from her upcoming debut album Hollywood Piano with the release of their new single “Angelface.” They’ll also be performing at two events in the city with a stop at The Philosophical Research Society on Feb. 9 and at Non Plus Ultra on Feb. 17. Prior to […]
MoreBased in Little Rock, Kansas alt-pop duo joan — Alan Benjamin Thomas and Steven Rutherford — create giddy and vibrantly rhythmed tracks. Their latest single “nervous” bends and bounces elastically against a melody punctuated by guitars and the band’s earnest pop hooks. It’s the newest release from joan’s upcoming debut album superglue, following previously shared […]
MoreHaitian-born, France-based artist Moonlight Benjamin has shared a new single “Bafon” from her upcoming new album Wayo that’s slated for release this March. On it she narrates a tale created to highlight her own complicated feelings about her home country, which laments at its state but also refuses to be anything but triumphant in emotion. […]
MoreAnnabel Lee is poised to release her debut album Mother’s Hammer next month — with an album release show at the Moroccan Lounge on Mar. 25 — and to tide fans over she’s shared the heartbreaking new track “Los Angeles.” A song written about her brutal, on-again-off-again relationship with a city she braved a cross-country […]
MoreBrooklyn-based artist Nico Losada has shared a fourth single titled “Mañanas” from their upcoming debut album Nueva Generación which arrives on March 31st via Ultra. Even if this is your first time listening to his solo work chances are you’ve come across his music before. Prior to recent endeavors, Losada released three EPs and an […]
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