Music
-
Song of the Day: “Hard To Tell”
The genre of bluegrass receives its fair share of criticism. Considered by some to be a backwater of the teeming estuary of American music known as country, bluegrass, characterized by a decidedly twangier sound, gets unfairly stereotyped as the redneck’s music…
-
Swinging Modern Sounds #70: Alien Now!
Maybe, in terms of idiom, The Dabbers are like a thrash rock and roll version of the Cocteau Twins, or what the This Mortal Coil would sound like if the Dead Boys tried to cover one of their albums.
-
Hip-Hop’s Response to the Flint Water Crisis
Artists across the musical spectrum have rallied to help raise awareness and funds for the Flint, Michigan water crisis, which, thanks to governmental inaction, has been allowed to develop since 2014. Okayplayer. chronicled the work that hip-hop artists, in particular,…
-
This Week in Posivibes: Sir Elton John
In a demonstration of why he embodies the very essence of posivibes, Sir Elton John gave a surprise concert for London commuters in the city’s St. Pancras Station. The performance marked the release of the artist’s Wonderful Crazy Night, reports the Guardian. Whether…
-
Beyoncé’s “Formation”
This Saturday, Beyoncé dropped “Formation,” her first single since 2014. The song came one day before the Queen’s Superbowl 50 appearance and was accompanied by a free download via Tidal, Pitchfork reports. Like most of the artist’s videos, the video for “Formation”…
-
PJ Harvey on Kosovo, Refugees, and Crisis
PJ Harvey has released another video from her upcoming album, The Hope Six Demolition Project, which will come out April 15th on Vagrant. The video for “The Wheel” was filmed in Kosovo and London, as NPR reports, and documents the…
-
A Vote for Kasich Is a Vote for Pink Floyd
If you’ve just been dying for Pink Floyd to get back together, Governor Kasich is talking to you: the primary candidate has pledged to do his best to reunite Roger Waters and David Gilmour if he’s elected President. Watch a video…
-
Song of the Day: “Ramblin’ Man”
The Allman Brothers have had a long and tumultuous run since their formation in 1971 around a core group including Duane and Gregg Allman. The death of Duane in a motorcycle accident that very year could have broken up the…
-
Sound Takes: Keep Talking
There are little easter eggs all over the album that suggest, maybe, the stories Dances are telling aren’t quite as simple as they sound.
-
Rihanna’s Anti Capitalist Strategy
Although it marks a turn away from the hit-heavy model of a record industry money-maker, Rihanna’s Anti is still a calculated capitalist move, and the Atlantic explains how. In an editorial examination of record release strategies, the Atlantic connects the dots between Samsung’s…
-
This Week in Posivibes: Kevin Morby
Kevin Morby has released a preview of his third solo album, Singing Saw, which is slated for release this April via Dead Oceans. The teaser’s video features artwork by Robbie Simon set to a darker version of the folk-heavy sound…
-
Drake Shares “Summer Sixteen”
Drake shared the song “Summer Sixteen” on the latest episode of OVO Sound Radio, Pitchfork reports. Among other things, the track calls out President Obama in reference to the Commander-In-Chief publicly declaring his preference for Kendrick Lamar, saying, “To do what…