Whispers by Bambooman Never underestimate the power of a female whispering French on your track. It worked like hell for Serge Gainsbourg in 1969, and ain’t nothing’s really […]
INTERVIEW: Kenneth Whalum Explores a “Broken Land”
After playing sideman and sax man, Kenneth Whalum’s latest role is frontman. His latest album, Broken Land, showcases his metamorphosis from arranger and jazz musician to full-featured R&B/soul star. […]
MUSIC: Musiq Soulchild – Humble Pie
Musiq Soulchild comes out swinging on his new single “Humble Pie”. The track is the third release off of Musiq’s sprawling new 24-track album, Feel the Real, out September […]
Maroon 5 and SZA Are Trapped Inside My Brain: A Low-Key Cry for Help
It’s been seven days now. Seven days since I first stumbled across Maroon 5 and SZA’s “What Lovers Do” on the radio. You know that feeling when a new […]
REVIEW: Vintage Babies
Singer-songwriter and rhymer Maimouna Youssef (aka Mumu Fresh) first made national waves by crooning the unsettled hook on The Roots’ banger “Don’t Feel Right” off Game Theory (2006). […]
VIDEO: Lizzo – Water Me
Lizzo’s got beauty on the brain. The Minny indie-hip hopper dropped her Coconut Oil EP last fall and just followed it up last week with a new single […]
ART: Solange Unveils “Seventy States” at Tate Modern
Solange has unveiled a new digital interactive work called “Seventy States” at the Tate Modern gallery in London. Taking its name from a line in “Cranes in the Sky”, […]
MUSIC: Sophie Meiers – Sincerely, Yours
Sophie Meiers hails from Durango, Colorado, although her voice alone had me assuming she was English. Something about both the phrasing and timbre of her pipes evokes a […]
The List: Top 5 Hip-Hop Samples of Radiohead
Over an extremely fertile 33-year career, Thom Yorke and Co. have produced loads of beautiful.weird.haunting.mournful moments, from the guitar-driven Britpop and art rock of their early albums through to the electronic and […]
MUSIC: Little Simz – Days Like This
Little Simz (aka Simbi Ajikawo) came up with Space Age, her multi-talented crew of models, artists, and musicians in Islington, North London. Since hitting the scene with her […]