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StaySolidRocky Is Jumping From TikTok's Trending Pages to the Billboard Hot 100 [Q&A]
June 11, 2020
We catch up with the Virginia artist who, thanks to TikTok, finds himself with a self-funded Billboard Top 30 hit.
Author:
Ruby Scott
Derek Simpson's "Hide + Seek" Inescapably Captivates You
June 10, 2020
For the entirety of the six-minute song, you are put in a trance. A delectable guitar establishes the feel-good, alternative R&B vibe and drives the alluring beat throughout.
Author:
Alexis Vaganos
Slide's New Video Has Us "Waiting" For Better Days
June 10, 2020
Slide's video for their latest single, "Waiting", was shot at a time when its beautiful visuals, representing the desert environments east of LA, represent a contrasting narrative of both love and fear, life and death, and the inner monologue common to us all.
Author:
DJ Connor
Black Artists You Should Listen to Now | #NowWatching
June 5, 2020
This week's #NowWatching playlist is dedicated to the sounds and voices of a small fraction of innovative black artists.
Author:
Ruby Scott
Music Taught Me to Love My Blackness | A Letter From The Editor
June 4, 2020
As protesters take to the streets across the world, I want to take this moment as a black man and editor of this site to share my perspective.
Author:
Maxamillion Polo
Milq's "Summer Again" Transports You Directly to the 80′s [Premiere]
June 1, 2020
"Summer Again" is a song straight out of an 80's summer romance film.
Author:
Joey Legittino
BINNY Tries to Resist the Lure in Hypnotic New Single "Retrograde"
June 1, 2020
With inspiration hailing from Mariah Carey, to Drake, and everything in between, BINNY incorporates elements from his favorite R&B artists and love for strong female singers to formulate a potent sound, oozing with charisma and sass.
Author:
Chloe Robinson
No Rome Enlists Indie All-Stars beabadoobee and Jay Som For the Dynamic "Hurry Home"
June 1, 2020
"Hurry Home" paints a vivid picture of a wistful late-night voicemail, the kind you leave after one too many drinks.
Author:
Maddy Quach
Alec Benjamin, Oliver Tree, Teamarr, and More Artists You Should Listen to Now | #NowWatching
May 29, 2020
The best new music playlist on Ones To Watch.
Author:
Malc.
Travel To Another Dimension With Phoebe Ryan's "Reality"
May 29, 2020
"It's erotic. It's everything I see in my head when I go to sleep at night."
Author:
Precious Kato
Debbii Dawson Floats Along in Her Own Orbit in "Too Strange for the Circus"
October 31, 2023
Dawson describes an all-too-familiar isolation in this lusciously genre-less gem.
Author:
Abby Kenna
Jhariah And Pinkshift Come For The Music Industry On Explosive Single "EAT YOUR FRIENDS"
November 1, 2023
The track sees the artist team up with Baltimore punk band Pinkshift to create a blown-out, off-the-wall techno-punk exploration of jealousy and competition and how the music industry, like all others, pits friends against one another.
Author:
Alessandra Rincon
AG Club Breaks Free in 'WE'RE ALL BRODIES*'
November 6, 2023
There’s something contagious about the way that AG Club lives in their authenticity.
Author:
Jazmin Kylene
Graham Lake Learns What Love Is On New Single "This Ain't Love"
November 18, 2023
Stockholm-born singer, songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Graham Lake continues to break the mold with the release of their latest single, "This Ain't Love."
Author:
Ally Rincon
Indigo De Souza Finds Herself as the World Falls Apart in "Smog"
March 13, 2023
De Souza meets us at the crossroads of freedom and loneliness in her pandemic-inspired tune.
Author:
Abby Kenna
keltiey and skaiwater Get to "Kn0" One Another in Groovy New Single
July 5, 2023
“Kn0” feels like a deliberate departure from the viral sound that put keltiey on the map.
Author:
Jazmin Kylene
Katherine Li Leans Into the Subtle Art of Storytelling in 'Isn't It Obvious'
November 21, 2023
'Isn’t It Obvious' is an ode to the recovering overthinkers and overlovers.
Author:
Jazmin Kylene
Matilda Lyn Paints an Aching Portrait of Coming of Age in 'A Bowl of Unripe Fruit'
November 6, 2023
'A Bowl of Unripe Fruit' is an introspective project, displaying a level of vulnerability not easily conjured in your typical debut EP.
Author:
Giselle Libby
Los Bitchos Ring in the Holidays With the Hypnotic "Tipp Tapp"
November 18, 2022
The uber-talented quarter delivers a much-needed refresher to your seasonal listening habits.
Author:
Jazmin Kylene
Caity Baser Shares Her Sonic Diary With ’Thanks For Nothing, See You Never’
February 22, 2023
“I feel a lot of things and talk a lot of shit.”
Author:
DJ Connor