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Hailing from Ypsilanti, Michigan (known to me as the hometown of BabyTron), Gaptoothv4mp has a SoundCloud page that could brighten your worst day. Every line in her bubbly, warehouse-rave rap feels like it should be followed by a double pink heart emoji, even when she’s a little lovelorn, like on personal favorite “Fairytale Boy.” Her latest single “Charge You Up!” is just as good: a hyper, clubby dance song with sped-up vocals and lyrics that suggest she’s bored at home and dying to go explore the world. “Feel like I’m trapped in a cage, so I just go around it,” she hiccups. It would be melancholic if it didn’t sound like the audio equivalent of an Aliyah’s Interlude outfit.

Listen to Gaptoothv4mp’s “Charge You Up!”: The Ones

An apprehensive energy charges the atmosphere just before a thunderstorm erupts. The light seems wrong, shadows washed out by the flat, sickly greenish hue of the sky. You can feel the air thinning as the barometric pressure drops, preparing for the coming gusts of wind and spiky torrents of rain or hail. Those moments seem to last forever, stretching time taut until the storm finally arrives, offering a respite from the tension.

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Chvrches’ Iain Cook has made a new remix of the Cranberries’ 1993 single “Linger.” Listen to the new track below. According to a press release, Cook made his new track by deconstructing the original and reassembling it, keeping intact the vocal melody of the late singer Dolores O’Riordan. “When I got the stems, the first thing I did was listen to Dolores’ vocal tracks in isolation,” he explained. “Hearing those for the first time was magical; I was shocked by the intimacy and emotion in her performance. The first thing I did was to sit with the vocals on their own and rework the chords on piano. I often find that this is a great starting point with remixes as it helps you to shake off some associations that you have with the song, and this is a song which I’ve known and loved for over 30 years.”

Chvrches’ Iain Cook Remixes the Cranberries’ “Linger”: Listen

Chaz Bear is back again with a new Toro y Moi album. Hole Erth, the follow-up to 2022’s Mahal, is out September 6 via Dead Oceans. Watch the video for lead single “Tuesday” below. “I hope you enjoy this suburban anthem,” Bear said of his new music...

Toro y Moi Announces New Album Hole Erth, Shares “Tuesday” Video: Watch

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James Chance, the bandleader and singer-saxophonist of influential punk-funk groups including the Contortions and Teenage Jesus and the Jerks, died yesterday in New York after a long period of illness. His brother David Siegfried, organizer of a GoFundMe for the late artist, did not disclose a cause of death, but wrote that the family joined him in his final days to share “memories of his time in music, childhood and family.” James Chance was 71 years old.

James Chance Dies at 71

Avey Tare has a new song, “Vampire Tongues,” and it features one of his Animal Collective bandmates, Noah “Panda Bear” Lennox. The other two members of Animal Collective—Geologist and Deakin—are not on the single, but you can still listen to it below!. “Right now...

Animal Collective’s Avey Tare and Panda Bear Share New Song “Vampire Tongues”: Listen

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There are certain zodiac signs that most people are careful with because of their fiery and low tolerance levels. You can hardly mess with individuals with such signs without getting a backlash. Whether they are in work environments or family settings, they do not hesitate to set boundaries and protect them.

5 Zodiac Signs You Don't Mess With

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Travis Scott was arrested in Miami-Dade County, Florida, early this morning (June 20), online records show. The rapper, born Jacques Bermon Webster II, was booked for trespassing on property after getting a warning, and disorderly intoxication. He posted his $650 bond and has been released from jail. According to an...

Travis Scott Arrested for Trespassing and Disorderly Intoxication in Miami-Dade County

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Marina Allen wields familiarity like a weapon. The Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter’s clear, quietly powerful voice sometimes recalls Carole King, sometimes Julia Holter, sometimes Maggie Rogers; her lush, Laurel Canyon-referencing production fits squarely within the ’70s folk-rock revival that’s been going on in Los Angeles for the better part of the last decade, epitomized by artists like Weyes Blood, Hand Habits, and Sam Burton. But for all the softness telegraphed in her music, Allen’s third album Eight Pointed Star is spiky and hard to pin down, its familiar environment camouflaging lyrics that can be vivid and fantastical.

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Verraco and his peers in Medellín, Colombia once presented themselves as rave revolutionaries: guerillas rising up to topple a hegemonic club culture and wrest electronic music from the Global North’s death grip. They called their label Insurgentes; its inaugural release, Verraco’s debut EP, was titled Resistir. But over the past seven years, Verraco (aka JP López) and his crew have grown from upstarts into some of the most feted names in the underground, kingpins of a scene that onlookers have dubbed—somewhat problematically—“Latin club.”

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Burial and Kode9 have shared a surprise split single, “Phoneglow” / “Eyes Go Blank,” with songs by the former and latter, respectively. Check out the tracks below via Kode9’s Hyperdub label; a 12" release is imminent too, according to the Bandcamp page. Burial and his...

Burial and Kode9 Share New Songs: Listen

Refused have canceled a show in Sweden billed as their last festival date ever, so that frontman Dennis Lyxzén can recover from what he called “a massive heart attack.” “It’s was extremely painful and wildly scary,” he wrote on Instagram. “Thanks the the wonderful doctors and nurses at the Uppsala hospital I’m still around to fight another day. Under the circumstances I feel ok. Sore and tired and really shook up. I real really hate cancelling show but the doctor said no rock for a couple of weeks.”

Refused Cancel Reunion Show After Frontman Has Heart Attack

Françoise Hardy, the icon of French pop who rose to fame in the 1960s yé-yé scene before branching further afield, has died after a long battle with illness, BBC News reports. “Maman est partie” (meaning, in English, “mum is gone”), her son, Thomas Dutronc, wrote on Instagram. Hardy was 80 years old.

Françoise Hardy, French Pop Icon, Dies at 80

Nobody combines serrated rap and goofy hi-jinks like Xaviersobased. In “Pediatrician,” Xavier flashes back to his kiddie days watching Noggin at the doc’s office, wearing KidRobot clothing and a SpongeBob wallet in hand, while producer mag blasts some Satan-with-IBS low-end in the “terror bass” style. The surreal combo of cute youthful references and aggro intensity is bizarrely addictive. Adorned with just enough pretty keys and airy cymbals, it throws you into a blissed trance. While January’s Keep It Goin Xav felt like a triumphant celebration of the scene surrounding his collective 1c34, with 2 goes solo and injects this kind of dazed-yet-hyper rap with a new level of screwy psychedelia.

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Scooter Braun has said he will retire from music management to focus on his role as a CEO of the South Korean entertainment giant Hybe America. The longtime manager of artists including Justin Bieber and Ariana Grande, who became the subject of opprobrium when he acquired Taylor Swift’s masters in 2019, said on social media that he had joined the board of Hybe’s U.S. division and would go forward as “a father first, a CEO second, and a manager no more.” Read a transcription of his full note below, via The Hollywood Reporter.

Scooter Braun Quits Music Management

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(Colorado) Colorado has many gems - Pikes Peak, Rocky Mountain National Park, Maroon Bells, and two of Thomas Dambo's wooden trolls. Dambo is a Danish artist, and his trolls are worldwide. Each troll serves as a unique tribute to the place they inhabit, honoring the history and culture of the location.

"Rita the Rock Planter" should be on your Colorado summer bucket list

A music industry body has sued two leading artificial intelligence developers, accusing them of stealing artists’ work to train AI to generate music. The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) filed copyright infringement cases against the developers of Suno and Udio, alongside fellow plaintiffs Sony Music Entertainment, UMG Recordings, Inc., and Warner Records, Inc.—record labels that hold the rights to sound recordings they claim Suno and Udio infringed.

Music Industry Groups Sue AI Companies for Stealing Artists’ Work to Generate Music

Shaboozey has announced a headlining tour of North America. The shows take place in the United States and Canada in September and October. See the country and hip-hop musician’s tour dates below. Shaboozey broke through to a wider audience this year with his contributions to Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter. He...

Shaboozey Announces North American Headline Tour

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According to Shakey's website, this pizza parlor is only in California, North Carolina, and Washington state in the U.S. now. This was my family's go-to pizza joint when my father was stationed with the Air Force outside of Omaha, Nebraska. We liked it so much, that when we were transferred again, it was hopeful we'd find another one.

Shakey's Pizza Parlor and nostalgia: the first franchised pizza restaurant also landed in Missouri

Bloc Party have returned with a new song, “Flirting Again.” The release precedes a pair of major shows for the group, one at Glastonbury this weekend and another, on July 7, at London’s Crystal Palace Park, billed as their biggest show to date. Listen to it below.

Listen to Bloc Party’s New Song “Flirting Again”

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It’s rough out there for lots of indie rock bands, but Austin’s Good Looks have really been through the shit. The day after they released their...

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