Carl Williott
ILoveMakonnen Goes Old School on “Piano Class”
Drake's latest protege, ILoveMakonnen, has been holed up in the studio since signing with OVO — except when he's been hobnobbing at New York Fashion Week — and now he has emerged with a new song, just a couple months after his sorta-breakout self-titled EP dropped...
11 Music Stars Who Started as Pop Basics
Whenever a band or musician arrives with a fully realized, completely assured sound and aesthetic on their debut album, heaps of praise and accolades follow. Which makes sense, it is REALLY HARD to sound original and like you know what the fuck you're doing on your first album...
Watch J. Cole and Chance The Rapper Perform Outkast-Referencing “Thotty”
J. Cole brought out special guest Chance The Rapper during his concert at University of Illinois at Chicago’s Spark in the Park show last week. The hometown star performed his unreleased song "Thotty," with some help from Cole, who took the second verse...
Hear Aphex Twin’s First New Song in 13 Years
Aphex Twin has premiered his first new song in 13 years with Syro cut "minipops 67 ." Though it's got an unwieldy title, the song is a lightweight bit of melty robot electro, utilizing some vocodered chants and a beat that starts off reminiscent of Radiohead's "Idioteque...
God Damn, This New God Damn Song Is Pummeling
God Damn, the UK duo of Thom Edward (guitars/vocals) and Ash Weaver (drums), have an apt band name, dealing in a pummeling grunge-metal hybrid that wouldn't sound out of place in the mid-90s. They're certainly kindred spirits with fellow doomy Brits The Wytches (whom they've toured with)...
Watch Migos Brawl With Fans in Nashville
Atlanta trio Migos got into a brawl with fans at a recent show in Nashville. At the Limelight, the "Fight Night" rappers lived up to the billing, storming into the crowd after one of their gold chains was allegedly snatched by someone in attendance...
Clipping. Get Absurd for “Inside Out” Video
Clipping.'s "Story 2" video is one of the most memorable of the year, and while that one focused on a faceless protagonist's feet, their "Inside Out" clip centers on a headless protagonist, depicted by the industrial rap trio's MC Daveed Diggs...
Boaz Drops Knowledge on “Mathematics”
Gritty Pittsburgh boom-bapper Boaz is back with "Mathematics," the first taste of Vol. 2 of his Real Name, No Gimmicks mixtape series (head here to stream the very solid first installment).
The Rostrum Records signee is prepping his debut album for later this year, and on this cut he gets lyrical about counting money and spitting bars over a dusky '90s beat, scratches and all...
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There’s a Third ‘Boondock Saints’ Movie on the Way
The Boondock Saints, a 1999 crime film with Tarantino aspirations and a Willem Dafoe star turn, became a cult hit thanks to teens like me who heard about it through word of mouth (that antiquated way news used to spread, like Twitter but with talking to people who are in the same room as you), proceeded to download it from Kazaa, watched it, and then had to tell LITERALLY EVERYBODY we knew how AWE