Chika has released “My Power,” her new single featured in the Netflix film Project Power, out now on the streaming platform. Over a confident beat, Chika celebrates self-perseverance in the song’s lyrics. “Dare you to try and mess with me/I’m better as your friend and not an enemy/Disintegrate your clique cuz …
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Blink-182 have released a new two-minute ripper about life in lockdown aptly titled “Quarantine.” The track boasts a rugged, chugging verse that opens up into a big sing-along chorus. Lyrically, there’s plenty of vintage Blink-182 snark, with Mark Hoppus opening the song with, “I guess I’m blessed to be so …
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Roger Waters and his band have recorded socially distanced performances of two deep cuts from Pink Floyd‘s The Wall: “Vera” and “Bring the Boys Back Home,” which both come before “Comfortably Numb” on the double-album. The renditions are quieter than the Pink Floyd originals, with Waters singing almost mournfully about …
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Tim Heidecker has released a new song, “Fear of Death,” the title track from his upcoming album, which the comedian made with a band featuring Weyes Blood’s Natalie Mering, the Lemon Twigs’ Brian and Michael D’Addario and more. Fear of Death arrives September 25th on Spacebomb Records. “Fear of Death” …
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UPDATE (7/28): Katy Perry’s new album Smile has been pushed to August 28th. *** Katy Perry gives the whole big-top shebang in her new video for “Smile,” the second single and title track from her upcoming album. Dressed as a clown, Perry is shown in miniature throughout the colorful visual, …
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U.K. rock trio Doves will return from their decade-long hiatus on September 11th with a new album titled The Universal Want, the band’s first LP since 2009’s Kingdoms of Rust. Doves’ Jimi Goodwin and brothers Andy and Jez Williams shared “Prisoners” from their upcoming album on Thursday. “It’s about continually …
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Budding Georgia artist Terrell Hines has tapped Vince Staples for a new remix of his 2019 single, “Get Up.” The remix of the politically charged track arrives at an apt moment alongside an animated lyric video that nods to the recent Black Lives Matter protests in response to the police …
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Sufjan Stevens has released a sprawling new song, “America,” aptly in time for the country’s birthday weekend. The 12-minute track is the lead single to his upcoming album, The Ascension, which will arrive on September 25th via Asthmatic Kitty. “America” opens in a swirl of electronics and harmonized, processed voices, …
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Tom Morello has teamed up with Imagine Dragons’ Dan Reynolds, the Bloody Beetroots, and artist/activist Shea Diamond for a new protest song, “Stand Up,” inspired by ongoing protests for racial justice across the nation. The explosive, Nineties-esque rap-rock track features Reynolds and Diamond outlining the racial injustices in the U.S. …
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Toots and the Maytals show off their pride for their native Jamaica in the new animated music video for “Got to Be Tough,” the group’s latest single. Created by Nick Franco, the clip depicts an animated version of Frederick “Toots” Hibbert as he pays homage to the courage and strength …
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