First Listen: Oddisee, 'The Odd Tape'
The Brooklyn rapper-producer's latest instrumental album is evenly weighted from front to back. There's never an off moment — or even a precarious one.
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With 'Be As You Are,' Mike Posner Finally Takes His Mom's Advice
The singer's latest pop hit is — ironically — about the downsides of having a pop hit. But another song on his new album, At Night, Alone, focuses on his relationship with his mother.
California Addiction Doctor Scheduled Meeting With Prince, Lawyer Says
A lawyer for a California addiction doctor held a press conference Wednesday. He said his client was scheduled to meet with Prince the day after the singer died, and that he had dispatched his son, who works with him, to Prince's Minnesota home.
First Listen: Jennifer Nettles, 'Playing With Fire'
Few who've been following the Sugarland singer's career could deny her expressive range, but even she had never reveled in it quite this freely until now.
Ought's New Video Captures The Beauty And Boredom Of The Everyday
In a video for the contemplative post-punk song, a dancer holds a mirror to the hallways, bedrooms and parks where our plainest, loneliest experiences occur.
Songs We Love: Esmé Patterson, 'No River'
Patterson casts light on the assumption people make about a woman: that she's inexhaustibly strong, yet mysteriously dangerous. "I'm human, I'm human," she reminds us.
Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals On World Cafe
Hear why now was the right time for Harper to reunite with his longtime backing band.
Songs We Love: Idris Ackamoor And The Pyramids, 'Rhapsody In Berlin'
Reunited after three decades, the pan-African "cosmic jazz" experimentalists throw an extended and ecstatic dance party, with throwback funk vibes and multiculti merger.
This Ain't Your Mama's Grindcore Band — It's His
The Grindmother is a Canadian metal band that's just released its debut album. It's also what the group's 67-year-old lead singer prefers to be called.
Deftones' Chino Moreno On Surviving, Evolving And 'Gore'
After nearly 30 years, Moreno's beloved band just put out its eighth album. "I wanna believe that we haven't changed," he says, "but that everybody else has just sort of caught up."