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Rapping is a competitive sport. Every artist worth their salt is hell-bent on proving why they’re the best rapper alive by releasing the best album or having the best verse on a given song—anything to prove that they’re in the upper echelon. For J. Cole in 2013, he was still cutting his teeth in the industry alongside the other two parts of the infamous Big 3. He had his fair […]

Music journalism has not exactly been thriving these last few years. Long gone are the days of fully staffed teams dedicated to covering new music, interviewing people in person, or publishing in-depth profiles containing foreign concepts such as “observational detail” and “cultural context.” Now is the era of short-form video content in which the greatest artistic minds of our generation get to eat chicken or deliver a solitary opinion agreed […]

The day was August 12, 1983. The setting: Chicago’s legendary venue, The Metro. Headlining the show were heavy metal masters Raven. And the opener? Oh, just a young band called Metallica. They played their debut album, Kill ’em All, and in doing so, set the stage for 80s thrash metal domination. Dubbed the Kill ‘Em All for One tour, the trek came amidst the release of Metallica’s first record, which […]

A smoggy clip for U’s cigarette-centric breakup song Read More RSS: News News 

The musician will take Oh Yeah? to 27 cities, including New York, Miami, Chicago, and Los Angeles Read More RSS: News News 

Music Is Invisible will complete his Pentimento trilogy Read More RSS: News News 

His take the 1954 Moonglows tune appears on new album Yours Sincerely Read More RSS: News News 

For a new anti-ICE benefit compilation that also features Tom Morello, Jello Biafra, and Fred Armisen Read More RSS: News News 

The grunge era was a big deal to us 90s kids. I mean, I was about 10—in the mid 90s—before I discovered it, to be fair. Even that late, it still meant a lot to me, and there are a ton of songs I know we all still know by heart. I’m not talking about the most popular ones. The ones that EVERYONE knows. I’m also not talking about the […]