Now, about a decade into his career, Atlanta’s K Camp has modern Southern anthems to his name like “Cut Her Off,” featuring 2 Chainz, and “Do It,” with Mykko Montana; a flurry of romantic cuts like “What’s on Your Mind” and “Comfortable”; and a viral hit in “Lottery (Renegade).” The …
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Stephanie Lambring is hardly the first singer-songwriter to arrive in Nashville with tales of a loaded upbringing full of parental over-involvement. But on “Daddy’s Disappointment,” the opening track to Lambring’s new tour-de-force LP, Autonomy, the Indiana native mines such pestering into one of the most irresistible roots-rock gems of the …
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We’re all looking for some type of escapism right now, but what happens when you’re simply unable to forget your current nightmare? A Thousand Horses raise that uneasy question in their new single “A Song to Remember.” Less the roadhouse rock of the Nashville band’s rough-hewn live show and more …
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By now, you have probably heard Megan Thee Stallion‘s “Savage” more times than you thought could be possible. The track’s chorus has dominated TikTok in both its original form and aTiger King-themed remix about Carole Baskin. Yet through what can only be described as pure witchcraft, Beyoncé‘s new remix makes …
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If you haven’t spent a couple of your quarantined days marathoningTiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness, it’s high time you add the Netflix documentary to your list of things to do for another weekend of staying in and flattening the curve. Tiger King dives deep into the world of independently …
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On “Healing,” a new single from U.K. singer Arlissa, orchestral strings introduce waves of pop production and R&B vocal stylings that crash together, resulting in an invigorating anthem.An unpretentious guitar part adds a human touch, and the programmed snaps feel like fresh rain on dry skin. “I thought I needed …
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“I’m so in love with myself,” Caroline Rose sings on her latest synth-strutting single, “it’s so romantic.” “Feel the Way I Want” is the first taste of Rose’s follow-up to 2017’s Loner, an album that found the former alt-country troubadour reinventing herself as a playful pop auteur. “Feel the Way …
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Frances Quinlan’s strength as a songwriter — both with her band, Hop Along, and on her upcoming solo LP Likewise — is in sharp fragments of scene and dialogue. Take her new song, “Your Reply,” which feels like a lightning-quick dip into someone else’s mind. “Somebody wrote ‘tender’ in the …
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When you’re recovering from a break-up by writing a pop song, the ultimate kiss off needs to be wisely executed. Lulu Simon, daughter of Paul, found the formula for a deliciously pissed off break-up bop with her single “Wasted.” Hailing from the school of Carly Rae Jepsen’sKiss, “Wasted” is candy-coated …
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For a brief moment it felt like Lil Uzi Vert had lost a step. Though you wouldn’t be able to tell from his enraptured fanbase, or the rap writers still reminiscing over his prolific 2016 assault, the Uzi that redefined the rockstar template with petulant, high energy odes to nihilism …
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