Photo by Brittany Carmichael “Nowhere to go, nothing to do, except lie here with you,” Toronto songwriter Charlotte Cornfield gently sings on “Nowhere.” The song exemplifies how Cornfields upcoming album, Could Have Done Anything, leans endearing compared to her breakthrough, gut-punch of an LP Highs In The Minuses. While her previous LP featured songs about …
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Chance The Rapper Explained How His ‘Acid Rap’ Mixtape Supposedly Influenced Rappers Like Lil Uzi Vert And Jack Harlow
Getty Image This past weekend marked the 10-year anniversary of Chance The Rapper‘s second mixtape, Acid Rap. The mixtape marked a breakthrough for Chance and is often attributed to pioneering a brand of Midwest hip-hop that is still influential today. 2013 was a fruitful year for hip-hop, but Acid Rap was unlike anything else from …
Indie Mixtape 20: Fruit Bats’ Latest Album Is ‘Emotional Make Out Music’
Photo by Chantal Anderson It’s no secret that Fruit Bats’ Eric D. Johnson is an insanely prolific songwriter. On top of being a core member of the Grammy-nominated group Bonny Light Horseman, Johnson has released six full-length projects as Fruit Bats since 2019. His latest, the folksy A River Running To Your Heart, shows that …
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Indie Mixtape 20: Rahill’s Whimsical Debut Solo LP Takes Inspiration From Iranian Poetry
Photo by Justus Kempthorne Perhaps best exemplified by the album cover, Rahill’s debut solo LP Flowers At Your Feet is a love letter to her upbringing. It features a Polaroid of herself as a child; Her head wrapped in a towel and a gold charm around her neck, she looks longingly off into the distance. …
Indie Mixtape 20: Fidlar Gets A Grip On Their Wonderfully Angsty EP ‘That’s Life’
Photo by Alice Baxley It’s been well over a decade since Fidlar first began releasing their fuzzy and raucous music that captured massive audiences and packed sweaty venues. In the time since, the band has learned a lot about themselves. But it wasn’t until a literal and figurative trip the band took during lockdown that …
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Black Thought Freestyles Over Classic James Brown Beats On J. Period’s New Live Mixtape
Getty Image Over the past few years, Black Thought has been branching. Primarily known as the rapper and de facto frontman of The Roots, a growing number of recent releases, the Philadelphia MC has been collaborating with an expanding roster of producers, including Danger Mouse, El Michels Affair, 9th Wonder, Salaam Remi, and Sean C. …
Indie Mixtape 20: Shana Cleveland’s Spectral Folk Album Is Brimming With The Natural World
photo by Kristin Cofer After spending the past decade fronting the surfy garage rock group La Luz, Shana Cleveland began putting down roots in rural California with her partner and newborn child. Moving back to California not only allowed Cleveland the chance to write music outside year-round, but it also gave her the opportunity to …
Indie Mixtape 20: With ‘Milk For Flowers,’ H. Hawkline Shares His Most Touching Work To Date
Heavenly Recordings It’s been nearly six years since we last got a solo album from H. Hawkline, the moniker of UK musician Huw Evans. But that doesn’t mean he hasn’t been busy in the time since. He’s been touring with Aldous Harding, collaborating with Cate Le Bon (who produced his latest effort) and translating his …
French Montana Will Ring In The New Year With His ‘Coke Boys 6’ Gangsta Grillz Mixtape With DJ Drama
Getty Image French Montana is back. The Bad Boy rapper will drop the sixth installation of his Coke Boy mixtape series later this week. The project will be in collaboration with DJ Drama and released as a Gansta Grillz mixtape. Coke Boy 6 is expected to drop on Friday, January 6. The DJ and record …
Cardi B Recalled ‘Crushing Hard’ On Offset While Filming A Video For One Of Her Early Mixtape Cuts
YouTube 2017 was a big year for Cardi B. She released her hit single, “Bodak Yellow,” which later went on to be the first solo female rap song to hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 19 years — the first was Lauryn Hill’s “Doo Wop (That Thing).” But before then, she had …
Pusha T And DJ Drama Revealed They Have A ‘Gangsta Grillz’ Mixtape In The Works
Getty Image Fans of Pusha T and DJ Drama have received some exciting news this holiday season. Last night (December 23), the two confirmed that they are working on a mixtape for Drama’s iconic Gangsta Grillz mixtape series. The two spoke in a Twitter Space last night, moderated by Rap Radar’s B. Dot, where they …
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Indie Mixtape 20: Smut Are ‘Hot People Being Sad’ On Their New Album
Photo by Mayank Mishra Five-piece shoegazers Smut are big on nostalgia. That becomes more than clear while spinning their latest album How The Light Felt, a smoldering project underscored throwback influences like Gorillaz, Oasis, and Massive Attack. Diving deeper, it’s understandable why Smut leaned into the sentimentality on their sophomore album. The band, composed of …
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