Indie Mixtape 20: Heart Attack Man Loves Cleveland

Courtney Emery “Good morning, f*ckers” is the pronouncement that kicked off the press release announcing the latest EP from Cleveland emo quartet, Heart Attack Man. Talk about forcing someone’s attention. The band certainly lives up to their borderline aggressive magnetism on the five-track EP Thoughtz & Prayerz, which finds the band facing their own demons …

Indie Mixtape 20: Trace Mountains Knows Every Word To ‘American Idiot’

Dean Engle It’s only been about a year since former LVL UP member Dave Benton unveiled the second Trace Mountains LP Lost In The Country, one of the most underrated records of 2020. Now, Benton is back with House Of Confusion, which continues down the Americana path Benton set down with the previous effort, but …

Megan Thee Stallion Drops Her New Mixtape ‘Something For Thee Hotties’

Getty Image It seems like Megan Thee Stallion never sleeps. Though she told fans back in April that she was planning to enter a phase of rest and regeneration, looks like that didn’t take. Just a few months later, she’s back with a new mixtape, this one devoted to her dedicated Hotties. The Texas rapper …

ASAP Rocky’s Breakout Mixtape ‘Live.Love.ASAP’ Is Now Available To Stream

For artists who broke out right when the streaming era was approaching, figuring out when and how to get old releases up on the platforms can take time. Or, for rappers who spent their early years releasing free mixtapes, sometimes the process of clearing samples and getting music totally legal is part of the delay, …

Fans Celebrate Mac Miller’s ‘Faces’ Mixtape Finally Hitting Streaming Services But Lament Missing Samples

Getty Image While a good handful of Mac Miller albums can be heard on streaming services, they alone offer an incomplete picture of the late rapper’s career. Miller released more mixtapes than he did albums, after all, but due to the non-commercial nature of those releases, they’re mostly not available on platforms like Spotify and …

PinkPantheress’ ‘I Must Apologise’ Offers Another Look At The Elusive Musician’s Debut Mixtape

If you’ve been on TikTok at all in the past year, chances are you’ve heard one of PinkPantheress’ songs, even if you don’t know her name. PinkPantheress started making music in her college dorm at 3 a.m., in between work and classes as a creative outlet. After uploading some clips of her songs on TikTok, …

TikTok Star PinkPantheress Announced Her First Mixtape, ‘To Hell With It,’ With Some Ominous Artwork

Pink Pantheress blew up on TikTok first, but don’t write her off as a one-and-done viral sensation. Instead, this London DIY performer got a deal with Parlophone and is gearing up to expand her sound even farther past the eclectic foundation she’s already built. The bedroom producer is inspired by sounds as divergent as Lily …