Metalsucks — Time to slip into some Vans and grab the skateboard. The post 96 Bitter Beings to Release Re-Recorded CKY Hits for Return To Hellview, “Flesh Into Gear” Streaming Now appeared first on MetalSucks. more info

Stereogum — The shots are coming faster and getting more intense. Minutes after Drake dropped his seven-minute diss track “Family Matters,” which targets many of his superstar enemies and concludes with an allegation that Kendrick Lamar physically abuses his fiancée, Kendrick has released this third Drake diss of the week. This one has a bombshell allegation of its own. more info

Stereogum — And so it continues. After Kendrick Lamar emerged from the shadows with the extremely angry Drake diss “Euphoria” this week, Drake responded with a video clip from a teen rom-com. Tonight, less than 24 hours after Kendrick hit him with another diss track, “6:16 In LA,” Drake has returned to the field of play with his latest song in this ongoing feud. more info

Obscure Sound — “Grave Robin” is an enthusiastic rock success from Hot Dress, a band based in East Brunswick, NJ. A burst of guitars sets forth from the get-go, immersing with an excitable vibrancy. The vocals ascend from sporadic momentum into the soaring “ghosts of me,” hook. A dose of early ’00s indie-rock is enjoyably apparent, with the melodic vocals and chirpy guitar work providing a fun entrancement. Taking aesthetical inspiration from acts like The Strokes and The Rapture, the track excels in its excitably melodic drive and thematic emphasis, which “follows the thoughts of a narrator who is hesitant to move forward The post Hot Dress – “Grave Robin” appeared first on Obscure Sound: Indie Music Blog. more info

New York Post — "Future Nostalgia" — Dua Lipa's Grammy-winning 2020 album — is the twirling template for her third LP "Radical Optimism," out Friday. more info

Stereogum — “Am I battlin’ ghost or AI?” Kendrick Lamar asked Drake on “Euphoria,” and he wasn’t the only one disappointed by our new non-reality this week. FKA twigs testified in a Senate committee hearing about how the AI industry needs regulation while Youth Lagoon slammed Washed Out for using Sora to make a music video. On the other hand, today Randy Travis used voice-cloning tech to release his first song since a stroke took away most of his speech, so I don’t think the AI discourse is ending anytime soon. As far as I know all the comments on this site are written by humans and you can read the best ones below. more info

Metalsucks — He's recovering at home. The post Venom Inc. Guitarist Jeff “Mantas” Dunn Suffered a Second Heart Attack appeared first on MetalSucks. more info

Stereogum — After going quiet for a few years, the singular Chicago rap stylist Valee is suddenly very busy. Valee returned to action with 2022’s Vacabularee , which was actually his first full-length album. Last year, he released collaborative LPs with producers Harry Fraud and MVW. Today, he’s got a new EP with Nova Scotia-born, Detroit-raised producer Black Noi$e, a regular Earl Sweatshirt collaborator. more info