Music

Music videos are having a real moment again, mostly because artists have figured out that visuals are the fastest way to own a news cycle. A song can trend for a day, but a video, a look, a symbol — that’s what sticks. This week feels especially stacked. We’ve got holiday angst, club-ready confidence, TikTok-bait […]

Erin Gibney has been making music in the country-pop realm for a handful of years now, and each release gives listeners a new angle of what makes the Nashville-based singer-songwriter tick. Known for her fresh takes on relationships and lyrics that have storytelling depth, she explores all of the aspects of 20-something life in the […]

LMNT 115 ignites a new chapter of their adventure with “Paradise,” the euphoric fourth single release since the launch of the project in November 2024 and focus track from their forthcoming debut EP “Isotope,” arriving December 12. “Paradise” is a collaboration with GRAMMY-winning artist Daya – fresh off her 2025 album “Til Every Petal Drops” and a series of […]

Catie Turner plays retro Disney video games, including Aladdin, The Lion King, and Ducktails

TRAVIS JAPAN have spent more than a decade crafting a universe that feels entirely, unmistakably theirs. The seven-member Tokyo-based pop and dance group – famous for their razor-sharp choreography, infectious personalities, and joyful mix of modern, jazz, and hip-hop movement – have risen from local favorites to a global phenomenon with serious sparkle. Formed in […]

CKY’s Jess Margera talks about the band’s new music

Patoranking opens a new era with “No Jonze,” a brisk, street-steeped single that looks backward and forward at once. According to the release, the track is built on late ‘90s and early 2000s Galala, the Ajegunle-born, dance-led strain that has long informed his Afro-dancehall approach, then tightened with contemporary low-end and chant-ready hooks. Lyrically, “No […]

“Famous” introduces a new artist–producer partnership in plain view. GRAMMY-nominated hitmaker Shizzi, whose catalog stretches from Davido and Wizkid to Fireboy DML and Ed Sheeran, teams with OBG Records signee Tayor on a track that treats sudden visibility as both fuel and friction. According to the release, the song took shape in Johannesburg: Shizzi found […]

Lavaud returns with “Change Clothes,” a drill-R&B hybrid that positions the British Mauritian artist at an inflection point between local grit and global polish. Produced by Trakmatik and Hvstle, the track anchors Lavaud’s elegant, stacked harmonies to hypnotic drum programming and a dark, cinematic low-end. Lyrically, she reframes a simple phrase as a boundary-setting mantra, […]

Best up-and-coming Irish bands to add to your playlist Your EOY Baker’s Dozen: Reader, you seem to like Irish bands. So, here are two more sparkling bands with bangers you simply cannot ignore. With LKC’s 11 Superstars — below — you now have a full-on Baker’s Dozen Irish Bands. Florence Road From Bray, Co. Wicklow, […]