Popdust Presents

Viana Valentine, Rhode Island-native, knows that we all love nostalgia, especially in our music. Her retro-sounding melodies gives her music a dreamlike quality that sends you straight back to the good old days. Her debut album, Fever Dream, is brimming with seven songs full of life, smooth r&b, dreamy pop sounds, and the promise of […]

Today’s Nintendo Direct was a big one. Countless awesome games or updates to existing games were announced, and gamers everywhere couldn’t be more excited. Many gamers were nervous that Nintendo was beginning to wind down their efforts on Nintendo Switch as the company had done on previous Nintendo home consoles. Today, Nintendo eased gamers’ worries […]

There are few things I love more than a bunch of powerful women commanding a stage for the night, so I couldn’t miss the opportunity to attend FLETCHER’s Pride event: FLETCHER & FRIENDS. On June 4, UPSAHL, Olivia O’Brien, and FLETCHER took the stage at the iconic Stone Pony in Asbury Park, NJ to celebrate […]

Carneyval got his start as “The Mashup King” by posting TikTok’s of your favorite songs mixed together. They all worked, and were insanely catchy, so people started wanting more. As all TikTok followings seem to happen, almost overnight Carneyval had a fanbase who recognized his mashups and wanted to hear original work from him as […]

What I love about Fridays isn’t that I get to log off work early (well, maybe a little) or that I have an excuse to attend happy hour…it’s that I’m guaranteed new music. And now that we are fully in June, artists are churning out albums and singles to get us through the summer months. […]

I moved to the New York City area last August, and one of the first venues I heard of was the elusive Brooklyn Mirage. It’s a live music venue located in the heart of Brooklyn, New York where any DJ whose anybody plays night after night in the summer. It draws huge crowds, fans of […]

Australian indie-pop group, Boy & Bear, have become hometown heroes for a reason. They know how to work a crowd, hyping them up with their unique sound and a beat that can make anyone want to move. Over the past ten years, Boy & Bear have created beloved tracks that have solidified their place in […]

One thing about Brasstracks is that he can make a collaboration with just about anyone and it’s a guaranteed hit. But you don’t really need me to tell you that, ask his Grammy awards for songs like Chance The Rapper’s “No Problems” or Harry Styles’ “Watermelon Sugar.” He’s collabed with big names across all genres […]

A Growing Segment

If you’ve been paying attention these past two weeks, it’s become a weekly tradition where I round up my favorite new music released. Friday is a sacred day for those in the music industry: the day to release new singles. Spotify literally has New Music Friday for a reason. Well move over, Spotify, because I […]