Speedy Ortiz: Emma O

Speedy Ortiz’s four-track EP Foiled Again—considered a postscript to last year’s album Foil Deer—is set for release next Friday (3 June). They released the grainy, anime-referencing “Death Note” earlier this month and now share another, the much more bittersweet “Emma O.” Sadie Dupuis’ tenacious voice quivers in the most tender way when she utters the word “love”—and it really tugs at the heart. Catch them …

Nura Headphones Adapt to Your Eardrums

The unusual over-ear and earbud design incorporates tech for building custom sound profiles

Whether or not you think about it with regularity, the fact remains that no two people hear things exactly the same way. From genetics to our unique ear canals and even the way we develop over time, sound hits our eardrums in different ways. And the new Nura headphones, on Kickstarter now, know exactly how to compensate for this. Using unique soundwave technology, the in-ear …

Chance the Rapper feat. Lil Wayne + 2 Chainz: No Problem

Hip-hop darling Chance the Rapper has just premiered his new song “No Problem” (featuring Lil Wayne and 2 Chainz) on Zane Lowe’s Beats 1 Radio show and it’s everything we were hoping to come of his highly anticipated Coloring Book/em> mixtape. Full of distorted yet euphoric gospel vocals, the track’s lyrics caution not to step in the rappers’ lanes (“You don’t want no problem with …