The Internet: Special Affair/Curse

The Internet (aka Odd Future affiliates Syd the Kyd, Matt Martians and friends) has just released a three-part video for “Special Affair/Curse,” from the outfit’s third record Ego Death—which was released last year, but has a seemingly never-ending shelf-life. Beginning with a sexy, slo-mo, black and white dance party, the video morphs into a performance and then a cameo from Tyler, The Creator—all the while …

Kendrick Lamar: untitled unmastered.

Two weeks after his jaw-dropping, incendiary Grammys performance that called on viewers to open their eyes to injustice, Kendrick Lamar releases—with just one Tweet—the eight-track album untitled unmastered. (streamable on Spotify and Apple Music). As the title indicates, each track is simply numbered, accompanied by the date it was recorded (track 7, labeled 2014-2016, was a two-year process). The album’s already been quickly devoured, with …

Big Thief: Real Love

We only first heard Brooklyn-based Big Thief back in last October (opening for Here We Go Magic at Bowery Ballroom) and were enraptured by their charged passion and freedom onstage. Since then, the band—led by songwriter Adrianne Lenker—has signed with Saddle Creek and announced their debut album, Masterpiece, set for release 27 May 2016. Off of it, they share their second single “Real Love,” with …