Isaiah Rashad shares introspective first new album in 5 years, IT’S BEEN AWFUL

 TDE rapper Isaiah Rashad returned earlier this month with ‘SAME SH!T’, the Tennessee natives first new music after a five year break. Now, Rashad has unleashed his long-anticipated third album, IT’S BEEN AWFUL. Upon its announcement, a cinematic album trailer was released following a bloodied Rashad wandering wounded through a field.  Introducing the striking visual…

Aotearoa’s OSQAR ROSE embraces change on soulful new single, ‘Summertime’s Coming’

Returning with his first new music since 2024, Aotearoa singer-songwriter OSQAR ROSE has shared new single, ‘Summertime’s Coming’.  Despite being released at the start of New Zealand’s winter season, ‘Summertime’s Coming’ encapsulates the bittersweet energy of emotional shift, renewal, and being on the brink of a transitional life change. Lacing warm, soulful pop melodies with…

SXMPRA: From Existential Crisis to Creative Breakthrough (Interview)

Since his 2021 breakout single ‘COWBELL WARRIOR!’, SXMPRA, the artist project of Kalem Tarrant, has risen from the underground to become one of New Zealand’s most successful musical exports. Still making music from his home studio based in Wellington, he possesses a cult following army of fans around the world. Earlier this year, he reached…

Aotearoa’s Letoa drops laidback latest single, ‘SPARKY’ ft. Ciscaux

In April, Samoan-New Zealand rapper Letoa appeared as a narrator across West Auckland MC MELODOWNZ’s sophomore album BRON. Now, Letoa has dropped a new single, ‘SPARKY’ featuring Ciscaux, the latest offering from the aesthetic rap pioneering rappers forthcoming project, Glocstarr 2. Enlisting San Diego artist Ciscaux for a guest verse, a close collaborator and prominent figure from the early…

GENER8ION and Yung Lean join forces for rowdy collab and music video, ‘STORM’

GENER8ION, the multidisciplinary duo made up of French producer, composer, and DJ Surkin and filmmaker and director Romain Gavras, have enlisted Yung Lean for a new double single and video release, ‘STORM’, the duo’s first new music since their 2021 070 Shake collab ‘Neo Surf’. GENER8ION collides the pairs respective world building into an immersive audiovisual experience, between…