[Photo courtesy of Shady Records] By Roman Salomone, Contributor Conway the Machine recently announced a new album, Won’t He Do It, which is set to release on March 31 via his own Drumwork label. Additionally, the Machine dropped a new single entitled “Super Bowl”, which features verses from Houston’s Sauce Walka and the legendary Juicy…
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Album Review: Ice Spice – Like..?
By: Cody Englander, Contributor [10K Projects] Rating: 6/10 Key Tracks: “Princess Diana”, “Bikini Bottom” Ice Spice has emerged as one of the most beloved new celebrities of 2022. Her unproblematic and charming personality attracted many new fans over the last year. Read more: Album Review: Samia – Honey She has curated a brand of self…
Death Grips announce additional tour dates
[Photo courtesy of Jamie Cameron] By Rocco Prioletti, Contributor Experimental hip-hop trio Death Grips have recently announced an additional slew of both North American and European shows onto their first long awaited touring venture since August of 2019. Read more: Karamelian to release new single “Wait For Me”, The Yets debut “Letter to a Boy”,…
ACRN’s Most Disappointing Albums of 2022
By the ACRN Editorial Team 8. Denzel Curry – Melt My Eyez See Your Future [Loma Vista Records; 2022] By Roman Salomone, Contributor After an unstoppable streak of great releases, Florida’s Denzel Curry aimed for the stars on his latest album. Except this time around, he shot himself straight in the foot. Melt My Eyez…
ACRN’s Favorite Albums of 2022
By the ACRN Editorial Team 20. Soccer Mommy – Sometimes, Forever [Loma Vista Recordings; 2022] By Grace Koennecke, Columns Editor As an avid Soccer Mommy fan, her new album this year was nothing short of amazing. Sometimes, Forever is the Nashville singer-songwriter’s most vulnerable piece of work yet, a slow and dark peeling of her…
Album Review: Yung Gravy – Marvelous
By Nicholas Kobe, Contributor [Republic; 2022] Rating: 4/10 Key Tracks: “Betty (Get Money)”, “Isn’t it Marvelous?”, “C’est La Vie” Yung Gravy… What is there even to say? Mama’s boy extraordinaire has blown up in 2022 due to the success of his single “Betty (Get Money)” on TikTok and his charismatic and wild internet presence. It…
Quality Control Music shares statement after death of Migos’ member Takeoff
[Image courtesy of Rolling Stone] By Grace Koennecke, Columns Editor Early yesterday morning, Takeoff, one of the members of the rap trio Migos, was shot and killed during an altercation at 810 Billiards & Bowling in downtown Houston. The rapper was attending a private party with his uncle and fellow Migos member, Quavo. Read more:…
Album Review: billy woods – Church
By Adrian Woods, Contributor [Backwoodz Studios; 2022] Rating: 8/10 Key tracks: “Artichoke”, “Fuchsia & Green”, and “Pollo Rico” After dropping Aethiopes earlier in the year, billy woods is back with his second album of 2022, a collaborative album with Messiah Musik and his first collaborative album since 2020’s “Brass” with Moor Mother, Church. It sounds…
Robert Glasper releases new song featuring Mac Miller
[Photo courtesy of Getty] By Rocco Prioletti, Contributor Jazz pianist Robert Glasper recently released his latest single, “Therapy pt. 2” featuring vocals from late rap artist Mac Miller. This track is from Glasper’s forthcoming record, “Black Radio III: Supreme Edition” set to release on Oct. 14. Read more: High Vis releases new album The Miller…
Q&A: Kiid Spyro
First off, I personally do not hear about hip-hop artists from Australia often. What is the scene like there? Who and what inspired you to start making music?
Kiid Spyro: The scene in Australia is drill, and I don’t make drill. People don’t really listen to this stuff I make. People really don’t make it. I grew up listening to American music. Kid Laroi was the only person from here making American style hip-hop. He was getting seen a lot because his style wasn’t popular down here. It was different, and people were like, “Why is an Australian making American music?” What’s popular here is, like, pop, EDM and whatever is on the radio. I’ll play a trap song, and people will be like, “What was that?” If people do listen to rap, it’s mostly drill.