Photo courtesy of Chromeo and Atlantic Records Superfly, '80s-inflected electrofunk duo Chromeo are back. Remember those cats whose second album, Fancy Footwork, had cover art featuring those gleaming, long dame-legs-for-synth-stands? Well, recently, the always-clever Montreal team revealed the artwork for their newest album, White Women (to be released this coming May), on—wait for
We fell in love with St. Vincent—the artist moniker for singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Annie Clark—when she released “Cruel” on her third album, Strange Mercy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Itt0rALeHE8&feature=kp We still can't get enough of that track, as it resonates in our minds with its dreamlike melodies, driving beat, and feverish, jagged guitars. But don't sleep on
Hip-hop has a new super-villain. Mykki Blanco, an openly gay, cross-dressing rapper with an abrasive sexual persona and piercingly poignant flow, was never invited inside the Chapel of Rap, and he sure-as-hell wasn’t embraced. Blanco broke in and has set fire to the foundation while standing inside. Launching an all out assault on macho-stereotypes, Mykki