Chris DeVille

Comedian Kyle Mooney Shares Surprise Debut Music Album 'The Real Me'

A few weeks ago Fatboi Sharif, a rapper and Artist To Watch who specializes in murky, queasy horrorcore, announced Let Me Out, a new album-length collaboration with the producer Driveby. In announcing the project, the duo released its dusty-grooved opening track “Battlestar Galactica.” Now they’ve shared a second preview. Whereas the prior single was a straight-ahead slapper, “Swim Team Audible Function” finds Fatboi in his woozy, pitched-down mode, dropping bars over wobbly experimental music that mostly leaves the drums out entirely. It’s quite an experience, and you can have it below.

Graphic design is Brian Eno’s passion. Above you’ll find the cover art for Aurum: a new surprise album from the legendary producer and musical artist, released today exclusively through Apple Music. It’s an ambient exercise from one of the gods of the game, delivered at a time when the genre has never been more popular.

I used to like to go on half-joking rants about how Damon Albarn likes to busy himself with anything but new Blur music, but two years ago The Ballad Of Darren came along to silence me. Now that those reunion festivities seem finished for good, Albarn is back to his usual eclectic itinerary. He’s working on another opera.

The singles so far from Deradoorian’s upcoming album Ready For Heaven, “Digital Gravestone” and “Set Me Free,” have been awesome, as expected. “Any Other World,” the third advance track, is similarly sublime.

South By Southwest launched in the 1980s as a music showcase, a Southern companion to New York City’s New Music Seminar. But over the decades, the event has ballooned into a multi-disciplinary conference involving tech, film, comedy, and more, to the point that music started to feel like an afterthought. Now the music portion of SXSW might be significantly scaling back, if not going away entirely.

Lucy Dacus is releasing her new solo album Forever Is A Feeling next week, and in a new article in the New Yorker centered on the album, she confirms a longstanding rumor: She’s dating her boygenius bandmate Julien Baker. The two singer-songwriters have often been spotted together in the months since boygenius went on indefinite hiatus following last year’s big Grammy haul, and online detectives have often speculated about their romantic involvement. Now, journalist Amanda Petrusich’s Dacus profile makes it plain: “Dacus is now in a committed relationship with Baker.”

Jay Rock is in trouble with the law. The Top Dawg Entertainment rapper and Black Hippy member, real name Johnny Reed McKinzie, was arrested Thursday for possession of a firearm in the 13000 block of E. 115th Street in his home neighborhood of Watts, Los Angeles, ABC7 reports.

The mysterious Korean musical mastermind behind Parannoul has been known to release music under various aliases. In 2022, it was Mydreamfever. Today, it’s Huremic.

The music video costars Drew Starkey.