Blog: Pretty Much Amazing

Bon Iver 's famous ringleader and beating heart, Justin Vernon , is a busy guy. Earlier this year he released an album with his new band, The Shouting Matches , the awesomely titled Grownass Man . Then he collaborated with buddies Poliça ( on "Tiff" ) and Kanye West (on several songs off Yeezus ). And now he's got another album coming out soon, this time with his experimental pop project, Volcano Choir . The album is called Repave and it's [...]

Stream Smith Westerns ' dreamy and lush Soft Will , one of our most anticipated albums of the summer. The official street date is June 25. Bonus! Check out this enthralling live video for album highlight "3AM Spiritual": Read more articles like " Album Stream: Smith Westerns - Soft Will " on PMA - Pretty Much Amazing . Tags: Smith Westerns

Okkervil River have a new album called The Silver Gymnasium out on September 3, via ATO Records (their first on the label, after a long and fruitful relationship with Jagjaguwar). According to the band, the album takes place “takes place in 1986 in a small town in New Hampshire.” That's some context for you while you listen to Silver Gymnasium 's first single "It Was My Season." For further context, read Will Sheff 's letter: In 1916 the painter Maxfield Parrish – part [...]

Over the weekend, Danny Brown stopped by BBC Radio 1 and shared this gem of a rework - A$AP Rocky hopping on his already-great "Kush Coma." The quality of the radio rip available online right now is questionable at best, and it seems to come in a little too late, but it's worth a listen anyway. It will do until the official audio drops (soon, we hope). Read more articles like " Danny Brown & A$AP Rocky - "Kush Coma" " on PMA - Pretty [...]

• Sapphire_ - Kush Coma - Asap Rocky feat. Danny Brown

Earlier this year we watched Leonardo DiCaprio act like a rich New Yorker asshole set to Lana Del Rey , now watch Leonardi DiCaprio act like a rich New Yorker asshole set to Kanye West's I'm-Awesome anthem "Black Skinhead." Martin Scorsese's The Wolf of Wall Street is out November 15th. Kanye West's Yeezus is out tomorrow, June 18. Watch this .gif until then: Read more articles like " [...]

At some point in the year's fourth quarter, Drake will release his Nothing Was The Same LP, and it seems that he's already got a massive tour lined up to usher it in. The rap superstar has teamed up with singular crooners Miguel and Future for a 41-date trek across North America. Chances are your hometown is on it, check out the dates below: DOWNLOAD DRAKE'S LATEST SINGLE GIRLS LOVE BEYONCÉ Drake, Miguel & Future [...]

Meant to be premiered on Zane Lowe 's influential BBC Radio 1 show, M.I.A. 's new single, "Bring The Noize" actually made its way onto the internet via what must have been a scheduling fuck up on the New Zealand iTunes Music Store's part. Either way, fans can listen to the single now. The new single is presumably off of Mantangi - her Graceland "on acid" - which should be out later this year. Read more articles like " M.I.A. - "Bring The [...]

by PETER TABAKIS Henry Cavill may wear the tights, but Kanye West is our true Superman. Haven’t you heard? In a fascinating if mildly irritating New York Times interview West compared himself - in this order - to Steve Jobs, Walt Disney, Henry Ford, Howard Hughes, Nicolas Ghesquière, Anna Wintour, and David Stern. In West’s mind, he soars above such low company as the Beatles and Michael Jackson; titans of industry, fashion, sports, and film are his new peers. From serious think pieces to Page [...]

As promised, Jay Z had an important announcement to make at Game 5 of the NBA Finals. During one of the most tense finals in years, Jay Z aired an ad announcing his new album, Magna Carta Holy Grail . You can watch it below: Magna Carta Holy Grail — a title possibly more ostentatious than Kanye West's Yeezus — is out in July, but in an unprecedented move Hova has inked a deal with Samsung to provide ONE [...]

This week on Tracking – a regular series in which we discuss our current favorite songs – you can listen to additions from The National, Disclosure, CHVRCHES, David Lynch, Lykke Li and Fuck Buttons . (Use the blue arrows to navigate through the feature.) The National - "Graceless" At this point, The National are very aware of their strengths. Their albums are now relentlessly consistent and where High Violet had [...]

That Nina Simone vocal ! Kanye is still peerless in the art of synthesizing a soul sample. PS: Happy Father's Day , Yeezus . PPS: Over the weekend, Kanye projected his violent American Psycho -inspired short film in Los Angeles. Watch a preview below: Read more articles like " Kanye West - "Blood on the Leaves" " on PMA - Pretty Much Amazing . Tags: [...]

The Weeknd played a hometown show in Toronto last night, and Abel Tesfaye and company took the opportunity to premiere some new material from their upcoming Kiss Land . Here’s an okay-quality fan shot video of a new one that’s purportedly called “You Belong to the World” and will definitely be a banger. It’s intense, compelling, and endlessly layered – and do we hear a Portishead sample? We’re psyched to hear a recorded version of this one – check out the video while you wait for Kiss Land , which still has no [...]

Finally some concrete debut record news from Chvrches – though we still don’t have a tracklist, the band just shared an album title and release date. The Bones of What You Believe will be out September 24 via Glassnote. They also released a kaleidoscopic, colorful video for new single “Gun” (the track will be out physically on pink vinyl on July 15 if you’ve got a colored records collection) starring the band, some multiplied dancers, and a variety of minimalist backdrops – check it out. Read more articles like [...]

Here’s the latest single from Pusha T’s debut My Name Is My Name , courtesy Hot 97’s Funkmaster Flex, “Who I Am,” an ode to being yourself if yourself is as awesome as Pusha T . He gets some help from some G.O.O.D. Music mates, Big Sean and 2 Chainz , and production assistance from Million $ Mano and Kanye West . There are a few tags on this radio rip, but check it out regardless – it’s definitely less radio-friendly than “Mercy,” but that swarming beat and catchy chorus [...]

• Dee Greezy - Pusha T ft. 2 Chainz & Big Sean - Who I Am

The Internet's had Kanye West's Yeezus for only a very short while but we already have a definitive list of samples used on the album. Get acquainted below: "On Sight," produced by West and Daft Punk contains interpolations of "He'll Give Us What We Really Need", performed by Holy Name of Mary Choral Family . "I Am a God" contains samples of "Forward Inna Dem Clothes", written by Clifton Bailey III and H. Hart, and performed by Capleton ; and samples of "Are [...]

If you won't be personally making it to Tennessee to America's greatest music festival... don't sweat it! The good folks at Bonnaroo will be streaming some choice sets via Ustream all weekend long. They're hooking you up with live sets from Paul McCartney, Wu Tang Clan, The National, Grizzly Bear, Kendrick Lamar, Wilco, The xx, Beach House, Japandroids, Mumford and Sons, Tame Impala and many, many more. Check out the full schedule below. All times are EST, and notice that the festival will be streamed across two different channels. [...]

Verve Records has been doing its Verve Remixed series for a while, but their next release is probably one of the best remix album ideas we’ve ever heard. For Verve Remixed: The First Ladies , a diverse handful of DJs and producers from Bassnectar to Flume have re-upped jazz and R&B classics by women. Here’s our first sample, Toro Y Moi’s reinterpretation of Billie Holiday’s “My Man.” It’s probably one of the last musical pairings you’d ever suspect, but it’s fantastic – Toro lays on some of his signature [...]

• Verve Music Group - 07 My Man (Toro Y Moi Remix)

According to BBC Radio 1 jockey Zane Lowe , the will be premiering a brand new M.I.A. single called "Bring The Noize" on Monday between 7 and 8pm (or noon and 1pm EST). Bug out! "Bring The Noize" will follow up last year's excellent "Bad Girls," and hopefully heralds the imminent arrival of her much delayed album Matangi , which is supposed to sound like "Paul Simon on acid." Earlier today "Bring The Noize" made a brief appearance on the UK Amazon store - which claimed the single was [...]

by DREW MALMUTH It’s all about the number 6. Or maybe The Conet Project. But of course there is something about number theory. And maybe The Little House on the Prairie. The theories that followed Reddit member lilcakey’s discovery of a twenty second recording on a Boards of Canada 12” in a record shop in New York City were often as extraordinarily detailed as they were outlandish. The Scottish duo’s cult fan base, hungry for new material to crypto-analyze after an eight-year gap in studio material, dove feverishly into [...]

According to BBC Radio 1 jockey Zane Lowe , the will be premiering a brand new M.I.A. single called "Bring The Noize" on Monday between 7 and 8pm (or noon and 1pm EST). Bug out! "Bring The Noize" will follow up last year's excellent "Bad Girls," and hopefully heralds the imminent arrival of her much delayed album Matangi , which is supposed to sound like "Paul Simon on acid." While you wait until Monday - four more days! - revisit the awesome Grammy -nominated "Bad [...]

• MIA - MATANGI Mix for Kenzo