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Miles Minnick has enjoyed a busy 2025, and the Christian rapper is looking to elevate his artistry as he’s agreed to a deal signing with EMPIRE on Friday (March 28). Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news The partnership comes about as a joint venture with Minnock’s The […]
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Save this storySaveSave this storySaveWith so much good music being released all the time, it can be hard to determine what to listen to first. Every week, Pitchfork offers a run-down of significant new releases available on streaming services. This week’s batch includes new albums from Perfume Genius, Destroyer, Lucy Dacus, Aya, YT, Eiko Ishibashi, Deafheaven, Great Grandpa, Ohyung, and Sandwell District. Subscribe to Pitchfork’s New Music Friday newsletter to get our recommendations in your inbox every week. (All releases featured here are independently selected by our editors. When you buy something through our affiliate links, however, Pitchfork earns an affiliate commission.)Perfume Genius: Glory [Matador]Following the cryptic, nonlinear compositions of 2022’s Ugly Season, Mike Hadreas returns to a more conventional singer-songwriter mode on his seventh studio album as Perfume Genius. The blistering one-two punch of lead single “It’s a Mirror” and the Aldous Harding duet “No Front Teeth” turns out to be a bit of a misdirect, as Glory is also Hadreas’ quietest, most reserved record in over a decade. That said, he and co-producer Blake Mills still muster up moments of sublime beauty like it’s just another Tuesday; see the tender devotional “Me & Angel,” a maybe-tribute to Celine Dion, and “In a Row,” the rollicking, 11th-hour showstopper that could even unseat “Queen” as his concert-closer of choice.Listen on Apple MusicListen on SpotifyListen on TidalListen on Amazon MusicListen/Buy at BandcampBuy at Rough TradeDestroyer: Dan’s Boogie [Merge]Dan Bejar spent the first months of 2025 on the road with Father John Misty. The two artists’ songwriting styles may seem nearly antithetical—one openhearted despite himself, the other sardonic to a fault— but, just a few seconds into Dan’s Boogie, it all clicks into place, as opening track “The Same Thing as Nothing at All” practically drips with the luster of Mahashmashana. But Bejar takes his new Destroyer album to places only he could go, like the sound of science-fiction film soundtracks (“The Ignoramus of Love”), balearic pop (“Bologna”), and what can best be described as “marching band bar rock” (“Sun Meet Snow”). “Fools rush in, but you’re the only one with guts” Bejar sings on the single “Hydroplaning off the Edge of the World,” and he could just as easily be talking about himself.Listen on Apple MusicListen on SpotifyListen on TidalListen on Amazon MusicListen/Buy at BandcampBuy at Rough TradeLucy Dacus: Forever Is a Feeling [Geffen]Forever Is a Feeling is the follow-up to Lucy Dacus’ 2021 LP, Home Video, and her Grammy-winning debut with Boygenius, The Record. Dacus announced her fourth studio album with two lead singles—“Ankles” and “Limerence.” The former arrived with a playful music video starring Dacus frolicking around Paris in a ballgown. She followed the two tracks with “Best Guess” and “Talk.” The visual for “Best Guess” was an homage to 1990s Calvin Klein ads, and included cameos from Cara Delevigne, Towa Bird, and Muna’s Naomi McPherson. Dacus co-produced “Talk” with Blake Mills. Dacus continues her tour in support of Forever Is a Feeling next month.Listen on Apple MusicListen on SpotifyListen on TidalListen on Amazon MusicListen/Buy at BandcampBuy at Rough TradeAya: Hexed! [Hyperdub]London-based DJ and producer Aya returns with her second studio LP, Hexed! The follow-up to her 2021 breakout, Im Hole, was mixed by James Ginzburg and mastered by the British producer Joker, who also mastered Aya’s Lip Flip EP. Hexed! is a 10-track hyperpop assault marked by precise textures and explosive percussion. Aya shared walloping lead single “Off to the Esso” upon announcing the album, followed by the slightly mellower “Navel Gazer.”Listen on Apple MusicListen on SpotifyListen on TidalListen on Amazon MusicListen/Buy at BandcampBuy at Rough TradeYT: Oi! [G2G]Oi! is the latest release from London rapper YT, who went viral a couple of years back for his outerwear inspired cut “Arc’teryx.” The new project follows 2023’s #StillSwaggin. YT—who celebrated his graduation from the University of Oxford with #StillSwaggin opener “The One (Just Got My Degree)”—draws heavily upon Y2K hip-hop production for his often humorous tracks. Oi! includes the singles “Black & Tan” and “Prada or Celine.”Listen on Apple MusicListen on SpotifyListen on TidalListen on Amazon MusicEiko Ishibashi: Antigone [Drag City]Antigone is the latest studio album from composer and multi-instrumentalist Eiko Ishibashi. She recorded the sweeping, cinematic project with accordionist Kalle Moberg, bassist Marty Holoubek, drummer Tatsuhisa Yamamoto, and percussionist Joe Talia. Her creative and romantic partner, Jim O’Rourke, also features on the album, playing six-string bass and synthesizers, while Ermhoi contributes backing vocals. The record arrives after Ishibashi completed a pair of film scores, for Drive My Car and Evil Does Not Exist, both directed by Ryusuke Hamaguchi.Listen on Apple MusicListen on SpotifyListen on TidalListen on Amazon MusicListen/Buy at BandcampBuy at Rough TradeDeafheaven: Lonely People With Power [Roadrunner]Black metal outfit Deafheaven have signed with Roadrunner Records since releasing their last album, 2021’s Infinite Granite. And their new one, Lonely People With Power, is their 12-track debut on the label, produced alongside previous collaborator Justin Meldal-Johnsen. To go with the album’s release, the band has shared a short film for “Winona.”Listen on Apple MusicListen on SpotifyListen on TidalListen on Amazon MusicListen/Buy at BandcampBuy at Rough TradeGreat Grandpa: Patience, Moonbeam [Run for Cover]Patience, Moonbeam is the first album from Seattle indie-rock quintet Great Grandpa in nearly six years. Their debut LP, Plastic Cough, landed in 2017, followed not long after by 2019’s Four of Arrows. “We’re all like individual swinging pendulums,” guitarist Dylan Hanwright said in press materials, discussing Great Grandpa’s creative process and alluding to the time that’s elapsed since their last album. “Every now and then we come into sync for a few rotations.… When it does come together, it’s really beautiful.”Listen on Apple MusicListen on SpotifyListen on TidalListen on Amazon MusicListen/Buy at BandcampBuy at Rough TradeOhyung: You Are Always on My Mind [NNA Tapes]You Are Always on My Mind is the latest album from Brooklyn-based artist Ohyung—aka composer Lia Ouyang Rusli. The follow-up to their 2022 LP, Imagine Naked!, features 11 tracks that meld electronic, trip-hop production, shoegaze, and dreampop, which are all conduits for Ohyung’s exploration of their gender transition. Ohyung has described the album as “my trans self and my former self in conversation, from both perspectives.” Ohyung produced and mixed the project, which contains the singles “No Good,” “I Swear That I Could Die RN,” and “Dancing on the Soft Knife.”Listen on Apple MusicListen on SpotifyListen on TidalListen on Amazon MusicListen/Buy at BandcampBuy at Rough TradeSandwell District: End Beginnings [The Point of Departure]Sandwell District, the elusive UK techno collective, have returned with their first album in 15 years. End Beginnings follows their 2010 debut, Feed Forward, which was a highly coveted record even before its release, due to word-of-mouth buzz around the group. Regis (aka musician and Sandwell District founder Karl O’Connor) and Function (DJ and producer David Sumner) made End Beginnings in homage to their late Sandwell District collaborator Juan Mendez, who recorded as Silent Servant and created visuals for the label. The album title was taken from an unfinished piece of art Mendez was working on before he died.Listen on Apple MusicListen on SpotifyListen on TidalListen on Amazon MusicBuy at Rough Trade
British singer Duffy has been off-the-radar for much of the past decade after revealing in 2020 that she was the victim of a terrifying assault and kidnapping in 2015. The Grammy winner took her latest tentative step back into the spotlight this week when she made a brief cameo in a TikTok video posted by […]
Save this storySaveSave this storySaveAll products are independently selected by our editors. If you buy something, we may earn an affiliate commission.My Bloody Valentine have extended their return to the stage to include three tour dates in the United Kingdom this November. After announcing a show at Dublin’s 3Arena last year, the Irish group has added dates in London, Manchester, and Glasgow, marking their first UK headline tour—albeit a mini one—in more than a decade. Check out the dates below.My Bloody Valentine’s last album was 2013’s M B V, the long-delayed follow-up to 1991 classic Loveless. Since then, Kevin Shields has begun the traditional process of alluding to new music—even going as far as to sign to Domino for a purported dual album release—without giving any timeline or firm sense that it might come out in our lifetime. “I don’t want to be 70-something wanting to make the next record after M B V,” he told The New York Times in 2021. “I think it’d be cooler to make one now.”All products featured on Pitchfork are independently selected by our editors. However, when you buy something through our retail links, we may earn an affiliate commission.My Bloody Valentine TourBuy Now at TicketmasterMy Bloody Valentine:11-23 Dublin, Ireland – 3Arena11-24 Manchester, England – Aviva Studios11-25 London, England – OVO Wembley Arena11-27 Glasgow, England – OVO Hydro
It’s been 20 years since Ding Dong’s “Badman Forward Badman Pull Up” became an ocean-crossing, generational anthem for dancers and revelers — and the man behind the iconic track is finally unleashing his debut studio album.
Billboard can exclusively reveal that, on May 5, Ding Dong (born Kemar Ottey) will release From Ding Dong to the World, an album he promises will be a breath of fresh air for the dancehall scene. Featuring production contributions from Ricky Blaze, Khalfani, Felva, Dunwell, and Black Spyda — who mixed and mastered the entire project — From Ding Dong to the World will also house collaborations with scores of dancehall superstars, including Skeng, Skillibeng, Stalk Ashley, Govana, Afro B, Popeye Caution, Vanessa Bling and Grammy-nominated rap icon Busta Rhymes. Fans can pre-save the album here.
At a succinct 13 tracks, Ding Dong’s new album aims to place him in the pantheon of dancehall greats, several of which he names as inspiration, like Elephant Man, Bounty Killer, Beenie Man and Sean Paul, whose 2002 “Gimme the Light” music video he cites as one of the most important moments of dancehall’s dance culture being highlighted on a global scale.
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“This album is the evolution of Ding Dong,” the dancer-turned-recording artist declares. “I want to show people that I am a rounded artist, not just a dancer. This style of dancehall hasn’t been done on an album in a long time. I never knew the difficulties and the challenges of doing an album. It’s not a simple thing to get [samples] cleared, so I think the time is now. I am always current. It’s God’s will!”
Ding Dong finished the album last year, but sample clearances cosmically delayed the album release timeline to coincide with the 20-year anniversary of “Badman Forward.” One of those samples was Kris Kross’ “Jump,” which Ding Dong lifts for his new Kaka Highflames and Skeng-assisted single, “Street Jump.” Serving as the set’s lead single, “Street Jump” transposes the audacious energy of Kris Kross’ 1992 Billboard Hot 100 chart-topper into a floor-quaking dancehall banger that plays on Skeng’s own penchant for leaping into the sky during his live performances. The new single arrived alongside its official music video on Thursday (March 27).
“Kris Kross was one of the artists I really messed with growing up,” explains Ding Dong. “I remember when Khalfani did the riddim and I walked in the studio and he played it – without thinking, the first thing I did was [start rapping “Jump”] over the riddim. I recorded that right away, and then mi seh, “I haffi get Skeng pon di song.”
And he did. On a clip shared to his official Instagram page — which has amassed nearly 200,000 views — Ding Dong plays the “Street Jump” riddim for Skeng as he characteristically vaults into the air because the beat moved him so much. It’s similar to what happens when a DJ drops “BadMan Forward” at a function, people simply feel compelled to move. Playing on the legacy and timelessness of “Badman Forward,” Ding Dong also included a bombastic remix of the classic featuring new-age dancehall giant Skillibeng.
“’BadMan Forward’ is the first song I recorded. If you notice, there are no verses, I just wanted to buss a dance, not a song. The version that you hear is the demo version, it’s not mixed,” reveals Ding Dong. “At the time, the willie bounce was everything but I realized di people dem wan change. So I made the song with the dance to make my mark as a dancer. When I chose the name of the song, I was told it was too long. Mi seh mi nah change it. If you wan mek change inna your life, you have to do things differently. It started in Jamaica, went to England, and then New York. The energy, the kick of the riddim and the dance itself made the song a staple within so many generations.”
Watch the official “Street Jump” music video below.
Buoyed by the meteoric rise and popularity of Latin music, Billboard is expanding its Latin chart offerings with four new 25-position genre rankings, which — effective with the lists dated April 12 (to post on Billboard.com Tuesday, April 8) — will employ the same model as the streaming-, airplay- and sales-based Hot Latin Songs chart.
The new Hot Latin Songs sub-genre charts — Hot Latin Pop Songs, Hot Regional Mexican Songs, Hot Latin Rhythm Songs and Hot Tropical Songs — aim to recognize the achievements of Latin artists based on today’s consumption methods: across audio and video streaming platforms, at radio and via purchased tracks in the U.S., with data according to tracker Luminate.
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“We are thrilled to see these sub-genre charts become a reality,” says Salomon Palacios III, Universal Music Latino svp marketing and artist strategy. “The implementation of these charts continues to demonstrate the growth of Latin music and all of its diverse sub-genres and, as a result, a need to have additional charts beyond Hot Latin Songs. These sub-genre charts provide additional spaces to highlight the successes of more emerging artists from different Latin sub-genres, allowing these artists more opportunities to reach new achievements and enrich their narratives, storytelling and overall awareness.”
The new charts will also serve as a complement to the continuing airplay and album rankings for Latin pop, regional Mexican, Latin rhythm and tropical.
Here’s a recap of all Billboard Latin charts (all updated weekly on Billboard.com), in order of their premiere dates:
Launch Date, ChartJune 29, 1985, Latin Pop Albums, Regional Mexican Albums, Tropical AlbumsSept. 6, 1986, Hot Latin SongsJuly 10, 1993, Top Latin AlbumsOct. 8, 1994, Latin Pop Airplay, Regional Mexican Airplay, Tropical AirplayNov. 12, 1994, Latin AirplayMay 21, 2005, Latin Rhythm AlbumsAug. 13, 2005, Latin Rhythm AirplayJan. 23, 2010, Latin Digital Song SalesApril 20, 2013, Latin Streaming SongsApril 12, 2025, Hot Latin Pop Songs, Hot Regional Mexican Songs, Hot Latin Rhythm Songs, Hot Tropical Songs
Lil Nas X has been on a tear lately. Since November, the rapper has dropped a series of songs, beginning with the dance-y “Light Again,” and the propulsive “Need Dat Boy” in late 2024. Then, this month he’s kicked things up a notch with a string of single releases in the lead-up to the as-yet-unscheduled release of Dreamboy LP, the anticipated follow-up to his 2021 debut full-length album Montero.
The flurry of activity has resulted in the surprise drop on Friday morning (March 28) of the 8-track EP, Days Before Dreamboy. The mini album collects all of Lil Nas’ recent output, including “Dreamboy,” the hard-hitting apparent title track on which he warns, “B–ch, I’m back like J. Christ,” the latter a seeming reference to his failure-to-launch 2024 single “J. Christ,” which created more controversy than chart action.
Just two days later, he was back with the no-games-played “Big Dummy,” on which he rapped “I’ma send this to the group chat/ They gon’ be like ‘who’s that?’/ I’ma be like, ‘Big X, dummy,’ now y’all know I’m comin’.” The next day (March 12), LNX hit us again with the more low-key “Swish,” the basketball metaphor-twisting ballad where he sings, “Swish, they gotta make this shot, gonna make this hot/ Swish, they gotta make this shot, gotta hit this/ I won’t miss/ Another one in, another one in.”
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He wasn’t nearly done, though, dropping the bass-thumping party jam “Right There!” on March 13, a chronicle of a wild night out, as well as a broadside against those who thought he was done. “Last year, a n–ga went missin’/ This year, I’m washin’ these n–gas like I was just doin’ the dishes/ My b–ches is n–gas, these n–gas is b–ches/ I’m drunk as f–k, what is the difference?,” he spits over gospel-like backing vocals and a crisp beat.
He capped off his frenzied release week with the Neptunes-like banger “Hotbox” and the take no mess “Lean on My Body.” They’re all collected now in one place as fans wait for news on the Dreamboy album; at press time it was not clear if all the songs on the EP will also appear on that full-length release.
Listen to Days Before Dreamboy EP below.
Ice Cube proved his hometown bona fides on Thursday (Mach 27) when he hopped in his custom blue Chevy Impala for a slow drive into Dodgers Stadium to make a very special delivery for the home team on opening day. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news A […]
Sabrina Carpenter has returned to the top of the ARIA Albums Chart, as Short n’ Sweet scores its 12th non-consecutive week at No. 1. The milestone comes as Perth duo Old Mervs land at No. 4 with their self-titled debut, marking their first top 5 appearance. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See […]