It might seem strange that Elton John, the legendary piano-pop master who recently condemned the modern practice of songwriting by committee, appears on the new song by Gorillaz, an operation that cycles through a stunning number of collaborators. But considering Damon Albarn seems to be the only permanent musical contributor to Gorillaz, maybe ...

Last month, two excellent underground rappers teamed up on one excellent song. Pink Siifu, an experimental lo-fi wanderer based in Baltimore, and Fly Anakin, the leader of the quietly consistent Richmond collective Mutant Academy, came together on the Animoss-produced collaborative track "Dollar Dr. Dream." At the time, I hoped that the song was...

You love to see smart, thoughtful indie rappers finding each other and linking up. For the past few years, Pink Siifu and Fly Anakin have been carving out parallel paths, releasing a whole lot of music and finding their audiences. Today, they've come together on a new single called "Dollar Dr. Dream."

Earlier this year, Australian studio wizards the Avalanches put out two new tracks, "Running Red Lights" (with Rivers Cuomo and Pink Siifu) and "We Will Always Love You" (with Blood Orange). They had a whole big billboard put up in Melbourne and everything, though chances are that whatever they had planned got derailed because of,…

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