"People try to put us down by saying 'she's doing the most' or 'he's way too much,' but why would we want to do the least?" Janet Mock asks in the opening minute of "Jewelry," one of the lead singles from Blood Orange's new album Negro Swan. The interlude is one of several that find…

A week from today, Blood Orange's new album Negro Swan will go out into the world, and thus far, Dev Hynes has shared videos for the songs "Charcoal Baby" and "Jewelry." The album comes with a bunch of prominent guests, and two of those guests joined Hynes on Jimmy Kimmel Live last night to debut…

Just this morning, Dev Hynes shared "Charcoal Baby," the first track we've heard from Blood Orange's upcoming new album Negro Swan. The album's due out in August, but he's not wasting any time: Hynes has already shared another new song from the album, "Jewelry," alongside another music video. This one was directed by…

Last year, we named Wild Pink one of the best new bands of 2017 on the strength of their self-titled debut album, and their forthcoming Yolk In The Fur is even better. On early songs "Lake Erie," "There Is A Ledger," and especially "Jewels Drossed In The Runoff," the band's understated indie-rock shifted toward expansive,…

Wild Pink have steered their meditative indie rock toward the big sky over the heartland on their new album Yolk In The Fur, which is to say that in addition to sounding like Death Cab For Cutie they also now sound like the War On Drugs. We've heard that creative exploration play out on two…