The disappointment is imminent! In recent months, noise-blasted underground rap provocateur JPEGMAFIA has been hyping up his next album by emphasizing how disappointing it will be. He told me as much in an interview, and he's continued to say so in various promo bits. Well, prepare to be underwhelmed because the album now has a…

One of the highlights of James Blake's recent album Assume Form is "Barefoot In The Park," a collaboration with the Spanish flamenco art-pop star Rosalía. Today, Rosalía headlined the Primavera Sound festival in Barcelona, and she brought James Blake along to perform "Barefoot In The Park" with her live. Watch their surprise onstage team-up be...

James Blake released his new album, Assume Form, earlier this year. It's a star-studded collection of songs, featuring Travis Scott, André 3000, Rosialía, Metro Boomin, and Moses Sumney. But Blake still shines on the tracks he handles alone, like the lovestruck "I’ll Come Too." Tomorrow, Blake will make his daytime TV debut playing that song...

Just a few months ago, UK time-warper James Blake came out with the new album Assume Form. Blake, of course, specializes in intricately constructed, deeply emotive lyrical self-laceration. But compared to past Blake albums, Assume Form wasn't so much of an internal journey. Instead, Blake found himself collaborating with some of his present-day ...

You'll want these records in your collection...Vinyl recordsIn this fast-paced musical landscape, where it’s so easy to simply put a playlist on shuffle, nothing compares to putting a record on, sitting back and enjoying all it has to offer in full (or at least until you have get up again to flip it over). Every week, NME will round up...