Atlanta, GA

Pitchfork

If you ever wanted to live a day in the life of an Atlanta cool girl just listen to an Anycia song. That’s been the appeal since last summer when the grainy snippet for “So What” lifted her from a life of partying and working odd jobs (bottle service, babysitter, hair stylist) to a life of partying and rapping. Produced by ATL underground gatekeeper Popstar Benny, the addictive “So What” features Anycia’s raspy-voiced, flirty-with-an-attitude raps over a beat that tosses Ciara’s hook on Field Mob’s hit of the same name into the pluggnb blender. The short visual added to the dreamy seductiveness, as Anycia and her clique—including fellow overnight sensation Karrahbooo—get drunk and turn up poolside; the handheld feel of a GoPro making it seem as if you just stumbled into a random Tuesday night of hers.

PRINCESS POP THAT

Los Angeles, CA

In January, Open Mike Eagle and frequent collaborators Video Dave and Still Rift announced their new group Previous Industries. At the time, they shared the tracks “Showbiz” and “Braids,” and they’ve now announced their debut album: Service Merchandise comes out June 28 via Merge. Check out the trio’s new single, “Pliers,” and its animated music video, a shot-for-shot remake of Jaws’ “Show me the way to go home” scene directed by Video Dave, below.

Open Mike Eagle Announces Debut Previous Industries Album and Tour, Shares New Song: Listen

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Indio, CA

The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival has announced the dates for its 2025 edition. The festival will return to the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California, for the weekends of April 11-13 and April 18-20. Advance ticket sales will begin next Friday, May 3. This year’s Coachella, which took...

Coachella Announces Dates for 2025 Festival

Detroit, MI

For over a decade Pablo Skywalkin’s cracked voice and offbeat flow has made him one of the oddballs of Detroit’s street rap scene. But these days I have no idea what’s going on with him. He’s ditched the True Religion Canadian tuxedo he sported in early videos like “Flex on Em” and now rocks wool sweaters and oversized spectacles that make him look like Norbit. No idea why, but he seems to be having a good time in the video for “Why You Kiss,” terrorizing a commercial bookstore by doing a wacky two-step in the aisles. The song is pretty silly too—it’s off his recent mixtape where he raps a bunch of nonsense on handclap-centric Certified Trapper type beats. I’m especially into “Why You Kiss” because the lyrics have him railing against the dating choices of the girl he’s trying to hit on, and the hook goes, “Bitch, why you kiss that broke nigga on his lips.” Too bad Pablo doesn’t do a great job of explaining what she should find so desirable about him, but I suppose somewhere, somehow, Mr. Rogers-core makes you a catch.

Listen to Pablo Skywalkin’s “Why You Kiss”: The Ones

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