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The chiffon-voiced 20-year-old Las Vegas singer Shamir Bailey appeared out of nowhere last year, dropping his Northtown EP on the Brooklyn DIY label GodMode and then breaking the fuck out with his giddy, irrepressible underground hit “On The Regular.” He’s since moved on to the much bigger label XL Recordings, and he’s now announcing that […]

We’ve been following Missy Elliot’s new pop/hip hop protégé Sharaya J for a couple of years now. Back in 2013 she put out club banger Banji (an acronym for “Be Authentic Never Jeopardize Individuality), produced by Elliot, with cheeky lyrics like “If he gotta girl, bet I can make you leave her”. But since then, […]

She could give you 12 thousand roses, like I did, repeats London singer/songwriter Elle on “Roses,” a lonesome sliver of a song that rolls hi-hats over quietly bubbling tones like dice across a table. In this simple yet striking video by House of Alt, Elle sings from beneath a rose crown and, at one point, […]