Santigold's roots are in punk (via her old Philly band Stiffed) as much as they are label A&R (via her tenure as an Epic Records agent), so be not surprised by her outright gaming of The System when…   Read Story »

"I took New York like Cloverfield." That's Spank Rock on "Car Song," the Santigold collab from his new album Everything Is Boring And Everyone Is A Fucking Liar. I like that line, mostly because…   Read Story »

"Nasty" is probably the title you'd expect for a team-up between Baltimore/Philly dance rapper Spank Rock and New Orleans sissy bounce queen Big Freedia. And the song itself, from Spank Rock's new…   Read Story »

How did you celebrate July 4th? On a rooftop BBQ listening to our summer mix? Maybe you stayed in and watched old episodes of Hoarders on Roku? Maybe I stayed in and did that. There is no way to…   Read Story »

Going on five years after the release of the masterfully produced, Björk and Yorke beloved Yoyoyoyoyoyo, Naeem Juwon revives the Spank Rock name for a new LP due this fall. It's titled Everything Is…   Read Story »

As of some time last year Spank Rock has a new Italo disco project called Mobroder. (More specifically the Naeem Juwon half of Spank Rock; producer XXXChange is off and running in many different…   Read Story »

In its original form "The Bike Song" is a breezy ode to Peter Panism. Major Lazer's remix focuses on Spank Rock's verse, so it's a lot less cute, a lot more sexual. Of course. Have a…   Read Story »

The video for Mark Ronson's "The Bike Song"? Full of bikes! Kyle Falconer and Spank Rock also appear in the video do their guest spots. Ronson's in there too, though you might not recognize him with…   Read Story »

Add this song to your list of bicycle odes ("Bicycle Race" and "Bicycle, Bicycle, You Are My Bicycle" are on there, right?), though it's really about using your time on your bike to clear your head…   Read Story »

Even the awards shows are better in Sweden. Earlier this week, the preternaturally pop-savvy country's annual public radio awards show, P3 Guld, aired from from the Scandinavium Arena in Gothenburg.…   Read Story »