Author Julie Brown

There were plenty of pleasant surprises on the countdown this week, most notably ‘outtakes that don’t sound like outtakes” from Kendrick Lamar. Also making appearances were Usher getting his R&B...

This week’s group of new music places heavy emphasis on pop music and the power of DANCE. Not dancing as in idly bopping around, more like dancing like Leonardo DiCaprio in Wolf Of Wall Street, forever...

As February marches on, in the corner of the music world that doesn’t have a 24 hour live feed on Kanye West’s Life Of Pablo, it is shaping out to be a great month for new releases. Andra Day scored her...

Riding high off the fumes of a wildly entertaining SuperBowl weekend, the new music of the week has a tall order to keep the masses entertained. Fortunately, New Music Friday brought it’s A-game to make sure...

While many in the music world zeroed in on twitter battles between Kanye West and Wiz Khalifa and Rihanna’s ANTI release this week, over at Spotify all attention was focused on Zayn Malik’s first single...

While the entire East Coast was rocked by winter storm Jonas, the music world was rocked by winter storm Macklemore and Tyler, with Macklemore & Ryan Lewis releasing an ambitious sequel to White Privilege,...

Waves of panic and fear washed over the Twitter-verse and splashed into Spotify subscribers EarPods this week, as the New Music Friday was slow out the gates, debuting many hours after its typical schedule....

It’s on and poppin’ in the New Year, with the New Music monster rolling out another batch of songs, this time with a little something for everyone. David Bowie (RIP!) has showed up again, with Girl Loves...

With the New Year comes a clean slate not just for your New Years resolutions, but new music as well. Which artists will make 2016 a year to remember? Panic! At The Disco makes a strong case for themselves...

As we enter into the last week of the year it’s a time to reflect on all the musical wonders of the past year, including the major hits (Adele, Justin Bieber, Drake) and breakthrough artists (Seinabo Sey,...

While things are winding down for the year, with best of 2015 lists popping up all over the place and the Grammy nominations officially confirmed, it’s easy to overlook that the new music machine forever...

This week's list celebrates Blasts From The Past, both in recent past and passed past, hitmaker PSY’s Daddy appears this week, and to truly terrify yourself don’t miss the accompanying video. California...