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As you may have heard, one of this week’s biggest and weirdest stories in the music world is that Capitol Records has signed an AI rapper, and it turns out that rapper was co-created by none other than the frontman of E.Town Concrete…

This week’s Notable Releases include Angel Olsen’s country-tinged album, 070 Shake’s futuristic art pop album, Post Malone’s melancholic LP (ft. Fleet Foxes, The Weeknd & Doja Cat), Stay Inside’s art-emo EP, and more…

Atlanta rappers Young Thug and Gunna are among 28 people associated with Young Thug’s Young Stoner Life label/collective that have been charged with conspiracy to violate the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), and the indictment defines YSL as a ”criminal street gang.”

The hip-hop, electronic, and dance-focused California fest expands to three days for 2022.

Listen to new songs by The Weeknd (Kaytranada remix), Simulakra, Praise, DreamDoll, Nine of Swords, Venom Inc, Neko Case, Ab-Soul, Craig Finn, Warpaint, Logic, and much more…

Listen to new songs by Kay Flock/Cardi B, Be Well, Guided by VoicesMinus the Bear’s David Knudson, Theo Croker, Trina & Latto, Matt Koziol, Empath (Spirit of the Beehive remix), Otoboke Beaver, and more…

Machine Gun Kelly’s second Travis Barker-assisted album goes even more full-blown pop punk than his last. It has its endearing moments, and its eyerolling ones, but mainly it’s all just very average.

Bape founder and producer/DJ Nigo’s star-studded ‘I Know NIGO!’ compilation is here.

Plus Surfbort, A Giant Dog, Gunna, Young Thug, Sammy Hagar, Circuit des Yeux, SASAMI, and more from SXSW 2022.

Lizzo also has a new reality series ‘Watch Out for the Big Grrrls‘ that debuts this week on Amazon.