King Louie

King Louie Bankston, RIP

Louisiana garage punk artist King Louie played in The Royal Pendletons, The Persuaders, The Exploding Hearts, Missing Monuments, made the Bad Times album with Jay Reatard & Eric Oblivian, and more.

23 New Songs Out Today

Listen to new songs by (Sandy) Alex G, Fruit Bats, Bedouine, Shannon Lay, Torche, Wear Your Wounds, Kool Keith, Culture Abuse, and more.

Queen Key released 'Eat My Pussy,' touring with G Herbo

Chicago rapper Queen Key has a standout verse on Joey Purp’s great new album, and she also has her own new album ‘Eat My Pussy’ ft. Tink, Dreezy, Cuban Doll, and King Louie…

this week BrooklynVegan Blog Radio on SiriusXMU celebrates Gonerfest (playlist)

Gonerfest bands past and present make up this week’s edition of our SiriusXMU Blog Radio show.

Taylor Bennett released stuff ft. Chance the Rapper, Joey Purp & more, playing Summerscreen & SOB's

Even if you’re not familiar with Taylor Bennett, you may be familiar with his older brother Chancelor Bennett, better known as Chance the Rapper. Taylor makes music too, and collaborates with his brother as well as Chance’s other pals like Donnie Trumpet, Joey Purp, and King Louie…

SXSW 2014 announces third round of showcasing artists

The 2014 SXSW Festival is coming up soon — March 11 – 16 in Austin, Texas — and they’ve just announced the third round of showcasing bands which is a massive update…

FACT's 50 Best Albums of 2013

I always look forward to FACT‘s year-end list, which you can count on to be chock full of (but not limited to) forward-thinking electronic music, pop, R&B and rap, and it’s one of the lists where I’m usually guaranteed to find something new…

watch a 3-minute video of a 6-minute QOTSA song; download Adult Swim's free garage rock compilation

As mentioned, Queens of the Stone Age are releasing a new album, …Like Clockwork, which is due out June 4 via Matador. They already released the first single, “My God Is The Sun,” and now they’ve given us another…

Fake Shore Drive lists the top 100 Chicago rap songs of 2012

Chicago-based hip hop site Fake Shore Drive have listed their picks for the 100 best Chicago rap songs of 2012. King Louie tops the list with his track “Val Venis,” and Lil Durk, Chief Keef, Lil Reese, Chance the Rapper, Giftz, Kanye West, and L…

Pitchfork's Top 100 Tracks of 2012 (Grimes' "Oblivion" is #1)

Pitchfork just posted their much anticipated list of the top 100 tracks of 2012. The #1 slot went to… Grimes! Whether you thought the whole of her album Visions was good or not, it was hard to deny the charms of “Oblivion…
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