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Over the course of his nearly-20-year career, Compton rapper The Game has been renowned, respected, and ridiculed for his charismatic storytelling, which can range from introspection on intimate moments between himself and his rap game associates to wild, borderline unbelievable tales of late-night shootouts with compatriots such as 50 Cent. Even more of the same is undoubtedly on the way when he appears on NORE’s Drink Champs podcast this week, which the cast’s Instagram page announced along with a teaser of one of the more outrageous moments to come.

In the teaser clip, Game asserts that Kanye West, with whom he recently collaborated on the song “Eazy,” famous for featuring Kanye’s line about beating up his ex’s new man, has done more for Game than Dr. Dre did in the Compton rapper’s whole career. This is, of course, after he spends at least part of the interview with a black balaclava and winter coat before overheating and removing both.

That said, the wild claim has Twitter buzzing, because even accounting for recency bias, there’s no way Game can truly believe that — his sophomore album is called Doctor’s Advocate, for crying out loud (even if it was released on Geffen after Game left Aftermath over his falling out with 50 Cent). Some have attributed the comment to Game’s supposed bitterness over being left off Dre’s recent Super Bowl halftime show performance, but he shot down that supposition early, saying, “I don’t feel no way about not being included.” Then again, Drink Champs has kind of become the go-to podcast for making over-the-top claims to promote new work — even for Game’s benefactor Kanye.

You can check out the clip, as well as some of the reactions to it, below.

Indie music has grown to include so much. It’s not just music that is released on independent labels, but speaks to an aesthetic that deviates from the norm and follows its own weirdo heart. It can come in the form of rock music, pop, or folk. In a sense, it says as much about the people that are drawn to it as it does about the people that make it.

Every week, Uproxx is rounding up the best new indie music from the past seven days. This week we got the new album by Gang Of Youths, a beginning of a new era for Florence + The Machine, and Sasami’s anticipated sophomore album.

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Gang Of Youths — Angel In Realtime

Aussie five-piece band Gang Of Youths has been gaining traction in the US for the past several years, but their latest LP Angel In Realtime is sure to be their most-talked-about release to date. Lead singer David Le’aupepe infuses witty lyrics and self-effacing jabs over cascading chords and bright melodies for a release which Uproxx’s Steven Hyden calls a “real achievement.”

Sasami — Squeeze

Sasami first arrived on the indie scene with her gentle and acoustic guitar-driven self-titled debut LP. But for her sophomore album Squeeze, released this week, Sasami shows off a harder edge. Throughout eleven tracks, the singer absolutely shreds on electric guitar and toes the line between metal and EDM with tracks like “Say It” and the raucous “Sorry Entertainer.”

Bakar — Nobody’s Home

UK musician Bakar has been creating buzz around his name ever since his 2018 debut. With this week’s album Nobody’s Home, Bakar cements himself as an indie star. The release sways between his playful and his vulnerable side, critiquing people’s biases in on the track “Not From Here” while showing off his catchy songwriting on “NW3.”

Caroline — Caroline

Fans of Black Country, New Road are probably still reeling from the lead singer’s departure and the band’s canceled North American tour. Thankfully, UK group Caroline’s self-titled LP similar enough to BCNR to keep fans entertained. The London-based eight-piece collective shared their entrancing debut this week, an album that at times builds momentum through a flurry of instruments while also appreciating the importance of a quiet, string-driven ballad.

Florence + The Machine — “King”

It’s been several years since Florence + The Machine last released an album, but that’s all about to change as this week, the band returned to kick off a new era of music with the ballad-like track “King.” Not only does the song offer space for Welch to show of her insanely powerful vocals, but it’s also a heady commentary on gender roles in the music industry, as Welch herself reflects on how she used to model herself after male performers in her early career days.

Toro Y Moi — “The Loop”

Toro Y Moi‘s Chaz Bear has been releasing music under the moniker for nearly 12 years, and it doesn’t look like he’s slowing down anytime soon. Continuing to prepare for his eighth studio album Mahal, which is slated for a late April release, the musician drops the groovy number “The Loop.” The track is driven by a funky bass line and buoyant keys and features lighthearted lyrics about staying up-to-date with friends in different time zones.

Mdou Moctar — Afrique Victime (Deluxe)

Niger-based Mdou Moctar earned a massive US following last year with the release of the delightful album Afrique Victime last year. After touring around the world behind the release, the band return to beef up the LP with a deluxe release. The neo-psychedelic rock project adds a few demos and live tracks from the time since the original album’s release, showing Mdou Moctar’s ability two create captivating and intoxicating tunes.

Girlpool — “Dragging My Life Into A Dream”

Duo Girlpool continue teasing the follow up to their 2019 album with “Dragging My Life Into A Dream,” another single from their forthcoming fifth studio album Forgiveness. The brooding and melodic track explores the themes of insecurity and isolation, as singer Avery Tucker confronts his tendency to romanticize the past.

Jean Dawson — “Porn Acting”

After making countless end of year lists in 2020 for his Pixel Bath album, Jean Dawson shares the refined track “Porn Acting” as his first release of the year. With the new single, Dawson once again proves himself an endlessly innovative songwriter, combining confident with a chaotic mix of heavy melodies and piercing guitars. About the song, Dawson explains: “We are all the same, we are all bags of flesh, tryna prove that we’re not as bad as we know we are.”

Talker — “My Meds”

LA-based musician Talker has shared a number of playful tracks ahead of her upcoming In Awe of Insignificance EP, but with her latest track “My Meds,” Talker shows off a more intimate side to her songwriting. The blissed-out track is a way of understanding the ups-and-downs of mental health and the fact that even though becoming medicated is sometimes necessary, it can still be difficult to accept.

Giant Waste Of Man — “Swim”

Following up their 2019 release The Politics Of Lonely, LA-based group Giant Waste Of Man shares the gripping ballad “Swim.” The song showcases the vocalist’s textured lyrical delivery, very reminiscent of The National’s Matt Berninger.

Cola — “So Excited”

Cola, the new band formed by a few members of the recently broken up group Ought, officially announced their debut album Deep In View this week with the shuffling song “So Excited.” The single is a more detached look at their songwriting, combining drowned out vocals with urgent instrumentation to create a song which the band sees as a “capstone” of their upcoming debut.

Enumclaw — “2002”

Washington group Enumclaw have quickly positioned themselves as ones to watch with a handful of songs released in 2021. Now armed with a new label and new material, the group share the aloof single “2002.” As the self-proclaimed “best band since Oasis,” Enumclaw sure have a lot to live up to. But if their upcoming music is anything like “2002,” their assertions don’t seem so lofty.

Some of the artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

The Haim sisters and Paul Thomas Anderson are peas in a pod. They’ve enjoyed a fruitful professional relationship over the years, most notably in recent days with Alana Haim starring in Licorice Pizza. Now, Anderson was part of the inspiration behind a new single from the group, a quick and gentle number called “Lost Track.”

On Instagram, the band explained the song’s origins:

“‘I’ll never get back what I lost track of’

We had that line written for the last year but could never figure out what to do with it. We kept writing it down, not knowing where it should live. Cut to PTA shooting the director’s cut issue for @wmag with our baby sister on the cover! An opportunity arose to do a quick music component while shooting the story. Paul mentioned having the book ‘Appointment in Samarra’ as a possible direction. So we did some digging around the book and were inspired by the scene where the main character throws a drink in someone’s face at a country club. We were inspired by the idea of someone doing something so drastic to get out of a situation they felt uncomfortable in – just to feel something. We finally remembered that lyric and wrote and recorded the song and shot the whole thing in a few days! Anyway, felt fun to do something very collaborative/ off the cuff.”

Listen to “Lost Track” above.

Elden Ring is one of the most highly rated games of all time. As reviews have poured in for the game the consensus across the games industry is that it’s a gem with some going so far as to call it one of the best games ever made. While nobody is shocked From Software, the creators of Dark Souls, managed to make another hit game it is a little surprising to see how seemingly everyone in the gaming space has been talking about their latest hit in Elden Ring.

Among those talking about is A Song of Ice and Fire creator, George R.R. Martin, who actually contributed to the creation process of Elden Ring. While he wasn’t in the game studio every day coding the game himself, he did have a significant role in the world-building and lore of the Elden Ring universe. He knocked his assignment out of the park because one of the best parts of Elden Ring has been exploring to see what this strange land has to offer. That’s been part of why the game has been reviewing so well. Martin has been happy to see all of those positive reviews and mentioned in a post about the game on his blog that all of the positive reviews have been “music to his ears.”

“Once in a generation… masterpiece… beautiful and brutal… a sumptuous open world… ”

Music to the ears.

Of course, almost all the credit should go to Hidetaka Miyazaki and his astonishing team of games designers who have been laboring on this game for half a decade or more, determined to create the best videogame ever. I am honored to have met them and worked with them, and to have have played a part, however small, in creating this fantastic world and making ELDEN RING the landmark megahit that it is.

Elden Ring on the review score aggregation site, Metacritic, currently sits between a 95 and 97 across all platforms. This puts it among many all-time great games such as The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time and Super Mario Galaxy. With how positively the game has been received we’re likely going to be hearing about this game for a long time. Martin and everyone at From Soft should be proud of what they’ve accomplished.

Following Donald Trump‘s speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Florida over the weekend, Jimmy Kimmel got right to work hammering the former president for continuing to push his “most insane” lie about Vladimir Putin as Russia continues its invasion of Ukraine. During his Monday night monologue, Kimmel blasted Trump for saying that no one was harder on Putin than him, to which Kimmel quipped, “No one was harder for Putin.”

The very same night the Ukraine invasion began, Trump made headlines for calling the move by Putin “smart” and “savvy,” so Kimmel really doesn’t want to hear from the former guy that he could’ve stopped all of this from happening when Trump’s love for Putin couldn’t be more blatant. Via HuffPost:

“I don’t know about you, but I’m not particularly interested in hearing Capt. Bone Spurs’ thoughts on war when his only military credentials are leading an attack on his own vice president at the Capitol,” Kimmel said. “Be an American for one minute and shut up. Even the clown from ‘It’ took a few years off between terrorizing children.”

As the late night host continue to blast Trump’s not exactly subtle appreciation for Putin, Kimmel got in a dig by gaming out how Trump will be screwed if Biden and the rest of the world cripple the Russian economy.

“This is a tough one for Donald Trump,” Kimmel said. “If Biden’s sanctions work and Russia runs out of money, in 2024 there’ll be no one to fund his campaign.”

(Via HuffPost)

Yesterday, Spotify’s old West Hollywood office was crowded with songwriters advocating for better pay, according to a Billboard reporter. Tiffany Red was the event organizer, a professional songwriter with clients like Jennifer Hudson and Jason Derulo. She founded The 100 Percenters, who stated on their website that the mission was to host “a peaceful protest in Los Angeles in support of better royalty rates for music creators from Spotify and other streaming platforms.” With picket signs, they demanded one cent per stream.

Protesters brought up the fact that Spotify gave notorious podcaster Joe Rogan a $200 million deal despite his repeated behavior of spewing misinformation and saying the N-word: “They tell us they can’t pay us more and then they go and give a podcaster that much money?” artist and songwriter Bianca “Blush” Atterberry said. They pointed out that Spotify is worth $67 billion. The protest, though, is a part of the group’s larger goal to get all streaming services to pay better including Apple Music, Amazon, and Pandora.

Meanwhile, UK indie group The Pocket Gods recently protested Spotify’s royalty rates for artists with 1000X30 – Nobody Makes Money Anymore, an album that consisted of 1,000 songs that all run for about 30 seconds. Bandleader Mark Christopher Lee noted his band earns about £0.002 (about a quarter of a US cent) from each Spotify stream of their songs.

YG and Moneybagg Yo cracked open a bank vault to perform amidst the crates of cash in their late-night performance of “Scared Money” on The Tonight Show. The pre-filmed performance finds YG and Yo dressed up in matching two-piece suits rapping the camera as dollar bills fly around them inside a replica bank vault. While their third collaborator, J. Cole, apparently wasn’t able to make the appearance, the remaining performers hold it down with charismatic stage presence and braggadocious rhymes.

YG and Yo appeared on The Tonight Show to promote YG’s upcoming album Pray For Me, which is due this year under Def Jam Recordings. The album will be the Compton rapper’s first since 2020’s My Life 4Hunnid, which peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard 200, selling 64,000 album-equivalent units in the first week. However, in 2021, YG did also release Kommunity Service, a joint album with Sacramento rapper Mozzy, which. produced the videos for “Bompton To Oak Park,” “Dangerous,” “Gangsta,” “Perfect Timing,” and “Vibe With You.”

Since then, YG has released one other single, “Sign Language,” and concentrated his efforts on his philanthropic endeavors, which included handing out more than $20,000 worth of his signature sneakers to former cons and delivered teleconferencing devices and applications for mental health services to low-income residents of Los Angeles.

You can watch YG’s late-night performance of “Scared Money” above.

From Matthew Morgan, founder and ex-head of Afropunk, and partner Jocelyn Cooper comes Letsgetfr.ee Carnaval. Set to take place this August at Flushing Meadows Corona Park in Queens, New York, Letsgetfr.ee comes as a partnership with global creative agency Anomaly and aims to be a “diversity-focused, purpose-driven music experience.”

Letsgetfr.ee will take place over two days on two different stages. Festivities kick off on Saturday, August 20th, with Missy Elliott, Wizkid and Jhene Aiko headlining. Kali Uchis, Anderson .Paak & The Free Nationals, and Ozuna will headline that Sunday.

Anomaly has partnered with DICE to provide a “choose your own adventure” ticketing structure, allowing festival-goers to pick and choose which artists they would like to see on either day of the festival. This will allow for affordable and accessible tickets for “every community that [Letsgetfr.ee] celebrates.”

“When we first heard the plans for Letsgetfr.ee we had to have an ‘everybody sit down’ moment,”said DICE President Russ Tannen in a statement. “The mission and ambition is aligned perfectly with DICE’s values and we’re excited to be named the exclusive ticketing partner.”

Queens residents who present a valid address can access the presale through Sunday, March 6th. by registering through DICE. The Queens presale begins on Tuesday, March 8th. General on-sale begins Wednesday, March 9th.

Check out the full line-up below.

Some of the artists mentioned are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

Jeopardy‘s run of inspiring contestants has continued with Christine Whelchel, a cancer survivor who’s on a four-game winning streak. During her first three appearances, the piano teacher and church organist from Spring Hill, Tennessee sported mid-length blonde hair, but during Monday’s episode, she had a shorter haircut. “After winning, I decided I didn’t need to hide behind the wig anymore,” she told host Ken Jennings, “and I want to normalize what going through cancer recovery really looks like.”

The official Jeopardy! account shared the clip on Twitter, tweeting, “A strong Jeopardy! player and an even stronger person.” (She’s also a “really generous trivia teammate,” as someone in the replies wrote.) You can watch the video below.

In her first episode last week, Whelchel shared how her cancer battle and Jeopardy! journey are closely tied together in her mind. “One of the first things I did a couple of weeks after being diagnosed was take the Jeopardy! test, and I ended up getting my audition the night before my surgery in May,” she said. Whelchel, who added that everything “went well” and that she’s “cancer-free as of right now,” is up to $73,602 in total earnings on the game show. She’ll compete again during Tuesday’s episode.

Keeping track of all the new albums coming out in a given month is a big job, but we’re up for it: Below is a comprehensive list of the major releases you can look forward to in March. If you’re not trying to potentially miss out on anything, it might be a good idea to keep reading.

Friday, March 4

• Allegra Krieger — Precious Thing (Northern Spy)
• Babehoven — Sunk EP (Double Double Whammy)
• BabyTron — Megatron (The Hip Hop Lab/EMPIRE)
• Bahamas — Live To Tape, Volume III EP (Brushfire / Republic Records)
• Band Of Horses — Things Are Great (BMG)
• Benee — Lychee EP (Republic Records)
• Bob Moses — The Silence In Between (Astralwerks)
• Broken Field Runner — Runner (Secret Audio Club)
• Cécile McLorin Salvant — Ghost Song (Nonesuch)
• Ceramic Animal — Sweet Unknown (Easy Eye)
• Charlotte Adigéry And Bolis Pupul — Topical Dancer (Deewee)
• Chelsea Carmichael — All We Know EP (Native Rebel Recordings)
• Chief Cleopatra — Luna EP (Royal Mountain Records)
• The Dip — Sticking With It (Dualtone Records)
• Diplo — Diplo (Higher Ground)
• Dolly Parton — Run, Rose, Run (Butterfly Records)
• El Ten Eleven — New Year’s Eve (Joyful Noise Recordings)
• Fieh — In The Sun In The Rain (Jansen Records)
• The Flower Kings — By Royal Decree (InsideOut Music)
• Guided By Voices — Crystal Nuns Cathedral (GBV Inc.)
• Ilhan Ersahin, Dave Harrington, and Kenny Wollesen — Invite Your Eye (Nublu)
• Jody And The Jerms — Flicker (JATJ)
• Jordan Rakei — Bruises EP (Ninja Tune)
• Klangstof — Ocean View EP (Northern Transmissions)
• Kojey Radical — Reason To Smile (Asylum/Atlantic)
• Léon — Circles (LL Entertainment/BMG)
• LEYA — Eyeline (NNA Tapes)
• Luna Li — Duality (AWAL/In Real Life)
• Madi Diaz — History Of A Feeling EP (ANTI-)
• Matt Anderson — House To House (True North Records)
• Maylee Todd — Maloo (Stones Throw)
• Melissa Aldana — 12 Stars (Blue Note Records)
• Michelle — After Dinner We Talk Dreams (Canvasback Music/Transgressive)
• Morgan Harper-Jones — While You Lay Sound Asleep EP (Play It Again Sam)
• Morgan Reese — Letters From The Invisible Girl EP (Empire)
• Nashvillains — Tumbling Down (Fate Entertainment)
• Nilüfer Yanya — Painless (ATO Records)
• Olovson — Storytelling (1136 Diamond)
• Peach Pit — From 2 To 3 (Columbia Records)
• RZA And DJ Scratch — Saturday Afternoon Kung Fu Theater (36 Chambers ALC/MNRK Music)
• Scott Hardware — Ballad Of A Tryhard (Telephone Explosion)
• Scott Metzger — Too Close To Reason (RPF Records)
• Shane Parish — Liverpool (Dear Life Records)
• Songs: Ohia — Live: Vanquishers (Secretly Canadian)
• Stereophonics — Oochya! (Ignition Records)
• Stromae — Multitude (Mosaert)
• Wah Together — Let’s Wah Together (Dedstrange)
• The Weather Station — How Is It That I Should Look At The Stars (Fat Possum)
• Zander Schloss — Song About Songs (Blind Owl Records)

Friday, March 11

• A. Billi Free & The Lasso — Holy Body Roll (Mello Music Group)
• Alex Cameron — Oxy Music (Secretly Canadian)
• Amber Lewis — Lips & Teeth (Day Off Recordings)
• Apollo Ghosts — Pink Tiger (You’ve Changed Records)
• Bodega — Broken Equipment (What’s Your Rupture)
• Brad Armstrong — Heart Like A Sigil (Flower Moon Records)
• Bryan Adams — So Happy It Hurts (BMG)
• Charlie Collins — Undone (Island Records Australia/UMA)
• The Districts — Great American Painting (Fat Possum Records)
• E-L-R — Vexier (Prophecy Productions)
• Ella Henderson — Everything I Didn’t Say (Atlantic Records)
• Ferris & Sylvester — Superhuman ([Integral]/PIAS)
• Franz Ferdinand — Hits To The Head (Domino)
• Fly Anakin — Frank (Lex Records)
• Goose (BE) — Endless (Universal Music)
• Holo — In Limbo EP ( Ellipse Records Artist)
• Hoodoo Gurus — Chariot Of The Gods (Big Time)
• The Human Tornado — Love Is Démodé (Rockshots Records)
• Jackson Dean — Greenbroke (Big Machine Records)
• Jeremy Ivey — Invisible Pictures (Anti)
• Junk Drawer — The Dust Has Come To Stay EP (Art For Blind Records)
• Lil Durk — 7220 (Sony)
• Maia Friedman — Under The New Light (Last Gang Records)
• Mary Simich — How Does One Begin (Ernest Jenning)
• Messa — Close (Svart Records)
• MoE — The Crone (Vinter Records)
• Nicolas Rage — Personal Party EP (Revival Recordings)
• Orion Sun — Getaway EP (Mom + Pop Music)
• Paul Cherry — Back On The Music (Sunset Music Productions)
• PJ Harvey — The Hope Six Demolition Project — Demos (Island/UMC)
• Rex Orange County — Who Cares? (Sony)
• Rust n’ Rage — One For The Road (Frontiers)
• Shenseea — Alpha (Rich Immigrants/Interscope)
• The Sully Band — Let’s Straighten It Out! (Blue Élan Records)
• Summer Salt — The Juniper Songbook (Cherry Lime Records)
• Tanya Tagaq — Tongues (Six Shooter Records)
• Thomas Headon — Victoria EP (Elektra)
• Tony Price — Mark VI (Telephone Explosion Records)
• Viji — Cali EP (Dirty Hit)
• Widowspeak — The Jacket (Captured Tracks)
• The Wiggles — ReWiggled (ABC Music)
• Young Guv — Guv III (Slumberland Records)

Friday, March 18

• 250 — PPONG (Beasts and Natives Alike)
• Alai K — Kila Mara (On The Corner Records)
• Audio Karate — ¡OTRA! (Iodine Recordings)
• Babeheaven — Sink Into Me (Believe)
• Ben Lukas Boysen — Clarion EP (Erased Tapes)
• Berthold City — When Words Are Not Enough (WAR Records)
• Blanck Mass — Ted K (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (Sacred Bones)
• Blue States — World Contact Day (Memphis Industries)
• Brad Mehldau — Jacob’s Ladder (Nonesuch Records)
• Charli XCX — Crash (Atlantic)
• Chip Z’Nuff — Perfectly Imperfect (Frontiers Music)
• Colin Hay — Now And The Evermore (Compass Records)
• Cypress Hill — Back In Black (MNRK)
• Danilo Perez — Crisálida (Mack Avenue Records)
• Donovan Woods — Big Hurt Boy EP (End Times Music)
• Final Cry — The Ever-Rest (Mdd)
• Gayle — A Studio Of The Human Experience Volume One EP (Atlantic)
• Hailey Whitters — Raised (Pigasus Records/Songs & Daughters/Big Loud Records)
• Hot Water Music — Feel The Void (Equal Vision Records)
• The Jason Lee McKinney Band — One Last Thing (Bonfire Recording Co.)
• J.B.O. — Planet Pink (AFM Records)
• Jenny Hval — Classic Objects (4AD)
• John Colpitts — Music From The Accident (Thrill Jockey)
• LAYA — Um, Hello EP (Rounder Records)
• Lazy Queen — A Human Reaction EP (Icons Creating Evil Art)
• Little Boots — Tomorrow’s Yesterdays (On Repeat Music)
• Mackenzie Grant — Wonder World (BlackBird Record Label)
• Maggie Gently — Peppermint (Refresh Records)
• Midlake — For The Sake Of Bethel Woods (ATO Records)
• Night Crowned — Rebirth Of The Old EP (Noble Demon)
• Peter Doherty & Frédéric Lo — The Fantasy Life Of Poetry & Crime (Strap Originals)
• Pinch Points — Process (Mistletone)
• Private Agenda — A Mannequin (Lo Recordings)
• Raw Poetic — Laminated Skies (Def Pressé)
• Rosalía — Motomami (Columbia Records)
• Son House — Forever On My Mind (Easy Eye Sound)
• Sonic Youth — In/Out/In (Three Lobed Recordings)
• Stabbing Westward — Chasing Ghosts (COP International Records)
• Steve Dawson — Gone, Long Gone (Black Hen Music)
• Yumi Zouma — Present Tense (Polyvinyl)

Friday, March 25

• Ali Shaheed Muhammad & Adrian Younge — Jazz Is Dead 011 (Jazz Is Dead)
• Aldous Harding — Warm Chris (4AD)
• Anand Wilder — I Don’t Know My Words (Last Gang Records)
• Anthony Coleman And Brian Chase — Arcades (Chaikin)
• Architects — For Those That Wish To Exist At Abbey Road (Epitaph)
• Bakers Eddy — Love Boredom Bicycles (Ivy League Records)
• Beau Jennings & The Tigers — Heavy Light (Black Mesa)
• Bellows — Next Of Kin (Topshelf)
• Bodi Bill — I Love U I Do (Sinnbus)
• The Bogie Band feat. Joe Russo — The Prophets In The City (Royal Potato Family)
• Buddy — Superghetto (Cool Lil Company/RCA Records)
• Camp Cope — Running With The Hurricane (Run For Cover)
• Coin — Uncanny Valley (10K Projects)
• Cowboy Junkies — Songs Of The Recollection (Proper)
• D.Mark Owen — Respite (Blue Canoe Records)
• Darden Smith — Western Skies (Bull By the Horns)
• Dave Friend And Jerome Begin — Post- (New Amsterdam Records)
• Destroyer — Labyrinthitis (Merge Records)
• Ed Schrader’s Music Beat — Nightclub Daydreaming (Carpark)
• Emily Jane White — Alluvion (Talitres)
• Ensemble Dal Niente — object/animal (Sideband Records)
• Ex-Vöid — Bigger Than Before (Don Giovanni Records)
• Fana Hues — flora + fana (Bright Antenna)
• Fivio Foreign — B.I.B.L.E (Columbia)
• Fucked Up — Do All Words Can Do (Matador)
• Gabriel Kahane — Magnificent Bird (Nonesuch Records)
• ginla — Everything (No Content)
• Guerilla Toss — Famously Alive (Sub Pop)
• I Start Counting — Ejected (WEA)
• I Start Counting — Re-fused (WEA)
• Ibibio Sound Machine — Electricity (Merge Records)
• Jana Rush — Dark Humor EP (Planet Mu)
• Jeremy Garrett — River Wild (ORGANIC Records)
• Juanita Euka — Mabanzo (Strut Records)
• Kavinsky — Reborn (Fiction/Virgin Music France)
• Kevin Devine — Nothing’s Real, So Nothing’s Wrong (Triple Crown Records)
• Killing Joke — Lord Of Chaos EP (Spinefarm)
• Kraftwerk — Remixes (Rhino)
• Larry McRay — Blues Without You (Keeping the Blues Alive Records)
• Lucky Lo — Supercarry (Tambourhinoceros)
• Maren Morris — Humble Quest (Columbia Nashville)
• Matisyahu — AM_RICA (Fallen Sparks Records)
• Michael Bublé — Higher (Reprise Records)
• NCT Dream — Glitch Mode (SM Entertainment)
• P.E. — The Leather Lemon (Wharf Cat Records)
• Placebo — Never Let Me Go (SO Recordings)
• The Po’ Ramblin’ Boys — Never Slow Down (Smithsonian Folkways)
• Proper — The Great American Novel (Father/Daughter Records)
• Reba McEntire — My Chains Are Gone (MCA Nashville)
• Sea Girls — Homesick (Polydor)
• Susanna — Elevation (SusannaSonata)
• Telltale — Lie Your Way Out EP (Rude Records)
• Tired Tape Machine — Thing (Disaster Records)
• Tom Rogerson — Retreat To Bliss (Western Vinyl)
• Vanessa Wagner — Study Of The Invisible (InFiné)
• Vitesse X — Us Ephemeral (100% Electronica)
• VR SEX — Rough Dimension (Dais Records)
• Wallows — Tell Me That It’s Over (Atlantic Records)
• Walter Martin — The Bear (Ile Flottante)
• Young Prisms — Drifter (Fire Talk)

Some artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.