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4 weeks ago | theneedledrop.com | Nic Huber

Kanye West is, according to many, a musical savant, but that hasn't stopped streaming services from pulling the third single from his controversial new album Cuck. Titled "Heil Hitler", the new single is not available on digital streaming platforms, and the artist known as Ye is not happy about it. “Heil Hitler by Ye has been banned by all digital streaming platforms,” Ye wrote on X before pointing out what he calls a double standard. “While Rednecks by Randy Newman remains streamable.

1 month ago | theneedledrop.com | Jeremy Fisette

Hi there! Welcome to TheNeedleDrop.com’s newest segment, Today's Release Highlights, where we will highlight a smattering of new releases out each week. This week, the writers here – not Anthony himself, it should be noted – have compiled 8 albums like to shout out and hope they don't slip by you. UK sludge trio Conan have returned with their seventh album, Violence Dimension, which is out today via their new label Heavy Psych Sounds.

1 month ago | theneedledrop.com | Matty Breisch

15 years after their debut EP, Baltimore, Tennis are calling it a career. As fans eagerly anticipate the group's new album, Face Down in the Garden, with new single "12 Blown Tires" to kick off the cycle, the soulful throwback duo have let it be known via their newsletter that this release would be their last of new material, with the corresponding tour set to be their last before going on extended hiatus.

2 months ago | theneedledrop.com | Nic Huber

LA nu metallers TETRARCH have released the third single "Cold", taken from their upcoming third album The Ugly Side of Me, due out May 9 via Napalm Records. Co-produced by Dave Otero, Diamond Rowe, and Josh Fore, the single follows "Never Again (Parasite)" and "Live Not Fantasize", which have received positive reviews from various metal media.

2 months ago | theneedledrop.com | Nic Huber

Texas rapper BigXthaPlug and country singer Bailey Zimmerman have finally released their highly-anticipated collab "All The Way", after having teased it for nearly two months. Back on Valentine's Day, the Dallas-based rapper posted a surprise TikTok video teasing the track, equally surprising Zimmerman and the duo's respective fan bases, and they quickly rushed to release the single.