What's Good (Week of 4/12/26)
The weekend is here, and so like we always do around this time, we're bringing you What's Good. It's my weekly new music round-up, along with Bonus Beats of some of the best music features, writing, and curios I find across the web. This week we've got:
New Albums
- Action Figure 973 & Artificer
- Estee Nack & True Cipher
- Flee Lord
- Squadda B
- T.F & DJ Muggs
- yaya bey
New Singles
- Blu & Exile
- duendita
- Like
- Loraine James
- Massive Attack & Tom Waits
- TV-MA
And a whole lot more. Playlists are up front if you're short on time, and the Music section has videos when available, with links to buy and stream on DSPs.
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Playlists
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Bonus Beats
yaya bey sat down with the Rap Music Plug Podcast to talk this week's featured LP FIdelity, as well as its predecessor Do It Afraid, how her background (including her father, Grand Daddy I.U.'s experience) shaped her feelings on pursuit of music, maneuvering in the music industry and more.
Gwen Howerton talks the fact, fiction, and Texas of it all of the Toadies grunge-era classic, "Possum Kingdom" for Chron.
Rubberneck came out when my mom, Gini Howerton, was a freshman in high school in Fort Worth. She recalled her friend picking her up and immediately showing her this new band called the Toadies, who were from their neck of the woods. Like me, "Possum Kingdom" was like nothing she'd ever heard. The song "Tyler" became an anthem for her friend group. A grunge fan, most of what she heard on the radio came from the West Coast—not suburban North Texas.
"To have this band that started in freaking Fort Worth, Texas, which was not anywhere near what it is today, was so different," my mom said.
Equally cool to her was the actual subject of the song. While she spent more time at Eagle Mountain Lake, she was aware of Possum Kingdom Lake and the local urban legends in the area, both supernatural and not. My father, who attended TCU, chimed in with the names of real, gory killings that happened in the region. As we talked, Mom rattled off the names of various North Texas boogeymen, such as the goatman, the occasional Bigfoot, and vampires. At the time, "Possum Kingdom" seemed like it could have been about blood-sucking monsters.
"Just look at the lyrics, and you can see why a bunch of teenagers in the rich part of Fort Worth were like, 'yeah, it's about vampires,'" she said. (Reznicek told me that the song definitely "is not about vampires," though that didn't stop people from showing up to Toadies concerts dressed as them.)
wave Groove dropped a lovely live set for TIME // FORM Recordings' new TIME//FORM series where an artist performs a single set in different locations to explore "how time shapes form — the mix remains constant, while the environment, context, and perception shift."
Music
Estee Nack & True Cipher - RAZOR BLADE HANDS (From S.E.T.U. (SE EMBROMARON TODITO USTEDES), out now. Purchase: Bandcamp)
Darko the Super & MF Grimm - War (From Beware of Bob, out now. Purchase: Bandcamp | Qobuz, Stream: Tidal | Apple | YouTube Music)
T.F & DJ Muggs - Cha Cha Chicken (From Don't Call Me Lucky, outnow. Purchase: Vinyl via Soul Assassin | CD via Soul Assassins | Qobuz, Stream: Tidal | Apple | YouTube Music)
Moka Only - Daydream 2 Much (From Many Pies, out on 5/29/26. Preorder: Bandcamp | Qobuz, Stream: Tidal | Apple | YouTube Music)
Primo Profit, RLX, & MichaelAngelo - Until August (From GABO, out now. Purchase: Qobuz, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Youtube Music)
Slowe - Temporary (You'll Be Gone) (From In Moments, out on 5/8/26. Preorder: Bandcamp | Qobuz, Stream: Tidal | Apple | YouTube Music)
saüd - Pressure feat. Westside Boogie (From High Octane, out on 5/7/26. Preorder: Qobuz, Stream: Tidal | Apple | YouTube Music)
SPELLLING - Ammunition (remix) feat. Jean Dawson (From the Ammunition remix single (includes the remixes of "Destiny Arrives" and "Portrait of my Heart", out now. Purchase: Bandcamp | Qobuz | Buy "Ammunition" via Sacred Bones, Stream: Tidal | Apple | YouTube Music)
casi - JUMPER (From CASI, out on 6/19/26. Preorder: Bandcamp | Carpark Records | Qobuz, Stream: Tidal | Apple | YouTube Music)
MAVI - Mender (From The Pilot, out now. Purchase: Bandcamp | Physicals, digital, and merch via Loma Vista Recordings | Qobuz, Stream: Tidal | Apple | YouTube Music)
Chyna Baejing & Boneweso - GAMEOFBONES (From BAEJING BALLAD, out now. Purchase: Bandcamp | Qobuz, Stream: Tidal | Apple | YouTube Music)
Don Trip - Moncler Freestyle (From Forgiveness Is God's Job...Part 2 (Deluxe) , out now. Stream: Tidal | Apple | YouTube Music)
CW: Photographs of police and state actor violence and Jan 6th rioters
Massive Attack & Tom Waits - Boots on the Ground (Out now. Purchase: Bandcamp | Vinyl and digital via Massive Attack | Qobuz, Stream: Tidal | Apple | YouTube Music)
Earl Sweatshirt & SURF GANG - Chicago (From POMPEI // UTILITY, out now. Purchase: Bandcamp | Digital and merch via their official store | Qobuz, Stream: Tidal | Apple | YouTube Music)
Blu & Exile - TSOD feat. Black Thought (From Time Heals Everything, out on 4/20/26. Preorder: Bandcamp, Stream: Tidal | Apple | YouTube Music)
Eddie Logix & Airjob - Jake the Snake (From 1000 Dollars, out now. Purchase: Bandcamp | Qobuz, Stream: Tidal | Apple | YouTube Music)
PruVen & SQ - A Calm Rushly (From Satchel Paige, out now. Purchase: Bandcamp)
Tuamie - at zero percent must stop (From Beat Street, out now. Purchase: Bandcamp, Stream: Tidal | Apple | YouTube Music)
Loraine James - Flatline feat. Miho Hatori (From Detached From The Rest Of You, out 5/8/26. Preorder: Bandcamp | Physicals and digital via Hyperdub | Qobuz, Stream: Tidal | Apple | YouTube Music)
Finale - 4 Rounds feat. Guilty Simpson, IAMGAWD, Phat Kat (From The Good, out now. Purchase: Qobuz, Stream: Tidal | Apple)
Otoboke Beaver - Is The New Album Out Yet? (From the Is The New Album Out Yet? maxi single, out now. Purchase: Bandcamp | Purchase "Is The New Album Out Yet?" via Qobuz, Stream: Tidal | Apple | YouTube Music)
TV-MA
TV-MA - Pay No Mind (Petriform Remix) (From The Age Of Decay, out on 5/8/26. Preorder: Bandcamp)
yaya bey - Forty Days (From FIdelity, out now. Purchase: Bandcamp | Physicals and Digital via drinksumwater | Physicals via Secretly (better shipping rates for international customers) | Qobuz, Stream: Tidal | Apple | YouTube Music)
duendita - beach (From existential thottie, out on 4/29/26. Preorder: Bandcamp | 10k Global | Qobuz, Stream: Tidal | Apple | YouTube Music)
Action Figure 973 & Artificer - WWF Ice Cream Bars feat. Brother Tom Sos (From What Would Harley Race Do?, out now. Purchase/Stream: Bandcamp, Stream "WWF Ice Cream Bars": Tidal | Apple | YouTube Music)
Flying Lotus - Unexpected Delight feat. Laura Darlington (From the remastered 20th anniversary edition of 1983, out now digitally (and on vinyl if you're willing to brave a Record Store Day participating shop on 4/18). Purchase: Bandcamp | Ninja Tune/Brainfeeder | Qobuz, Stream: Tidal | Apple | YouTube Music)
Papo2oo4 & YL - Poppin (From the upcoming Triple Double. YouTube only, for now.)
Like - Dog Park (Out now, YouTube only.)
Squadda B - Evolver feat. Del The Funky Homosapien (From EVOLVER, out now. Purchase: Bandcamp | Qobuz, Stream: Tidal | Apple | YouTube Music)
Daniel Son & Futurewave - Broke Routine (From Shattered Glass, out now. Purchase: Physicals via WAVGODMUSIC Inc. | Qobuz, Stream: Tidal | Apple | YouTube Music)
Flee Lord - Residue feat. OT The Real (From Everything I Never Said, out now. Purchase: Qobuz, Stream: Tidal | Apple | YouTube Music)
End It - Cloutbusting (From Wrong Side of Heaven, out now. Purchase: Bandcamp | Merch and physicals via Flatspot Records | Qobuz, Stream: Tidal | Apple | YouTube Music)
Asal Hazel - Wet Sand (Out now. Purchase: Qobuz, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Youtube Music)
That does it for the blog this week! If you enjoyed it or discovered anything new, be sure to share it with your friends and folks. Don't be afraid to reach out and let me know what you thought, either in the comments or on social media. Take care of yourself, each other, and as always, make good choices.
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