By late 1984, the Replacements were transforming from a shoddy Minneapolis barroom punk band into the biggest prospect in the underground alternative rock scene. They had just released their third album, Let It Be, a […]
yeule: softscars
When yeule uncorks their roar, it sounds like a full-body exorcism, like they’ve been waiting their entire life to let it out. Wrapped up in grungy angst, hurtling alongside rambunctious cymbal crashes, and shadowed by […]
Alan Palomo: World of Hassle
For Alan Palomo, the past eight years were an education. In the time since 2015’s VEGA INTL. Night School, his shimmering third LP under the Neon Indian moniker, Palomo felt the need to hone his […]
Vagabon: Sorry I Haven’t Called
Laetitia Tamko opens her latest album as Vagabon, Sorry I Haven’t Called, as if you’re leaving a party right alongside her, finally free to debrief without looking over your shoulders. “Can I talk my shit?” […]
Lydia Loveless: Nothing’s Gonna Stand in My Way Again
Is Lydia Loveless, who made their name writing infectious country-rock songs with a death wish—songs about setting an ex’s lawn on fire and getting shot down in a lovers’ spat—mellowing out? “I’m getting older and […]
Kylie Minogue: Tension
Should executives at Mattel follow through with their plans for a full-blown, thousand-year Barbie movie franchise, they might take a page from another enduring icon and star of the summer: Kylie Minogue. The similarities between […]
Lil Peep / iLoveMakonnen: DIAMONDS
Posthumous rap releases can sometimes leave a sour taste in the mouth. All too often, they are a last-ditch effort at cashing in on an artist’s legacy. In the first two years after Lil Peep’s […]
Cash Cobain: Pretty Girls Love Slizzy
At this point, calling Bronx rapper-producer Cash Cobain’s music “filthy” is like calling hot sauce “spicy”: a technically correct observation that doesn’t begin to describe what it’s doing to your nerve receptors. Though he’s a […]
Ayri ’s “Closer”: Crafting Global Beats & Forging Intimate Bonds Through Music
Music is often an artist’s canvas, reflecting their innermost thoughts, feelings, and inspirations. For fast-rising Pop artist Ayri, it’s more than just a form of expression; it’s a medium to convey her innate sensuality and […]
Baroness: Stone
The only essential moment on Stone, the sixth album by beloved metal transmogrifiers Baroness, arrives just four minutes after the record begins and lasts only 30 seconds. As the band reaches the end of the […]
Octo Octa: Dreams of a Dancefloor EP
Maya Bouldry-Morrison sees music as a curative force, for both her audience and herself. “I deal with depression and anxiety,” she said in a recent interview, “but when I get out on the decks, I […]
DJ Sabrina the Teenage DJ: Destiny
Somewhere between a brain massage and a 1990s basement rave, a memory and a dream, lies the curious and sparkling realm of DJ Sabrina the Teenage DJ. Since her 2017 debut Makin’ Magick, the prolific, […]