For some Brockhampton fans, the band’s farewell album felt like a fakeout, if not a betrayal. The form-breaking rap collective’s previous full lengths had been defined by both their abundance and their communal spirit—each was […]
Ian Sweet: Sucker
Ian Sweet’s new album, Sucker, opens with mortal fear. “What if I die?” Jilian Medford wonders; after a piano chord rings out for a moment, she continues: She’s afraid she’ll pass “with this song in […]
Wild Nothing: Hold
On May 25, 2010, Brooklyn’s Captured Tracks released a pair of homespun debuts by bands whose re-interpretations of first-wave indie pop would help spearhead a wave of millennial DIY nostalgists. Since then, Beach Fossils and […]
Katie von Schleicher: A Little Touch of Schleicher in the Night
On A Little Touch of Schleicher in the Night, Katie von Schleicher is a luckless harlequin on a velvet stage, showcasing an array of indignities against a luxe backdrop of strings and woodwinds. She’s a […]
Maria BC: Spike Field
Since the 1980s, teams of engineers, anthropologists, and other specialists assembled by the U.S. Government have attempted to warn us about nuclear waste repositories. A field known as nuclear semiotics was developed around the challenge […]
Sparkle Division: Foxy
William Basinski shares a few traits with the late director William Friedkin. The two artists—who both have answered to the nickname “Billy”—have created prolific bodies of work while moving gracefully between disparate genres. Like Friedkin, […]
CALYN Unraveling Emotions And Finding Joy In “Waiting”
CALYN, an emerging talent in the American R&B scene, has unveiled her latest artistic creation, “Waiting,” a single that intricately explores the complex landscape of human emotions. Originating from the vibrant city of Stockton, California, […]
Beyond The Horizon: The Bold Spirit Of DYLI’s “Tokyo”
When it comes to painting vivid narratives through music, few do it quite like DYLI. Her latest release, “Tokyo,” is a testament to her artistic genius, a bold declaration of self-discovery penned during an intense […]
Offset: Set It Off
Offset was always the black sheep of Migos. The Atlanta rapper was in jail at critical moments during the group’s rise, and before their blockbuster album Culture, he rarely handled hooks or opening verses. “Lost […]
The Feelies: Some Kinda Love: Performing the Music of the Velvet Underground
The Feelies may not be the Velvet Underground’s first disciples—Jonathan Richman was there at the inception, tailing the band with the fervor of a Deadhead. But it could be argued that the New Jersey institution, […]
Jane Remover: Census Designated
On Frailty, Jane Remover was a voyager sculpting her own cosmos from her childhood bedroom. A frenetic combo of emo, EDM, and idyllic video game tones, the singer-producer’s 2021 debut rendered a cyber otherworld with […]
The Rolling Stones: Hackney Diamonds
Before he was the drug-smuggling, skull-ring-wearing pirate of rock’n’roll lore, Keith Richards was the Rolling Stones’ amateur accountant. A working-class kid born into mid-war England, the spendthrift immediately began documenting the band’s finances: how much […]