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Deep into Sparkle Hard, during the eighth track "Kite," Stephen Malkmus seems to break the fourth wall with an admission of vulnerability. "Just…

"Total Football," the first song on Parquet Courts’ ridiculously good new album Wide Awake!, is a delirious ode to the power of collectivity thinly masquerading…

Boy group BTS is doing what many said couldn’t be done: they've brought K-pop to the western market, becoming undeniably the biggest K-pop act of the…

The ambient techno Wolfgang Voigt makes as Gas does not traditionally offer much in the way of linear progression. His tracks regularly extend…

A chunk of modern hip-hop, much of it made following the ascents of Chief Keef and Young Thug, is often described as post-verbal,…

Benefitting from the implications of inexorable street credibility and its often swift means of building buzz, Detroit’s Tee Grizzley has no qualms about using his backstory—he was…

Greatness can take time to develop: years of false starts, quiet experiments, and public failures along with work that gently grasps at the fringes of one's…

In the 1940s and beyond, American ethnomusicologist and folklorist Alan Lomax dedicated his life to cataloging unknown singers. His practice became a passion, preserving folk…

Despite being a DJ, Stefan Kozalla seems disinterested in producing music solely meant for the dancefloor. Yes, his 2015 breakout single "XTC" had all the workings…

Rae Sremmurd are at the top of the world. They’re also survivors. They bumrushed the charts back in 2014 with "No…

When Arctic Monkeys announced that no pre-release singles would herald their latest album Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino, the decision seemed like a head-scratcher, but…

Since the release of his charmless debut album Nine Track Mind, Charlie Puth has made more headlines for his romantic flings than his music. The…

When you watch a Blocboy JB video, it’s hard to avert your eyes. He’s a transfixing personality—goofy, hyper-kinetic, charming and jubilant—who commands attention. His crew…

At the end of "Open Season," a highlight from Eleanor Friedberger’s 2016 album New View, her narrator leaves some things---"antique needles,"

During their American live debut in 2011, the Copenhagen now post- but then simply punk band Iceage played a series of proper club gigs in…