Whatever happens at the crossroads, in the midnight hour, seems to have fizzled out long ago, leaving only a faint spectre in the airwaves of today’s popular music. Once in a…
Toronto’s Katie Austra Stelmanis, known mononymously as Austra, plays a strain of dark electro pop with a rich variety of charged, sonic signifiers that…
Los Angeles’ Chicano Batman are the type of band that stay perpetually locked in grooves, emanating positive vibrations. Tropicalia-tinged sounds are rendered in chillwave…
Oklahoma’s Other Lives play a singular strain of indie rock that strikes a rare balance between the elemental and the sublime. Their songs are rustic and earthy, with a…
As Shabazz Palaces, emcee and multi-instrumentalist Ishmael Butler creates what sounds like hip-hop from an alternate universe. He spent the ‘90s as one third…
Among the most unforeseen trends that defined the last decade in music is the dark turn taken by much contemporary R&B. One artist who stands out for her signature spin on…
Active Child, the singular musical vision of Pat Grossi, combines the lofty abstractions of insular art projects with the easy immediacy of contemporary pop. Grossi’s choral…
Activists throughout the ages have harnessed the power of music to drum up interest and mobilize the masses. Songs from Lead Belly to Billie Holiday, Woody Guthrie to Bob Dylan, and…
As individuals all over the globe withdraw to the recesses of their homes amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, they find themselves, in a way, more connected to one another than before. After…
San Fermin is the brainchild of Brooklyn-based composer and songwriter Ellis Ludwig-Leone. What began as a single composition project grew over time into an indie rock…
Bill Dess, who records under the moniker Two Feet, broke into the industry via the humble route of Soundcloud, and promptly created a buzz with a viral video for…
Bianca and Sierra Casady are at the vanguard of music, a definitive example of the most wildly original art experiments in sound. As CocoRosie,…