A 100-Year-Old Man's Debut Record
Plus two seriously good rock albums from artists barely into their 20s, scorching live-band R&B, and more
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Dance and Sex and Enlightenment Are One and the Same on FKA Twigs’ ‘Eusexua’
The multihyphenate’s new album can’t be untangled from her physicality and her healing.
Five Albums: Ren-Faire Eurodance, Exquisite Pain Rap, Mortal Kombat Samples
Plus shroomy Detroit hip-hop and a wonderfully handmade-feeling ambient album
How Drunk Do You Need to Be to Enjoy Lady Gaga’s “Abracadabra”?
A Waste or Taste debate on the state of millennial pop girlies and Doechii’s post-Grammys victory lap
Annie and the Caldwells’ “Wrong” Is Disco Redemption for Well-Meaning Sinners
The Mississippi family band takes you to the church and the afterparty too.
Five Albums: a New Recommendations Newsletter for Paid Subscribers
The first dispatch includes replicant raves, RPG-soundtrack ambient jazz, communist trap music, and more.
The Grammys Were Worth It for Doechii’s “Nosebleeds” Alone
Imagine the confidence it takes to record a song about winning a Grammy before the awards have even happened.
Erykah Badu and Jamie XX’s First-Thought-Best-Thought Dance Anthem
“F.U.” is a turntable malfunction-turned-golden groove
Does Bruno Mars Know “Fat Juicy & Wet” Is Not About a Hamburger?
On the questionable eroticism of the pop star’s new track with Sexyy Red
The Nomadic Confessions of Ela Minus
On her intimate new album 'Día,' the Colombian producer finds the personal is political
Bad Bunny ❤️ PR
The superstar finds freedom amid his homeland’s glories and struggles on ‘Debí Tirar Más Fotos.’
Doechii’s New Year’s Knockout Punch
After a year-end slew of dazzlingly charismatic performances, from ’Colbert’ to Camp Flog Gnaw, the breakout rap star starts 2025 with a bonkers-good video.