The Country Music Establishment Could No Longer Dismiss Black and Latine Voices in 2024
From Shaboozey and Beyoncé to Carín León and Grupo Frontera, country has never sounded—or looked—more like America itself.
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It’s Our Year-End Wrap-Up Podcast
Featuring everything from Sabrina Carpenter’s frightening heterosexuality to Benson Boone’s fedora-core to the haunted gay synth-pop of Trent Reznor’s ‘Challengers’ soundtrack
Julianne’s Favorite Music of 2024
A non-hierarchical list of music that kept me going in the Year of the Basura
What Holiday Music Do You Actually Like?
There’s gotta be at least one song that doesn’t make you want to die.
Give Estevie Her Cumbia Crown Now
On "Hombre Malvado," the young Mexican American cumbia-pop singer croons herself through a particularly hellacious breakup.
With Year-End List Season Upon Us, What Do You Think Is the Most Overrated Music of 2024?
My pick: Sabrina Carpenter
The Hot-Pink Effervescence of Judith, Chingona Pop Star-in-Waiting
A 27-year-old restaurant server made some of the best pop songs of the year
Beckah Amani Just Wants You to Pick Up the Phone
The Tanzanian Australian folk-pop artist explores the peaks and pitfalls of love on “Call Home,” a highlight from her new album, ‘This Is How I Remember It.’
Hide Your Toes (Or Don’t!) From Detroit Trio HiTech
The ghettotech legends-in-the-making continue their hot streak of definitive genre tracks and bananas videos.
We Really Snapped on This One—Debating Songs by FKA Twigs, Kim Deal, and More
The Waste or Taste team discusses Twigs’ ‘Eusexua’ era, the solo debut of Breeders/Pixies hero Kim Deal, and a new electronic genre with BPMs over 200
Trans Punk Duo Um, Jennifer? Wants You to Meet the “Fishiest Girl in New York City”
The best-named band in the tri-state area explains their surreal new music video.