What’s Your Favorite David Lynch Musical Moment?
No director used sound and music in such a specifically eerie way.
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Emory’s Post-TikTok Pop
Here’s an impressive young artist who would much rather spend time building a real-life community around her work than figure out how to promote herself online.
A Horny SZA Hit, a Questionable Bob Dylan Impression, and a New Aphex Twin Classic
Waste or Taste is back to discuss late December’s tastiest leftovers, from SZA’s ‘Lana’ to Timothée Chalamet’s Dylan
How Four Elder Millennial Indie Artists Embraced Middle Age in 2024
Vampire Weekend, How to Dress Well, Bat for Lashes, and Los Campesinos! all returned with their most rewarding albums in more than a decade.
Ryan’s Favorite Music of 2024
Including TikTok mashups and epic albums, ambient jazz and sugar-rush pop, beloved stalwarts and geniuses you’ve never heard of
ML Buch’s Glistening Sound Bath Heals Brooklyn
The experimental-pop musician’s live show was a merciful reminder to slow the hell down.
A Short King, a Tall King, and a TikTok Jester: Debating New Music From Kendrick Lamar, Father John Misty, and More
Topics include holiday music that doesn’t suck, John Misty the folk hero, and an explicit ditty that will change the way you think about macaroni and cheese
Sky Ferreira Returns? We’ve Heard This Song Before
Unpacking the forever-embattled pop singer’s new single, “Leash”
Eileen Myles and Cole Pulice on Their Serendipitous ‘Transa’ Collaboration With Hunter Schafer
The iconoclastic writer and ambient saxophonist talk about all the little miracles that went into their remarkable piece “Under the Shadow of Another Moon.”
Mount Eerie’s Phil Elverum on the Lyrics That Changed His Life
How the historical references and emotional fortitude of Sinead O’Connor, Sade, Bonnie “Prince” Billy, and more influenced the indie rock lifer’s own songwriting.
Claire Rousay Explains Her Credit Card Statement
The emo ambient experimentalist talks through recent purchases including freeze-dried dog food, an exceptional cappuccino (with whole milk), and so many sour gummy worms.
Ethel Cain Is Only Getting Darker
The gothic doomsayer returns with a droning seance inspired by *checks notes* an infamous murdered pedophile.