The Minor Nobility of Just Messing Around
A Yale professor and ‘One Battle After Another’ star makes his cheeky debut. Plus pop from the Tehrangeles diaspora, the new Tame Impala, and more.
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Music for Giving a Crap About Other People
Deliriously strange club music, in-the-moment ambience, a knotted-up singer-songwriter, and more.
A Geese Review That's Not Like Every Other Geese Review
Plus a Massachusetts cellist's untamed rock music, a Cuban repartero's big-leagues gambit, and more.
Cardi B Can’t Contain Her Bronx Rizz
On her second album Am I the Drama?, the captivating rapper cackles through her city-hewn armor.
Work Music for Not Doing Work
Plus psychedelic dorm poster jams, ripping saxophones, gospel-inspired disco-funk, and more.
Music for the Rapture (Not Today)
Free jazz, ambient drone, doomy metal, and other sounds you need to ascend.
Music for Moving Into the Madness
A kaleidoscopic songwriter, a chaotic pop star, a buoyant rap-punk duo, and more.
Dance Pop for the Perpetually Offline
Plus complicated thoughts on the new Big Thief album, three Nashville session guitarists going ambient-cool, and more.
Chance the Rapper and Earl Sweatshirt Are Rap Dads Figuring It Out
On their new albums, two established rappers navigate their 30s, fatherhood, and the next chapter of their careers
Loud-Ass Guitars for a Crumbling Planet
Plus Pile’s most ambitious work, Kaytranada’s return to form, and a Faye Webster associate who channels Holden Caulfield