An all-encompassing interview about the Canadian collective’s first new album in nearly a decade—and why their music means so much to me.

Inside the mind of Chidi Obialo, an omnivorous 20-year-old prodigy forging music’s future

The pensive singer-songwriter embodies a jumble of contradictions: He’s a Brooklyn leftist who was raised in the evangelical church. An indie boy with grand ambitions. A viral phenom with songs that a...

The new season kicks off with an episode all about our most controversial favorite songs of the past year—the ones we’re kind of embarrassed to enjoy, but enjoy nonetheless.

The sounds that struck me most this year, including subversive slowcore, deranged future-pop, apocalyptic techno, and more.

As heard on the show ‘Heavyweight,’ a track by the Weakerthans expresses the beauty of life’s smallest and most consequential moments.

Celebrate the sweaty season with the brilliantly unfiltered rap duo at Trans-Pecos in New York City on June 26.

The cybergoth star waxes philosophical on death, drugs, and sobriety—and details how they want their life to be celebrated with a furry-filled battle royale.

The professor and former ‘New York Times’ critic talks about how running and listening can be endless rituals that transcend our era of constant optimization.

The pop star grappled with that very 2025 question on stage at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center last night.

The independent musicians and labels who are saying no to streaming.

On the project’s bifurcated fifth album, ‘Sable, Fable,’ Justin Vernon undercuts his music’s emotional complexity.

A spectacular rupture of sound and vision, the album marks a new high for one of the decade’s most enthralling young artists.

The wonderfully confounding indie-rock bard honors the pure poetry of Syd Barrett, Lou Reed, Jim Morrison, and more.

Jeff Tweedy thought he was going to die while making the 2004 art-rock masterpiece. But there’s more to this album’s story than tortured-artist tropes.

March 20, Hearing Things takes over Trans-Pecos with a live performance from Lollise and vinyl DJ sets from Edan and our own Andy Cush.

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.

The director Robert Eggers dares you to feel seduced in his take on the classic vampire tale, starring Bill Skarsgard and Lily Rose Depp.

Vampire Weekend, How to Dress Well, Bat for Lashes, and Los Campesinos! all returned with their most rewarding albums in more than a decade.

Including TikTok mashups and epic albums, ambient jazz and sugar-rush pop, beloved stalwarts and geniuses you’ve never heard of

The experimental-pop musician’s live show was a merciful reminder to slow the hell down.

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