Charli XCX Wants to Run With the Big Dogs
Plus an ultra-rare hi-fi audio collage, a dispatch from a rising Memphis rap star, and deconstructed footwork meant to approximate the chaos of the timeline
Debating Our Most Controversial Faves of 2026 So Far
The whole HT crew reconvenes for a podcast episode about songs that just might piss some people off.
Nia Archives Has the Range
Plus Four Tet’s un-Googleable new album, Syd’s grown-woman swagger, and a high-wire act of underground rap
A Future Classic for Alt Black Queer Folks
Plus: Cain Culto shredding on the fiddle like the devil went down to Lexington, and vocals that sound like a gremlin suffocating inside a steel box.
Horse Lords’ Perpetual Motion Machine
The beloved avant-rock band on polyrhythm, just intonation, and conveying liberatory politics through sound.
Queer Reggaetón Mexa and Cerebral Dutch Twee
Plus, an experimental scene veteran drops a suite of communal optimism and a promising young upstart conjures 808s and indie-rock riffs.