Raps About Tony Blair, Synths About Vikings
Plus two more intimate hip-hop albums and a high-energy new DJ-Kicks mix.
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Max B and the Plight of the Post-Prison Rapper
The New York icon is free. Let’s let him figure out what’s next on his own time.
Brat Summer to Wraith Winter
Plus psych-pop homage, delirious club music, slo-mo folk, and mystical Atlanta rap that would have the 'Game of Thrones' crew throwing bows.
Rosalía's Orchestral Benediction
Plus: a must-hear album from a virtuosic avant-rock quartet, the fiery return of an essential Chicago rap collective, and more.
Noname and De La Soul Glide Over the Abyss
Plus a welcome return to form from Oneohtrix Point Never, spaced-out sophsitipop from rural New England, and surrealist funk from the UK.
Danny Brown, Back for the First Time
The audacious rap veteran on sobriety, platforming trans artists, and working with the next generation of hyperpop stars on his latest album, ‘Stardust.’
Four Must Hears From Our Ears to Yours
A Swedish singer and pipe organist, a Portuguese experimentalist, a Canadian rapper, and more.
No One Is Doing It Like Rosalía Right Now
Plus the resurrection of a rap one-hit wonder, revolutionary rave, and ecstatic Thin Lizzy riffage.
Music for Crashing Out
Albums contending with divorce, expatriation, suburban malaise, and other concerns
Tyler, the Creator Brought This Reckoning on Himself
The California rapper-producer spent his early years cultivating a fanbase of trolls. How much reckoning will it take to shake them?
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.