The Most Expansive Pop Minds Working Hit the Desert for a Jam Sesh
Dijon's eight-man band takes Coachella. Plus: a low-key rapper/producer with more lore than a Greek myth.
25 Tours We’re Looking Forward To
HT staffers pick their most anticipated live shows for spring and summer 2026.
Bon Iver's Religious Non-Religious Music
Plus: Two electronic geniuses' surprising collab, a beloved bass virtuoso gets lost, and more.
Fizzy House Beats for Going Outside
Plus: Robyn bravely goes deep into the heart of sexistentialism.
The New New Jack Swing
A handful of new albums gives one woman hope for the resurgence of new jack swing ballads.
Don't Fake the Phonk
The greatest 25-minute space-jazz sax excursion you'll hear all week, guaranteed.
Grace Ives Goes for the Fences
Plus: everyone's favorite Argentine pop-tricksters, an album that's like minimal techno for orchestra, and more.
Does Horny Music Have to *Sound* Horny?
Our podcast crew goes deep on the merits of thirsty tracks in honor of Kacey Musgraves’ horned-up new single. Plus: Mike and Earl Sweatshirt, and a clinically insane cover of Van Halen’s “Jump.”
Kim Gordon Is Just Making Bangers Now
Plus: A 19-year-old's spontaneous—and genius—take on Fela Kuti-style Afrobeat.
Aldous Harding Meets the Real John Cale
Plus a music video that channels the beautiful simplicity of prime-era Spike Jonze, and more.
Do Real R&B Loverboys Still Exist?
They might! Plus: A beloved Nigerian British poet's life-affirming house tracks, a guitar hero for people who think guitar heroes are show-offs, and more.