Kim Gordon Is Just Making Bangers Now
Plus: A 19-year-old's spontaneous—and genius—take on Fela Kuti-style Afrobeat.
Welcome to the latest installment of Five Albums, the weekly feature for paid Hearing Things subscribers in which we discuss a handful of new records catching our attention. As music journalists, the question we get most often from friends is how to stay on top of what’s happening now. This is our attempt to provide a practical answer.
This week we go deep on a Must Hear teen digicore bandit, a big pop singer exploding your serotonin receptors, a deep-thinking rapper on his James Joyce shit, and so much more. Let’s get into it!