What's Your Favorite Fake Disco Song?
When disco hit, everyone from Frank Sinatra to the Grateful Dead tried their hand at the trend. Some of these attempts were more worthwhile than others.
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Mount Eerie’s Phil Elverum on the Lyrics That Changed His Life
How the historical references and emotional fortitude of Sinead O’Connor, Sade, Bonnie “Prince” Billy, and more influenced the indie rock lifer’s own songwriting.
The Supercomputer That Stole Helado Negro’s Heart
Chatting with Roberto Carlos Lange about the Sal-Mar Construction, the museum-piece oscillator featured on his “Phasor” LP
Blackchai Is Indie Rap’s Next Not-So-Silent Assassin
The New Yorker’s head-spinning verses burst with leftist ideology, anime shout-outs, and nervy introspection.
“Mum Does the Washing” Is the Spoken-Word Anthem I Didn’t Know I Needed
This miraculous song by Nigerian British poet Joshua Idehen is a manifesto, stand-up routine, and dancefloor banger rolled into one.
Modes of Transportation
I thought that finding the right music—black metal, ‘Loveless,’ Hole, R.E.M.—could help me to finally feel like a woman. The truth was more complicated.
What Wildly Specific POV Playlists Tell Us About How We Listen Today
Whether you’re looking to escape into a cottage-core wonderland, enact fiery revenge on a deadbeat ex, or cosplay as a bigtime magazine editor, there’s a POV playlist for you.
Come to the First Hearing Things Listening Session!
Tonight at 7 p.m. NYC time we will be hopping on a Zoom to play some of our favorite new music and answer questions from members about the site and the songs.
Charli XCX Was Actually Funny on ‘SNL’
Ms. Brat can act! And her musical performances were pretty good, too.
“Into Your Garden” Is the Most Fascinatingly Weird Song on 070 Shake’s Proggy New Album
How about a classical piano ballad about cunnilingus featuring City Girls’ JT threatening to scrap?!
This Compilation Is a Dream
Four months after the invented genre “hit ’em” first hit, a new benefit compilation chronicles a sound that sprung from one man’s subconscious.