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.
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“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.
SahBabii Cranks His Surreal Street Rap to 11 On ‘Saaheem’
For a rapper who loves talking about his balls, Sahbabii sounds remarkably mature on his latest.
Doing Karaoke and Talking Fowl With Duendita
With the new EP 'The Mind Is a Miracle,' nature enthusiast and Duendita leader Candace Camacho is making dreamy field recordings for the literal birds