Kelly Moonstone Is Waxing (And Loving It)
The NYC indie singer, rapper, songwriter, and producer on love, loss, and creating her luminous debut album New Moon.
Going Up
Profiles of artists we love who are on the verge of breaking through
17 articles
Asher White's Short, Strange Trip
The young experimental pop auteur talks about her life in music so far, from her days as a tweenage noise musician, to the bad acid experience that pulled her toward songwriting, to her thrilling new album, '8 Tips for Full Catastrophe Living.'
Hannah Frances Makes Prog Rock for Tender Folkies
The Vermont singer-songwriter on her love of Yes, her brilliant new album, and the benefits of not going to music school
Amore Is Making the Absurdist Pop She Wants to See in the World
The Spanish songwriter and producer on DIY art, her album 'Top Hits, Ballads, Etc…', and being the last left person in the world
Um, Jennifer? Takes On the City
The punk-informed guitar-pop duo embodies old-school NYC—and confronts life’s complexities—on their scrappy debut album.
Infinity Knives & Brian Ennals, Live From The Apocalypse
The Maryland duo on critical acclaim versus financial gain and creating their blistering, beautiful third album, “A City Drowned In God's Black Tears.”
Deep in the Cat Cafe With Kassie Krut
The Queens trio Kassie Krut hotwires IDM, punk, and much more into a subterranean club sound that feels like the future.
FearDorian Is Smashing Through the Boundaries of Internet Rap
The 18-year-old Atlantan combines the pulse of club music and the vulnerability of emo to mesmerizing effect.
Finding Infinity in SML’s Cyborg Jazz
In the L.A. band’s music, the human and the machine are often indistinguishable.
Ginger Root’s Life Is a Movie
The SoCal multi-instrumentalist writes love letters to 1980s Japan through his elaborately world-building visuals and city pop-tinged funk-lite jams.
Emory’s Post-TikTok Pop
Here’s an impressive young artist who would much rather spend time building a real-life community around her work than figure out how to promote herself online.
The Luisa Almaguer Experience Awaits
The Mexico City singer-songwriter—who conjures a phantasmagoric mix of psych-rock, folk, and cumbia—is as complex as the capital she calls home.