Alt-Pop Trickster 1010Benja Is Not Scared to Admit He’s Using Generative AI
“If you have it broken down as organic versus AI, the AI is gonna win our world. The good guy doesn’t win this one.”
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Horse Lords’ Perpetual Motion Machine
The beloved avant-rock band on polyrhythm, just intonation, and conveying liberatory politics through sound.
Navy Blue on The Lyrics that Changed His Life
The rapper-producer, model, and skateboarder breaks down songs from Vashti Bunyan, Broadcast, and the late Brooklyn rapper Ka
Beth Orton Takes the First-Ever HT Questionnaire
The esteemed British singer-songwriter on the most radicalizing moment of her life, wanting to be a criminologist, and a mysterious recent meeting with Kate Bush.
A Day in the Park with Wiki
The influential New York rapper soaks in the city’s greenery while talking about growing up without aging out, his struggles with sobriety, and crafting his lush new album, Ancient History.
Radiohead’s Ed O’Brien on the Guitar That Defines His Haunting Sound
How the art-rock icon used a specific instrument to add uncanny atmosphere to so many Radiohead classics as well as tracks from his new solo album.
The Tender Ferocity of Hip-Hop Upstart KJade
The Phoenix rapper opens up about family, moving to New York, writing through the pain, and her dazzling debut album, ‘On Everything I Love.’
The Return of Vordul Mega, Underground Rap’s Missing Link
As a member of Cannibal Ox, Vordul Mega was one of the most adventurous rappers of the 2000s—until he all but disappeared. After nearly two decades of struggle, he's back to claim his legacy.
Broken Social Scene’s Kevin Drew on Making a Band of Friends Last Forever
An all-encompassing interview about the Canadian collective’s first new album in nearly a decade—and why their music means so much to me.
Who Plays Metal in Morocco?
An inside view of how one music scene fought to exist—and came to flourish.
NYC Electropunks Lip Critic Explain Their Credit Card Statement
Including that one time a superfan stole singer Bret Kaser’s identity
Breakout Club Poet Joshua Idehen on the Lyrics that Changed His Life
From Dizzee Rascal’s screwface anthem to Rufus Wainwright’s heartfelt wisdom to Björk’s Scandinavian wisecracks, these are the tracks and lines the songwriter keeps closest.