Lady Gaga’s Millennial Nostalgia Campaign
Her new album, “Mayhem,” is positioned as a return to form. What exactly does that mean for a grab-bag pop chameleon like Gaga?
Review
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Warped ’90s Throwbacks, Wildfire Folk Songs
Plus snappy Italian-language post-punk, impressionistic indie rap, and hilarious songs about the perils of performing on 'Tiny Desk'
Lowrider Jams, Guitar Explorations, Train-Station Jazz
Plus a gently psychedelic Japanese singer-songwriter and one rapper’s third album of 2025 so far
Reclaimed City Pop, Deconstructed Club Music, Wintry Hip-Hop
Plus an Afrobeats innovator and an art-pop virtuoso
A 100-Year-Old Man's Debut Record
Plus two seriously good rock albums from artists barely into their 20s, scorching live-band R&B, and more
Two Underground Stars Imagine a Dank, Dubby Baltimore
Valentina Magaletti and Zongamin’s latest collaboration as V/Z reaches cold new heights
Pink Siifu and 454 Are Reimagining the Statement Rap Album
How two very different indie-rap auteurs work with the art of sprawl
Dance and Sex and Enlightenment Are One and the Same on FKA Twigs’ ‘Eusexua’
The multihyphenate’s new album can’t be untangled from her physicality and her healing.
Five Albums: Ren-Faire Eurodance, Exquisite Pain Rap, Mortal Kombat Samples
Plus shroomy Detroit hip-hop and a wonderfully handmade-feeling ambient album
Inching Back from the Edge on “The Milky Sea”
A new 20-minute track from ambient king Jefre Cantu-Ledesma cleansed my mind in a low moment.
May the Wub Be With You
Electronic producer Slikback’s new release for influential dubstep label Tempa is a bass-bombing riot.
Keiyaa Can Do Anything, Including Experimental Theater
In the R&B experimentalist’s ambitious recent stage production ‘Milk Thot,’ ego death and new music abound.