New American Heroes: The budding stars who reflected the values of a progressive youth

By both reifying and remixing musical representations of Americanhood, the likes of SZA, Cardi B and Khalid presented a resistance to the uglier aspects of Americanness in 2017

Oneohtrix Point Never announces new album Garden of Delete

Following 2013’s R Plus Seven, Oneohtrix Point Never is back with a new album. Or…

Footage emerges of protesters singing Kendrick Lamar’s Alright

Protesters chanted the chorus of Kendrick Lamar’s Alright at a Black Lives Matter conference in…

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The Garden – This Could Build Us A Home

Californian twins Wyatt and Fletcher Shears are a very intriguing pair indeed. Their jarring, goth…

Girlpool

Delicate pop from California

White Fence

The Fleece, Bristol
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Joey Bada$$

It was hard to resist the charm of Joey Bada$$’ debut 2012 mixtape. Entitled 1999 (the year…

The Decemberists

“We know, we belong to ya, we know you built your life around us.” So…

Viet Cong

What an entry. Emerging from the ashes of the criminally underappreciated Calgary noise-rock outfit Women,…

Azealia Banks

Really great New York albums often take us by surprise. When artists overcook the nuances…

Tim Sweeney‘s landmark of alternative music culture

Long Live Beats in Space

The onwards march of the Mastodon

Trampled under the hooves of the most important band in contemporary metal

DJ Mustard: rap’s biggest beatsmith

California knows how to party: the rap beat mogul never fails to cook up the bangers