Alphonse Pierre’s Off the Dome column covers songs, mixtapes, albums, scenes, snippets, movies, Meek Mill tweets, fashion trends—and anything else that catches his attention. This week, Alphonse meets ...

In October 2024, Haley Fohr, under her Circuit des Yeux moniker, released “God Dick,” an overwhelming barrage of texture accompanied by lyrics invoking the phallic divine. Dissonant strings balloon, ...

Chicago’s thirteendegrees ° is a standout from the ongoing nostalgia parade, a rap game time traveler who probably watches 106 & Park like white 30-somethings watch Friends. He ...

The Near End, the Dark Night, the County Line couldn’t be a more welcoming, or easygoing, introduction to Takuro Okada as a solo artist. Cherry-picked from recording sessions over the past decade, ...

Little Simz, Black Country, New Road, Dummy, Roc Marciano and the Alchemist, and many others will perform during the May ...

In Reality Blues, Meaghan Garvey tries to find out what is real, song by song. This week, Wren Kosinski, a.k.a. Ghost ...

As Kedr Livanskiy, the Moscow singer-producer has released three albums of dark, evocative electro pop rooted in a diverse ...

The Jamaican singer released countless singles in the 1980s and 1990s and regained popularity in 2008 with his political ...

Reynolds’ weekly column exploring songs and scenes at the intersection of music and digital culture, separating shitpost genius from shitpassé lameness. This week, Kieran tests their tingle tolerance, ...

The Walkmen frontman’s third solo album is scattershot and charming, full of beachside vignettes about doomed lovers and ...

On her latest album, the L.A. producer trades the grit and swung rhythms of her early work for sleek house and disco beats. The vibes are dreamy—sometimes to a fault. Ever the omnivorous ...

Lust for Youth were never quite as frigid as they seemed. Even on 2012’s Growing Seeds, the minimalist, abrasive solo debut of Swedish producer Hannes Norrvide, a song like “C ...