After witnessing an Empress Of live performance, it's obvious she has an exceptional voice and a lot of talent...

Rina Sawayama is a Japanese/British pop icon who made major waves in the music industry following her 2020 release titled, 'Sawayama.' The album was praised...
Navigating darkness isn’t easy but we can’t have light without dark. We all go through devastating times, trauma, heartbreak...
Our band was formed in 2018 and has been slowly falling apart ever since. We started off playing very shitty music and have been getting slightly better with each release...
I was in a headspace where I wanted a name that represents the closest to my essence. The symbol ((( O ))) represents energy, life-force, what we all have...
Orion Sun has a bright future ahead, and I can't wait to see where she goes...
Live Nation told me Daniel's first three songs of the set would be performed under a massive curtain. I knew this would be interesting...
Lucy (AKA. Cooper B. Handy) is a character.
Onstage Krule presents a dichotomy of sorts with a strong baritone voice and indie rock aesthetic...
RANDOM

Tracking so many artists in the mainstream + underground it’s blatantly obvious who is going to blow up in the mainstream...

Again, like last year, this is my neurodivergent, smooth-brain Zoomer opinion, so if you don't like my picks, I can't help you (and you don't like good music)...

Kaytranada is a Canadian DJ with a comprehensive history of producing funk + R&B-infused tracks. His breakout album titled 99.9% (released in 2016) garnered substantial recognition for fusing house / R&B / funk aesthetics...

CKay's 2019 release titled, 'Love Nwantiti (Ah Ah Ahh)' was the first African song in history to surpass 1 billion streams on Spotify and the track garnered a billion combined views in a single day on TikTok...

Juicy J is one of the founding members of the legendary 'Memphis Rap' group Three 6 Mafia (Triple Six Mafia). Memphis Rap is known for its dark messaging, often showcasing themes of nihilism, occult, and violence...

I’ve been lucky that I’ve always had more ideas for music than time to produce them all, so in the beginning, it was easy. I was releasing 15-20 tracks a year, and labels were eating them up...

Nearly every Thursday night, we would park our cars at Comps and have a listening party for which ever rap album we chose to listen to when the clock struck midnight...

I think of this song as a journey that started with a love folk song that somehow turned a different direction into something more mysterious and beautiful that even I can't explain very well...











