On his Fools Gold debut, the anxious and acerbic rapper knows he’s rounded a corner in his career, but remains on edge, his eyes glued to the rearview mirror.
Across five breezy, feel-good songs, the rising Afropop star continues to explore the overlap between the sounds of Ghana and those of his native Nigeria.
On his debut solo album, the Oakland experimental musician utilizes custom-built software systems that allow him to navigate around disability, with electrifying results.
The emo-rap artist rebounds from a sophomore slump with an album that glows with conviction and sometimes-uncomfortable honesty.
The rule-breaking pop experimentalist talks about the differences between major and independent labels, and how she ended up signing with indie rock stalwart Merge for her new album.
Jilian Medford, who records as IAN SWEET, talks about facing her trauma and making the mightiest music of her life in this Rising interview.
Neneh Cherry talks about the one song she wishes she wrote, “Across 110th Street” by Bobby Womack.
Splitting the difference between War on Drugs and Death Cab for Cutie, the latest from the Brooklyn band offers indie rock at its most familiar and instantly gratifying.
The Scottish band is on familiar ground, patiently building mountainous songs suffused in nameless sadness, but they sound energized by the darkness—and refreshingly resistant to self-seriousness.
The Nigerian-born, London-based musician pulls from blues, highlife, post-punk, and more on a short, fiery EP that details the struggle to rise above the pain of the everyday.
Rather than packing their recordings wall-to-wall with furious riffing and tricky time signatures, these Canadian post-punks leave space for each element to build tension.