From Mourning to 'Moonlight': A Year In Race, As Told By Code Switch
As we light a candle on the Code Switch podcast's birthday cake, our team looks back on the stories that mattered.
Music & Culture
As ISIS Gets Squeezed In Syria And Iraq, It's Using Music As A Weapon
The Islamic State is losing territory in Iraq and Syria but is trying to keep its supporters' spirits up through song. Its newest release, "My State Remains," reveals an organization down but not out.
The xx's Video For 'I Dare You' Is A Love Letter To Los Angeles
Starring Millie Bobby Brown (Stranger Things) and Ashton Sanders (Moonlight, The Retrieval), "I Dare You" unfolds like a short film in a beautifully saturated L.A.
'The Gentrification Song' Is The Inner-City Blues America Deserves From Rap
"The city lost its soul and gained a lot of hipsters, but does that really make it better or a little weirder?" Bay Area rapper Gift of Gab asks in new video.
First Listen: Tristen, 'Sneaker Waves'
Nashville indie-rock star Tristen Gaspadarek bears quietly lacerating witness to vulnerability on her infectious third album.
Songs We Love: Matthew Dear, 'Modafinil Blues'
Matthew Dear's first release since 2012's Beams is a pulsing goth-pop jewel that pulls the best elements of new wave — all the sex, melancholy and sly humor — and saunters off into the darkness.
First Listen: Sarah Jaffe, 'Bad Baby'
The versatile Texas singer-songwriter mixes spiky synth-pop with softer, slower-burning reflections on the way human beings interact.
First Listen: Public Service Broadcasting, 'Every Valley'
The U.K. band uses interviews, newsreels, propaganda films and its own stormy instrumental music to craft a fun-but-powerful statement about industry and automation.
The National Reflects On Hopelessness And Defeat With New Song, 'Guilty Party'
The band's upcoming full-length, Sleep Well Beast is shaping up to be the best album the band has done.
Guest DJ Raul Midón's Eclectic Influences Make Perfect Sense
The multi-instrumentalist and vocalist blends jazz, Latin music and soul seamlessly on his new album, Bad Ass And Blind. His musical touchpoints range from Paco de Lucía to Mercedes Sosa.