The Old Taylor's Not Dead
On her new album, Reputation, Taylor Swift continues to chronicle the links between romance, revenge and her own personal sense of justice, but also confronts how she may be trapped by her own image.
Music Reviews
Songs We Love: His Electro Blue Voice, 'Crystal Mind'
The Italian noise-rock band channels its inner Hüsker Dü with a big, buzzy salvo driven by an urgent melody.
In Poland, WOMEX 2017 Takes The Pulse Of Global Latinx Grooves
Latinx artists wowed crowds at the annual global music expo with music from throughout the Afro-Latino diaspora. Here are six of our favorites.
First Listen: Sharon Van Etten, '(it was) because i was in love'
Van Etten's newly reissued 2009 debut captures a sound the singer has since left behind. But it remains radiant, universal and utterly timeless.
Songs We Love: Johanna Warren, 'Here To Tell'
On the new track from the Portland folk musician's forthcoming album Gemini II, an inter-dimensional being visits a young man in his sleep.
Bee Bee Sea Flings A 'Sonic Boomerang' Of Psychedelic Punk
Sonic Boomerang. Is that, like, Sonic the Hedgehog's new weapon? Nope — it's revved-up garage-punk from Northern Italy.
Songs We Love: Kal Marks, 'Adventure'
For its new album, Universal Care, Kal Marks decided to get uncomfortable by reeling the noise in — and they hit a sweet spot in the process.
Shocking Omissions: Cesária Évora's 'Cesária'
Évora, known as the "barefoot diva," helped bring morna beyond Cape Verde and into the international world of music. With her 1995 album, Cesária, Évora placed her definitive stamp on the style.
Songs We Love: Poliça And stargaze, 'How Is This Happening'
Music For The Long Emergency comes from a year-and-a-half long collaboration between the electro-pop band and the classically-trained stargaze collective.
Songs We Love: Sad Baxter, 'Baby'
Deezy Violet writes punk testimonies to the complexity of love and youth and life in general.