Songs We Love: Saba Abraha, 'Wicked Ways'
Music is doing its job when it makes you feel like you can actually sit with your angst.
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First Listen: The Districts, 'Popular Manipulations'
The latest album by the Philadelphia-based indie rockers is their best yet.
First Listen: Downtown Boys, 'Cost of Living'
The songs on Cost Of Living are a big leap forward in the evolution of one of punk's most revolutionary groups.
Songs We Love: Bonnie 'Prince' Billy With The Roots Of Music, 'The Curse'
Pan-generational brass bands join this joyous, weird trip through New Orleans cemeteries and streets, with cameos from stalwarts of local street culture.
First Listen: Alex Williams, 'Better Than Myself'
The 26-year-old country singer is a student of old-line outlaw country and its tradition of leathery, knowing tall talk.
'Súbeme La Radio' Is Cuba's Heartbreak Anthem Of The Summer
Written by Cuban reggaeton star and Latin Grammy winner Descemer Bueno and sung by Enrique Iglesias, the track is catchy, danceable and topping the Latin music charts.
Reporting The Saga Of R. Kelly
"This is a trail, two and a half decades long, of dozens of young African-American women whose lives have been ruined by R. Kelly," says journalist Jim DeRogatis
Putting Women At The Center Of Pop Music History
When you see a list of the best albums of all time, what's behind it? Sales? Influence on other acts? Or the subjective opinions of a magazine or website editorial staff?
Kanye West Sues Lloyd's Of London Over Life Of Pablo Tour Cancellations
The producer and rapper is hoping to be paid on an insurance claim after he canceled several shows in late 2016.
Wailin Storms' 'Irene Gaza' Is An Unholy Post-Punk Reckoning
The Durham, N.C.-based band swirls the gothic croon of Samhain and 16 Horsepower's fiery proselytizing.