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The Best of 2019 and Beyond | Staff Picks
December 28, 2019
We look back at the best music, memes, and moments of 2019.
Lil Halima Is Norway's Alternative R&B Icon on the Rise
December 26, 2019
Lil Halima is taking the world by storm one year at a time. 2019 was merely the beginning.
Clinton Kane Isn't Afraid of Feeling Something
December 26, 2019
This is what owning your fears and discovering ways to cope feels and sounds like.
daydream Masi's Music Will Illuminate Your Sleepless Mind
December 23, 2019
The youthful artist is creating music that exists in a realistic, dreamlike state.
Kota the Friend, keshi, DaniLeigh, and More Artists You Should Listen to Now | #NowWatching Playlist
December 20, 2019
Consider this week's new music roundup a gift from us to you.
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ZOLA Does Not Want to Be Put In a Box [Q&A]
December 20, 2019
We sit down with the rising bilingual indie artist ahead of her upcoming debut album.
Aaron Taos Warns of the Danger of Social Media Envy in "Saboteur"
December 20, 2019
As Theodore Roosevelt once said, "Comparison is the thief of joy."
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Ben Kessler's "Even When You're Home" Is All About Acceptance [Premiere + Q&A]
December 19, 2019
Home isn't always where the heart is.
From SoundCloud to Rolling Loud, $NOT is Solidifying His Place in Hip-Hop's Next Wave
December 18, 2019
Hello, world. Meet $NOT, Gen Z's hip-hop star.
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JP Saxe on "If The World Was Ending" and Writing With Honesty [Q&A]
December 18, 2019
In our latest interview with JP Saxe, we learn he is a big fan of his grandma and Lebron James.
KALI's Indie Funk Keeps Bringing Us "Back to the Start"
December 3, 2020
Kali Flanagan, aka KALI, is a 16-year-old LA-based singer and multi-instrumentalist.
Asi Kemera and Seiji Oda Return With Dreamy New Single "honey bb"
February 22, 2021
Atlanta singer and multi-instrumentalist Asi Kemera returns with her first track of 2021, "honey bb."
marcos g Dances Around the Issue of Commitment in "cold feet"
May 4, 2021
"Being scared of commitment and settling is a big fear so to write a pretty, fun song about this scary feeling was great."
Wafia, Masego, and Ta-ku Make For a Dream Team on "Wide Open"
June 28, 2021
The trio delivers on some much-needed summer vibes as we re-emerge from our respective quarantines.
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TOMI on the Heartbreaking Honesty of 'Sweet, Sweet Honey' [Q&A]
October 8, 2021
"Whether it's love, lust, or vices, it all starts from a place of pure sweetness; we want more and more of it until we completely lose ourselves in it."
Amber Ryann Flexes Her True, Authentic Self on "Been High"
November 5, 2021
"The song is about having confidence in yourself and not having any need to prove anything to anyone else."
Thavoron Comes of Age in "18"
April 27, 2022
Thavoron writes the words every tired heart has longed to speak.
Meg Smith Gets Painfully Relatable in "All The Things You'd Ruin"
March 1, 2023
“All The Things You’d Ruin” is something right out of an early 2000s movie soundtrack.
AUDREY NUNA Proves There's Only One AUDREY NUNA in "IdgaF"
July 7, 2023
The blistering new track sees NUNA's idiosyncratic flow taking center stage.
skaiwater Alters Our Brain Chemistry With the Hypnotic "molli"
August 21, 2023
Amid a collage of chaos, "molli" plays out like a trip you wish had lasted just a little bit longer.