Music

In the mid-1990s, South Korean record labels injected the burgeoning new genre of K-pop with the first generation of “idol” boy groups – charismatic teens who helped build a global audience in the pre-Youtube era

David Cook is a proven champion. On his new EP, The Looking Glass, the American Idol winner offers us a window into the private world and public ambitions of someone whose greatest competitor has always been himself. The first song, “Champion,” expresses Cook’s determination to speak out and win against any and all odds. It’s […]

Here’s what to listen to this week.

Pictures of Harry Styles dressed as Ariel are making their way around Twitter and we love it

Emily Wolfe just released “Something Better,” the first single off her upcoming album, Outlier, out June 25. A virtuosic musician who has already made a real name for herself in the guitar community, Wolfe is the kind of artist whom you can just tell was born to play. Wolfe has been playing the guitar since […]

Rap fans have many reasons to rejoice this morning. Young Thug and his Young Stoner Life collective returned today with Slime Language 2, a collaborative project that has the largest guest roster of 2021 so far. Drake, Lil Baby, Lil Uzi Vert, Gunna, Big Sean, Kid Cudi, Nav, and Meek Mill are but a few […]

The R&B singer turns 27 today…

The single is Erika’s funkiest track yet…

8 years ago today, Justin Bieber, while in the midst of a European tour, stopped by the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam and left a shudder-inducing note in the museum’s guest book.

From Beat Happening to Belle & Sebastian, we look at eight albums that came to define an underground subgenre.