Rainsford seems like the L.A. girl who has it all: the perfect family (her mother is Andie MacDowell), the perfect Instagram (she’s a model), and even the perfect soul (she adopts stray kittens.) But as she explores a future in pop music, her lyrics about life’s imperfections are, oddly enough, her best feature. Take “Brutal,” […]
Thea Taylor is no model Mormon. Growing up in a strict religious household in Southern California, the youngest of 10 kids was tattooing and piercing herself by age 13. A few years later, the teen’s “bad little kid” habits, as she describes them, evolved into serious trouble: drug addiction and stints in rehab. But while […]
As a songwriter, Vibarco has co-written multiple hits for Latin pop star Maluma. But as an artist, the Colombian only recently stepped out with his debut EP, Wash, last month. Vibarco’s seven-track release created buzz within the reggaeton scene, pushing the boundaries of Latin music while mixing in pop and EDM influences. A few weeks […]
Two years ago, Jamil Rashad decided after three studio albums, he was done playing small. “I wanted to be in the conversation of artists like Leon Bridges, Black Pumas, the Thundercats of the world,” Rashad eagerly shares with SPIN. So in the summer of 2020, the North Carolinian soul-singer who goes by the name Boulevards, […]
Unlike the precision timepieces and artisan chocolates for which Switzerland is world-renowned, the music of Geneva-based instrumental sextet L’eclair morphs freely, never adhering too long to a singular genre or vibe. That blink-or-you’ll-miss-it compositional panache has helped make L’Eclair one of the most exciting European musical exports in recent memory, as evidenced by the group’s […]
Naming your debut album I’m Not Sorry, I Was Just Being Me is a statement. It’s an embrace of unwavering selfhood in the face of detractors. Vocalist Hannah Merrick and guitarist Craig Whittle — better known as Liverpool indie-rock duo King Hannah — understand that it’s a lengthy title. But (as one might’ve guessed) they […]
If you’re longing for the kind of in-person connection that can only be found dancing with abandon in a room full of friends and strangers alike, Roosevelt’s got your soundtrack. Roosevelt is the moniker of 31-year-old German artist Marius Laube, who just released the deluxe edition of his third album, Polydans, which is a note-perfect […]
O.N.E. The Duo could’ve taken the easy way into the music biz. The mother-daughter duo of Tekitha Washington and Prana Supreme Diggs was already hip-hop royalty — as in Prana’s father is RZA, while Washington (known professionally by only her first name) can be heard on a number of Wu-Tang Clan group and solo tracks […]
Muni Long is winning. Her name is finding a home on TikTok, and as of late, the Billboard Hot 100 as her breakout single “Hrs and Hrs” cracks the top 20 on its ascent up the charts. By now, the artist formerly known as Priscilla Renea’s new moniker might even be more inescapable than her […]
Yard Act‘s James Smith has come a long way from the set of Peaky Blinders. The frontman – a former support worker, music teacher and sometimes-actor – appeared briefly in the famed BBC gangster drama’s third season, where he’s shoved unceremoniously by Cillian Murphy’s Tommy Shelby in a crowded factory. Now, Smith is no longer […]