“Sometimes I wish I didn’t feel so much,” says Mon Laferte. “On a normal day, I probably find myself crying 10 different times. I wake up, walk into my garden, and suddenly I feel everything: the sky, the clouds, a butterfly. I find beauty even in a garbage dump. I start making up stories: who […]
On the song “Café con Ron” from Bad Bunny’s latest and greatest album, DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS (I Should Have Taken More Photos), the musical ensemble Los Pleneros de Cresta creates a sonic bomb of classic plena, a Puerto Rican folk-rhythm originated by the jíbaros on the island’s mountains. The track, mixed with an electronic […]
In one of the more transformative events of 2025, the Your Shot DJ Academy & Competition opens up the world of DJ instruction and live set performance to a group who typically would not have access. For the homeless, deaf and disabled, Your Shot democratizes DJ culture “by empowering young people to step behind the […]
Sometimes even Mike Dirnt must escape from loud noises. The Green Day bassist and founding member has just been running around his Bay Area house shutting windows and doors, after gardeners unexpectedly turned up the blowers just when Dirnt was about to jump on the phone. “It was dead silent here until about five minutes […]
With a name like 2DeadBoyz, the connection to Outkast, whose 1996 single “2 Dope Boyz (in a Cadillac)” is a staple in the Southern hip-hop icons’ catalog, isn’t lost. The duo—comprised of Flatbush Zombies rappers Zombie Juice and Meechy Darko—was heavily influenced by André 3000 and Big Boi, something they freely discussed backstage at Red […]
“I don’t appreciate things without an erotic charge,” says Lera Lynn, a singular wanderer on the Americana borderlands of country. “I know people really love Taylor Swift, but there’s no sex in that music — no sex or death. That’s what I find lacking in some pop music.” To Lynn, who has declined big label […]
Name Samara Joy Best known for Never being home. Current city New York, my hometown. Really want to be in Paris or Italy, eating the best food and playing with local musicians! Excited about Playing at the NY Philharmonic with my band, as well as debuting their newest orchestrations! May 16 if you’re in town 🙂 My current music collection has a lot […]
Some festivals offer at least the illusion that a ticket holder can see a bit of every act on the bill. But III Points Miami increasingly goes for sensory overload, with more than 150 acts on 12 stages packed into just two days over October 17 and 18 this year—and that’s not even counting the […]
“The key that makes this product different” — came the excited voice, riding the dual stimulants of artisanal coffee shop caffeine and San Francisco Bay ocean air — “is it’s about human-to-human interaction. Having conversations face-to-face just like this.” I spotted the animated tech founder’s hands gesticulating in front of the stoic nodding chin of […]
Sometimes you don’t have enough tracks for an album, but you want to put more music out into the world than a single. The EP is the awkward middle child of musical formats, but it’s endlessly useful for acts at every level of the industry, from rising new artists to one-off collaborations and experimental detours […]