For a long time, there wasn’t a very direct bridge between the soundscapes of ambient music and the world of underground techno — until Daniel Avery built it.
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The country’s music serves as a beacon of freedom, but not even that is safe from its cynicism.
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Patti Smith and FKA twigs’ ability to transcend genres with vulnerable music is a result of their continual growth and experimentation across art’s many spectrums.
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The singer-songwriter’s third solo album features some of her most masterful musicianship, writing, and introspection.
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A futuristic force to be reckoned with, the rising Kansas City-based trio fuses decade nostalgia with hip-hop elements to cultivate a new breed of indie pop.
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Despite its strong association with Rastafarianism and ganja, the island genre of reggae is a vibrant blend of history told by Black musicians that deserves more recognition than it gets.
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Five years later, The 1975’s I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It continues to leave listeners wondering, “Matty Healy, who hurt you?”
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May Daft Punk always be playing in your house.
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The people who once represented rebellion can do so no longer. It’s time for American punks to find new leadership.
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A 10-song playlist is not nearly enough to encompass the complex, multi-faceted world of Black music, but this short list serves to provide a mini time-capsule of what it means to be Black and in love.
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Dear friend, this is Charlie’s life and the music that accompanies him as he grows and blooms. Emotional ballads and dance anthems — those are just a couple of its perks.
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Sad girls, boys, and nonbinary friends, rejoice! This playlist has a song for people with any kind of love life (or lack thereof).
Written by C.S. Harper
Illustrated by Darrina Green
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Written and recorded entirely alone, the Paramore frontwoman’s second release in a year sees her ready to accept the darkness that inspired her solo ambitions in the first place.
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At the end of each month, Afterglow presents a staff-picked list of new albums that left an impression on our ears.
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With more than a decade and a half of build-up, Madlib and Four Tet’s first collaborative project was finally released on Jan. 29, as the pair pay homage to their influences and lay claim to the Sound Ancestors title for years to come.
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Take a break after sitting through mind-numbing Zoom calls and reilluminate your brain with Afterglow’s first crossword puzzle!
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At a time when upbeat pop dominated the airwaves and rap was on its way to ruling the mainstream, Gotye’s “Somebody That I Used to Know” rode the coattails of numerous covers and an indie pop boom to become one of 2012’s unexpected hits.
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The Mongolian folk rockers have been carrying their musical heritage on their shoulders since 2018, gaining international recognition and a spot on a horror film soundtrack in the process.
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