Jonathan Mannion / The FADER xaviersobased is an underground rapper from New York’s Upper West Side who pioneered jerk music alongside his collective 1c. He just dropped his debut album…
Courtesy of Gap Studio/Getty Leon Thomas took the 2026 Grammy stage as the most-nominated R&B singer of the evening. His sophomore album Mutt racked up six nominations and by the…
ira glass: (L-R) Landon Kerouac, Jill Roth, Kaleb Wallace, and Lise Ivanova. The Opener is The FADER’s short-form profile series of casual conversations with exciting new artists. ira glass…
Doechii stuns in new photo from the GRAMMYs with Queen Latifah (whose dress is lowkey giving cerebellum). Kevin Winter / Getty Images Music’s biggest night isn’t just an opportunity…
Na-Kel Smith makes rap songs that sound like waking dreams. On his latest album NAK, Smith’s self-produced loops burble and swell like rivulets over pebbled stream beds. Compared to 2023’s…
The Moment review: Brat summer is hell”> Image provided courtesy of A24 Charli xcx’s brat began with its album rollout. In December 2024, the pop star told Variety that she…
Australian songwriter/producer Ninajirachi makes being terminally online sound just as anxious and fun as being in the club. Last year, her debut album I Love My Computer deconstructed our hyper-digital…
Sideshow can be as blunt as a hammer. Despite the 10K rapper’s deft cadences and vivid instrumentals, his raps are stark and straightforward about the unglamorous realities of human life….
Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images Sade might win a Grammy in 2026 for a song you’ve probably never heard. In late 2024, the famously reclusive singer released her first song…
Distracted, featuring Mac Miller”> Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for Coachella It’s been a long six years since Thundercat’s last album, I Did This To Myself. Now, the singer, songwriter…