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A temporal fusion of hip-hop’s past, present, and future, Ishmael Butler’s latest album warps the clock to reflect and expound upon the career of a giant within the genre.

The Chicago-based R&B artist talks heartbreak, musical influences, and finding a sense of balance on her newly released debut mixtape, Pink Gun.

The self-proclaimed “genre killer” takes us on a journey from modding out Game Boys for homemade chiptune punk to signing with indie giants Stones Throw ahead of his latest release, Tomorrow’s World.

As the hip-hop duo wraps up their summer festival circuit at Riot Fest, they reflect on their last album, Hyperyouth, and its call to get listeners onto the dance floor.

The DJ and emcees talk their Avengers-like assembly to record their enormously fun Don’t Come to My House Sharing Your Location EP.

A potluck of conversation, community, and love abounds on the jazz-forward supergroup’s third album, a full-course meal as lean as it is filling.

Over a rich tapestry of East Coast production styles, the Queens-reared emcee’s latest thrives in the space between Griselda-era boom-bap and the grimey hue of ’90s NYC drum loops.

On her latest EP, the Native songwriter blends personal and ancestral histories with soft-plucked steel string and powwow drumming to create a shimmering portrait of her heritage.

The punk-rap duo of Xay Young and Enumclaw’s Eli Edwards talk sonic inspirations on their self-titled debut, arriving this week via Carpark Records.

The LA band’s co-founder offers some insight into his debut solo album, plum, and shares the story behind the chill-ass polar bear that’s been starring in all of his visuals.

Alejandro Rose-Garcia’s latest record embodies change and the fleeting process of creation as it finds a peculiar middle ground between heartwarming and haunting.

True to its name, this LP invites the listener to revitalize and reflect as the Brooklyn-based producer reconnects with her emceeing roots and wraps us in soft synthscapes.

The Charleston-based indie rockers explore the middle ground between the quiet isolation of the mountains and the chaos of the live show on these five songs.

The South London sibling duo take stock of the clutter in their life with a second EP of rave-infused pop-punk that may convince the listener that it was actually recorded in 2012.

Littered with existential concerns about what is truly real versus carefully curated presentation, Ryan Kaiser wrestles with American suburbia on his third album of indie-surf tunes.

The crooning alt-R&B figure’s third album compresses you like a weighted blanket under its emotional stories of grief and loss distilled over seven years.

The engineer and producer hops back on the mic for an extended ode to Wu-Tang Clan, the group that’s fueled her passion for hip-hop since childhood.

The emcee formerly known as Pink Navel talks rebranding with their debut project under the more autobiographical moniker, There Was a Wind, but No Chime.

His second EP of 2025 sees the artist lean into his writing capabilities over addictive indie-rock melodies to reflect on the resilience that’s carried him through the last few tumultuous years.

With her new MIDNIGHT EP out now, the producer tells us about her formative experiences at Low End Theory, her ideal slumber party, and more.