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One of rap's hottest new acts, Yeat has conquered Gen Z with his addictive, energizing post-rage rap sound.

dreamcastmoe has a theory that food and music are just alike. “Some shit hits you different, man,” he says over Zoom in early August. “It’s going to hit somebody’s body a little different than the last person.” That theory starts to make sense when you ask him what songs have resonated with him.

The Aventura member and self-proclaimed "king of bachata" (a well-deserved title, if we're being honest) shares his fifth solo album. "Sus Huellas," the fantastic lead single, dropped in February.

There are moments on Rachika Nayar’s new album Heaven Come Crashing when a light flickers on and the foundations of the Brooklyn-based composer and producer’s process begin to show: guitars loop and echo, strings bounce off of each other, melodies and motifs sprout and grow. They recall Nayar’s debut, Our Hands Against The Dusk, which, ambitious and meticulously produced though it was, still sounded like the work of an artist whose main vehicle was the guitar.

One of the most widely respected rappers signed to J. Cole's label Dreamville, Atlanta's JID returns today with his third full-length album.

Björk is starting a podcast. Björk: Sonic Symbolism is created and hosted by Björk and will explore "the textures, timbres and emotional landscapes" artist's acclaimed solo discography, from 1993's Post to 2017's Utopia, according to a press release.

Beloved trumpet player jaimie branch died Monday night at 39. A representative of branch’s label, International Anthem, confirmed the news to The FADER and shared a statement crafted in collaboration with her family. No cause of death was given.

Beloved singer-songwriter Cass McCombs wrote his 10th studio album Heartmind to reckon with the loss of several close friends. "Their memories guided me throughout and hopefully they live through the music," he said in a press statement.

Grimes has always been open about her interest in fantasy and cosplay. She’s now announced her intention to take things up a notch by making permanent alterations to her teeth and ears to help give her the appearance of a vampire and elf, respectively.

Florida "pain music" pioneer Rod Wave has been one of rap's hottest voices since the 2019 release of his debut album Ghetto Gospel, executive produced by Kevin Gates. He's shared a full-length project every year since then in between selling out shows across the country.

Arca and Hood By Air's Shayne Oliver have announced details of new project WENCH with an album worth of material set to be broadcast live on NTS this Friday, August 12. Greatest Hits ’88 to ’16 will be played out live on the internet radio station from 13:00 - 15:00 ET while a launch party will be held on August 11 at New York's Paragon.

The Mars Volta have shared details of their first album in a decade alongside the release of a new single called ‘Vigil’.The self-titled album, ‘The Mars Volta’, is released on September 16 via Cloud Hill and marks the band’s first record since 2012’s ‘Noctourniquet’.It follows the release of ‘Graveyard Love‘ last month and June’s comeback single ‘Blacklight Shine‘, both tracks of which feature on the new album.The reunited Mars Volta will head out on a US tour later this year in support of their self-titled seventh record. See the full list of dates here (and buy tickets).‘The Mars Volta’ tracklist:01. ‘Blacklight Shine’02. ‘Graveyard Love’03. ‘Shore Story’04. ‘Blank Condolences’05. ‘Vigil’06. ‘Qué Dios Te Maldiga Mí Corazón’07. ‘Cerulea’08. ‘Flash Burns From Flashbacks’09. ‘Palm Full Of Crux’10. ‘No Case Gain’11. ‘Tourmaline’12. ‘Equus 3’13. ‘Collapsible Shoulders’14. ‘The Requisition’The Texas-formed band released six albums between 2003 and 2012 before splitting due to a falling out between founding members Cedric Bixler-Zavala and Omar Rodríguez-López.However, the pair made amends and formed a new group, Antemasque.

In February, Brian Leeds released his first Huerco S. LP in six years. Plonk is a suite of 10 untitled, slippery tracks that fascinate the auditory pathway but give little insight into their creator, who has always preferred to remain half-obscured in shadow.

Winston Cook-Wilson’s songs don't have many obvious analogs in modern pop music. The waxy ballads he writes under his own name and the sharp-tongued soft-rock he releases as the frontman of Office Culture sound familiar but seem stubbornly hard to place.

To be a fan of Sam Gendel is to give yourself over to a relentless wave of music. The 35-year-old Los Angeles-based saxophonist released his latest album Superstore last month and its title reflects its comprehensive nature: chances are you will find what you need in at least one of its 34 tracks. Compared to last year’s 52-song, 224-minute epic Fresh Bread, however, it’s positively novella-like in its brevity.

Terence Nance is the visionary director behind the Afrofuturist HBO series Random Acts of Flyness. He's also a musician, having scored his 2012 film An Oversimplification of Her Beauty and, in 2012 released his debut EP Things I Never Had as Terence Etc.

Camae Ayewa's unending prolific stream continues with a new project under her experimental rap alias Moor Mother. Jazz Codes is billed as a companion release to her 2021 project Black Encyclopedia of the Air.

One of the hidden treasures of 2022 has been caroline's self-titled debut album. The London eight-piece achieve impressive synchronicity in their unique experimental post-folk, a sound teeming with life yet full of negative space that's not unlike an expanse of desert.

Bartees Strange returns with a sophomore album as exciting unpredictable as his first. “Once I smell a vibe… there’s nothing I won’t try,” he told our Editorial Director, Alex Robert Ross, on the latest episode of The FADER Interview.

Black Midi have released ‘Eat Men Eat’, another cut from their third album ‘Hellfire’.The song is accompanied by a Maxim Kelly-directed video, which you can watch below. It’s the second song taken from their forthcoming album after last month’s ‘Welcome To Hell’.‘Hellfire’ follows last year’s ‘Cavalcade’ and the London experimental rock band’s 2019 debut, ‘Schlagenheim’.‘Eat Men Eat’ was written by Black Midi bassist/vocalist Cameron Picton and tells the tale of a disturbing desert quest.“The story starts in the desert with two men engaged in a desperate search for missing friends,” Picton said of the song’s inspiration in a press release.

On Friday, Mike Hadreas a.k.a. Perfume Genius will share his new album Ugly Season. The new music was created more collaboratively than ever before, beginning as a soundtrack for a dance piece by Kate Wallich and Hadreas called The Sun Still Burns Here with producer Blake Mills and Hadreas's partner Alan Wyffels contributing to the composition.

London-based duo Jockstrap have announced details of debut album I Love You Jennifer B. Georgia Ellery and Taylor Skye's first album will be released on September 9 via Rough Trade Records, with today's announcement arriving alongside new song "Glasgow." Check out the self-directed "Glasgow" video below.

Throughout the week, The FADER highlights the songs we can't get enough of. Every Monday, we round them up in one post with excerpts of their write-ups. Here they are, in no particular order.

Listening to an artist's demos is very sensitive to context. No matter how much I love hearing Prince finding his way through a song on collections like Originals and Piano & A Microphone, the fact that these albums were released without the famously controlling artist's expressed permission can make hearing them feel like an intrusion.

Throughout the week, The FADER highlights the songs we can't get enough of. Every Monday, we round them up in one post with excerpts of their write-ups. Here they are, in no particular order.

Flying Lotus has released the song he made for Los Angeles Lakers legend Magic Johnson's new documentary series They Call Me Magic. "They Call Me Magic (Main Title Theme)" is out now, and you can listen to it below.

Battles, Soccer Mommy, Ross From Friends, BCUK and more acts have been added to the 2022 End Of The Road Festival line-up.The news comes as a handful of extra tickets go on sale today (April 12) at 9am BST (buy here). End Of The Road returns this September 1-4 at Wiltshire’s Larmer Tree Gardens.Also joining this year’s event is Kareem Ali (DJ), Tom Ravenscroft (DJ), Skullcrusher, Spirit Of The Beehive, The Umlauts, English Teacher, HighSchool, Uwade, Lichen, Vogues, Karima Walker, Tiny Leaves, and Steven Durkan & The Acid Commune.Pixies, Bright Eyes, Fleet Foxes and Khruangbin headline this year’s festival.

In a blink of the cosmic eye, Lucy Liyou has moved mountains in the ever-emerging ecosystem of contemporary experimental pop. The Philadelphia-based, Korean-American sound artist put out two phenomenal projects before their 23rd bithday. 2020's sprawling, free-associative Welfare and 2021's more focused and fully formed Practice are both masterpieces in their own right, earning Liyou consistent mentions in the rarified company of scene leaders Elysia Crampton, Claire Rousay, and Klein.

Channel Tres has been defying the prescribed boundaries of dance music and hip-hop since his self-titled debut EP dropped in 2018. The Compton producer/rapper has since collaborated with upper-crust artists of both forms, from Tyler to Baauer, Peggy to Disclosure, and beyond — broadening his horizons still further last summer and fall on tour with Thundercat.

New York-based experimental R&B artist Yaya Bey has unveiled Remember Your North Star, her poignantly-titled third full-length album out on June 15. It's also her first for the esteemed label Big Dada, recently relaunched to focus on marginalized and racialized artists.