Cat ZhangAssociate Editor

A rolling list of our favorite albums of the year, updated somewhat frequently.

Hitting a rage room and chilling in the studio with the left-field pop artist, whose new album With a Hammer turns anger into introspection.

For the past two decades, the British singer-songwriter has balanced machine wizardry with startling humanity in her electronic pop. The world has finally caught up.

In this Rising interview, the eclectic pop singer talks about bedbugs, indie sleaze, and trying as hard as you fucking can.

Originally launched as a messaging app for gamers, the platform has become an intimate place for artists and fans to connect and build community. Can this fragile ecosystem last?

The self-identified “cyborg entity” is practicing the guitar, tending to their online personas, and learning how to curb self-destructive tendencies.

Stuck inside the monotony of suburban America, this teenage producer and songwriter finds freedom in their own online universe.

From vocaloids to demonic rap to whatever the hell Charlie Puth is doing

Mica Tenenbaum and Matthew Lewin are at the center of their own internet multiverse made up of surreal TikToks, Y2K-style websites, and sticky-sweet synth-pop songs.

Seeking more than representation, a critic tries to make sense of a fragmented, disparate musical tradition

The ambient musician on her winding path to discovering her voice, with detours into jazz and Hindustani singing.

Boosted by the YouTube recommendations algorithm, and now TikTok memes, an American-influenced strain of vintage Japanese music has become a perennial cult hit online. The trend says more about Western perceptions of the East than the other way around.