Music & Culture

"['Kill Me'] makes me feel so much less spooked in the world to make art and for other people to actually resonate with things that I have felt," Indigo de Souza wrote to All Songs Considered.

Two years after 2019's "Motivation," Normani has returned with "Wild Side," a sultry video with Cardi B that pushes the singer-dancer one step closer to pop sensation.

Whether you've sent the kids off to camp or are planning some fun in the sun at home, we've got you covered with these Tiny Desk concerts that are sure to make your child's next playdate a hit.

"October Sky" starts out in that quiet, inward space so familiar in these Billie Eilish days, as Yebba invokes a lo-fi filtered childhood memory of a lost loved one.

"Fat Chance" reveals a surprise partway through, emerging as an anthem about overcoming long odds, doing "a complete 180" and climbing out of the ruins, stronger than ever.

This single is another indication that the vintage soul game has a new champion team – and that disco sensuality will never fade away.

In songwriting that stretches our notions of Iron Maiden, "The Writing on the Wall" signals hope for after the apocalypse with animation just as epic.

It's downright thrilling to watch this band go big by making bombastic music that isn't afraid to be unabashedly Foxing.

It's got the hallmarks of Soccer Mommy's catchy pop leanings – melodramatic yearning, a chorus with big '90s indie-rock energy – but the track also digs into her penchant for eerie production...

Ted Gioia first published his History of Jazz in 1997, updating it for the first time in 2011. This year he did so again, after a very important decade for the genre.