Music & Culture

Anderson East, Maybe We Never Die

Anderson East, 'Hood Of My Car'

by Eliza Tebo Berkon

On the edge of awakening, there's a moment just before the bliss of an extraordinary dream evaporates. Anderson East bottles that sensation into frothy, '80s pop-infused elixir with "Hood of My Car."
In "Side Street," a promotional video for his new album Call Me If You Get Lost, Tyler, The Creator plays out a fantasy version of a narrative that appears on the album's climactic song, "Wilshire," in which he engages in a deep but doomed emotional affai

This Song Is About You

by Ann Powers

Confessional songs are all over the pop charts, from Tyler, The Creator's Call Me If You Get Lost to Olivia Rodrigo's Sour. What do musicians who blend fact and fiction owe their real life subjects?
Low, "Disappearing"

Low, 'Disappearing'

by Lars Gotrich

On "Disappearing," Alan Sparhawk and Mimi Parker of Low sing in harmonies that quell the deepest doubts and soothe the savage heart.
Leo Sun, "When You Wake Up"

Leo Sun, 'When You Wake Up'

by Matthew Shaw

If summers are made for stories of fleeting love, "When You Wake Up" is a commentary on the resilience needed to soak it all in, the good and the bad.