Eric Torres
The Peru-born, Berlin-based producer and singer’s latest EP—dedicated to the LGBTQ+ community—comprises a kaleidoscopic set of songs marked by rhythmic tension and a sense of play.
10mo
On their second album of smoldering synth-pop, Raquel Berrios and Luis Alfredo Del Valle examine a moment of friction in their own relationship with impressive candor.
11mo
On her second album, the New York singer-songwriter searches for self-worth while impelling elements of folk, neo-soul, and alt-rock through thrilling hairpin turns.
11mo
The EP’s chrome-plated pop and electro music balances self-worth with self-sabotage, suggesting you can rewrite bad habits into more productive ways of living like you would update your laptop’s software.
1y
On her flinty third album, the Minneapolis singer sharpens her storytelling, lacing deceptively bright folk pop with small, evocative details.
1y
With a newly muscular sound, Will Wiesenfeld’s first Baths album in eight years examines the giddy, pleasure-seeking joys of queerness alongside loneliness and desperation.
1y
After a trilogy of shape-shifting EPs, the Sudanese American artist concentrates their style into a dusky blend of R&B, rap, and rock songs whose lyrics seesaw between swaggering and lovesick.
1y
The Queens musician and multidisciplinary artist’s brief but immersive EP sets her soft-focus mantras to a meditative blend of ambient, field recordings, and left-field soul.
1y
On their lusty new album, the L.A. singer and songwriter leapfrogs across trap-inflected R&B, countryfied ballads, and bassy pop confections.
1y
The Australian hitmaker’s 10th studio album is an overproduced amalgamation of disco, hip-hop, and radio pop that even Sia’s gale-force delivery can only carry so far.
2y
Lorely Rodriguez’s fourth album is a dazzling showcase for her unexpected vocal and production approach as she experiences the peaks and valleys of heated romance.
2y
Following his 2022 collaboration with Charlotte Adigéry, the Belgian-born producer examines his Hong Kong heritage on an album of clean-lined synth pop and invigorating club tracks.
2y
With Souvenirs, Emahoy’s extraordinary life and music is certain to continue traveling in the same ceaseless manner, transforming countless lives along its path.
2y
On a short but charming four-song EP, the Los Angeles singer-songwriter expands on the laid-back R&B of her 2022 breakout album, finding new frames for easygoing songs about love’s ups and downs
2y
Chrystia Cabral gives her old highlights new studio arrangements, lending them the immediacy and clarity of live versions.
2y
The UK singer-producer teams up with Rostam for a collection of chilled-out electro-pop that plays it a little too safe.
2y
Jessy Lanza leans into low-lit club pop (and picks up a saxophone) on an album whose breezy mood feels inspired by her new home of Los Angeles.
2y
The Swedish quartet’s seventh album glows with carefree, mosaic pop arrangements. They sound looser and freer than ever.
2y
The New Orleans bounce icon takes a victory lap on her long-awaited second album, one of the most effective party-starting records of the year.
2y
The guiding principle behind the album, the best Jam City LP to date, is simple: getting blasted at your favorite club with familiar faces.
3y
The London electro-pop artist takes a step forward after last year’s Bluff EP: The textures are richer, the emotions deeper, and her confidence more assured.
3y
Kelela’s rapturous second album is a masterful display of tension and release, centering queer Black womanhood through blasts of heated dance music and ambient comedowns.
3y