Chartbreakers: Jersey Club, Complicated Country, and 50s Crooners
Triumphs, fumbles, and oddities on the Hot 100
Five years later, the legacy of Nipsey Hussle's "Victory Lap"
Journalist Justin Tinsley joins to consider Nipsey Hussle's legacy
“Flowers” and the art of the response song
“Flowers” by Miley Cyrus is a disco-country track has gotten people talking for a few reasons, but most notably, Cyrus invokes Bruno Mars’ classic “When I Was Your Man” in both lyrical and melodic allusions.
The L.A. guitar shop that reinvented indie folk
This sound, and the mythos of the rubber bridge guitar, has turned Reuben Cox into a local celebrity and put Old Style at the center of Los Angeles’s indie music scene.
Too Fast? We’re Curious: The sped-up remix phenomenon
You’re not alone: the phenomenon of the “sped-up” remix has taken over social media, with everyone from Lady Gaga to Thundercat getting the tempo treatment.
Anitta & Rosalía on the borders of Latin pop
When it comes to distinguishing what exactly Latin music is, what makes the cut?
The soft sounds of Kali Uchis (live from Vulture Fest)
Live in Los Angeles, Kali Uchis talks with host Charlie Harding about select songs from her career, highlighting her unique cross-cultural approach to songcraft.
The Art of Flow
Exploring what DJ Jazzy Jeff calls the "body clock" of our favorite rappers
Willow Smith rocks harder
Charlie and Willow chat about the making of the new record and the many multitudes of rock music.
The Sound of Sapphism
There’s a new emerging scene in “sapphic pop” – what is it and how do artists feel about it?
Scary Pockets funkify pop classics (with Lizzy McAlpine)
The viral funk outfit breathes new life into a Bee Gees classic
Up late with Taylor Swift’s ‘Midnights’
On Midnights Swift builds a lyrical and sonic world that takes place across “13 sleepless nights.” Nate and Charlie listen closely to hear how she constructs this late night feeling.
Steve Lacy brings bedroom pop to the Billboard top
It’s the song that launched a thousand TikTok videos – or over 500,000 to be exact: Steve Lacy’s “Bad Habit.”
Why it hurts to release a record (with Sylvan Esso)
Sylvan Esso asks their favorite musicians about what it really feels like to release albums.
Santigold Sings Spirituals
The genre-defying performer walks the line between horror and beauty on her newest album