Slime music and noise wars at the tippy top of the world
Archie rides a prop plane to the edge of the Arctic Circle to hang with slime lords, noise freaks, and a crew of festival organizers keen to pop the Reykjavik bubble.
Marcelinho MeteBala’s cybercria dance machine
The mysterious Brazilian “cybercria” wizard talks about the samples, the mashups, and the funk that “gringos can’t produce.”
Inside the Christopher Emond factory
Christopher Emond welcomes Maya Rajan into the cluttered, hand-drawn, CD-spilling headquarters of his DIY music operation.
Raw thoughts (Jay-Z edition)
A three-hour delay didn’t hold back one of the most star-studded concerts of the decade.
An interview with Milwaukee rap starlet Myaap
Myaap opens up about the impromptu chaos that sparked “Fairy” and her just-released mixtape Pixie Dust.
Dealers of God are rebuilding the ultimate Australian saga
Dealers of God riff on origins, inspo, Australia, maybe-real plays lost to history, and the desire to talk about some real shit.
Searching for autonomy in the Hungarian underground
Pietro Elie embeds in the thrilling musical wilderness of Hungary’s new underground, full of artists chasing self-definition and finding it in Marmint and fellow havens.
The rise and fall of Strappnasti
The brainrot baron and Canadian gem known as Strappnasti reveals everything about his rise and recent return.