Doja Cat has followed a rare, strictly upward trajectory career since her debut with viral single “Mooo!” and wacky “Go To Town,” off 2018 debut Amala. On her third album, she launches herself into unexplored galaxies above, creating the world of Planet Her. She channels the vibrant energy and various…

There are few things as nostalgic as pulling out a home movie on VHS and seeing your childhood self. Running around in dress-up clothes, with high-pitched voices or even a full set of baby teeth, home videos often conjure memories and feelings of a time when life was simpler.…

Ledisi performs on the first day of the 84th annual Stern Grove Festival at Sigmund Stern Grove Park in San Francisco on June 20, 2021. Courtesy and Roman Gokhman/STAFF. SAN FRANCISCO — The annual Stern Grove Festival, San Francisco’s longest-running music festival, returned on Sunday after a 2020 cancelation,…

San Francisco Mayor London Breed cuts a ceremonial red ribbon on the official return of concerts on the first day of the 84th annual Stern Grove Festival at Sigmund Stern Grove Park in San Francisco on June 20, 2021. Courtesy: Paige K. Parsons. Other photos: Roman Gokhman/STAFF. SAN FRANCISCO…

After an array of musical and label mishaps, including rebranding to Push Baby from Rixton, losing two members of the quartet and then a record deal all during the pandemic, the now-duo is finally releasing its first album, Wow, Big Legend. The British pair, consisting of Jake Roche and…

Broken Hearts and Beauty Sleep, the newest album by Mykki Blanco, deserves a spotlight to be shining directly on it. Undercutting vocal traditions and mixing pop, rap and R&B styles, it’s only the artist’s (they/their) second LP (a” mini-album” at that) and first since their self-titled debut nearly five…

When Maroon 5 and Christina Aguilera wrote “Moves Like Jagger,” the band developed a sound and style of production that guarantees a certain level of chart success. Since 2012, the group has never strayed from its formula, releasing single after single, album after album, beating the sound relentlessly into obliteration.…

It’s fascinating to see legendary musicians’ children follow in their parents’ footsteps, some bringing their own voices to the craft, others diverging from the path their parents blazed altogether. Willie Nelson’s son Lukas Nelson has spent his adult life carving out his own place in the world of country…

Changephobia, a term Rostam coined to surmise the feeling of wrestling with our ever-changing lives, is the ambient, glossy album we need to bring us into a bright summer. With the opening of movie theaters and concert halls, artistic spaces where talent is splattered in grand displays, the album…

Ever thought about using paprika, a spice from central Mexico that spread to Europe during the 1500s, to describe someone who is the center of attention in a pop song? If not, then check out the opening track to Japanese Breakfast’s newest album, Jubilee. In this song, the South Korean…