Beabadoobee, “Beatopia.” The runaway success of Beabadoobee is one of the ways you can tell the kids are all right. Having clocked over 4 billion global streams, young British-Filipino musician Beatrice Laus is huge with the Gen Z audience even as she mines Generation X’s music for inspiration. Having…

The Pussycat Dolls’ Nicole Scherzinger at BBC Studios performing for The One Show on Feb. 26, 2020 in London. Photo by Ricky Vigil M/GC Images. May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, which means it’s time to talk about violent bigots. I’m assuming nobody who reads my…

The best albums of 2020 include (clockwise from top left): Bob Dylan, Aesop Rock, Allan Rayman, The Cribs, Beabadoobee, Taemin, Bring Me The Horizon, Greg Puciato, Steve Earle and a collaboration album by Cory Wong and Jon Batiste. Welcome to Part 4 of our super-sized Top 75 albums of…

Bea Kristi—better known as Beabadoobee—quickly became a Gen Z icon after getting her first guitar in 2017 and writing single “Coffee.” The cozy lo-fi serenade, which she self-released, stole the hearts of hundreds of thousands—becoming a staple to bedroom pop playlists and TikTok videos alike. Beabadoobee’s online presence also…

Clockwise from top left: Beabadoobee, CYN, Pallbearer, Sawyer, The Midnight Hour and French 79. It’s been quite a year here in the Tuesday Tracks camp. RIFF’s mission to provide you with songs you might otherwise leave behind has lead us to many diamonds in the rough. Our final mission,…

Clockwise from top left: Didirri, Beabadoobee, Shaylen, Dearly Beloved, Wish You Were Here and Baby Shakes. Every week, there’s a plethora of new music at our fingertips. Artists on platforms like Spotify and Bandcamp are plentiful, and the radio offers a steady deluge of new singles, but who has…