Insert Foot, Grimes and Skynet socialists. At least Grimes is trying.  Granted, the Canadian pop singer-songwriter is a bit weird, though that’s a plus in this context. Because only weirdos–at least in some sense–are really worth our extra attention. We don’t expect normal people to grab us by the shoulders and scream…

The effects of climate change are overtaking the Earth, and people seem essentially powerless to stop it. What is a humble synth-pop producer from Canada to do? Grimes’ fifth album, Miss Anthropocene, presents a warning call and a goodbye letter to the planet as we know it. Claire Elise Boucher takes…

Elon Musk, pictured considering whether to record an EDM song. For some reason, rich people think they’re good at everything. Michael Bloomberg and Tom Steyer imagine their billions automatically qualify them to be president of the United States. A guy with a gold toilet who was once on a…

You should be excited about new albums from Tame Impala, Frank Ocean, Grimes, Lorde, AJJ, Yves Tumor, The 1975, The Cure, Tierra Whack and IDLES in 2020, writes Kyle J. Kohner. Now that another phenomenal year and decade in music has passed, it’s time to look forward at what…

Phoebe Bridgers performs at the Fox Theater in Oakland on Nov. 27, 2018. Photo: Chloe Catajan. The end has finally arrived—the end of 2018 that is. That means it’s year-end list time. With great albums comes great songs, and in a year that brought us plenty of great singles,…

Photos: Ian Young By all accounts 2016 was a shitty year. But amid the chaos were much needed distractions in the form of live music. This year I traveled to Iceland, Chicago, Indio, Los Angeles and Seattle to attend 110 shows and eight festivals, watching and photographing more than 250 bands. Here’s…

Grimes performs at the Fox Theater in Oakland on April 20, 2016. Roman Gokhman/STAFF. Watching Grimes perform at the Fox Theater in Oakland last night was akin to watching a wild lion, caged and trying to break free of her bonds. The Canadian singer-songwriter (though the classification should be…

Grimes. Courtesy. OK, fine, so this is a video. But I couldn’t even get halfway done to watching the entire clip before wanting to say something about this. Grimes is a terrific visual artist and her aesthetic here is “Mad Max” meets “Blade Runner.” While there is so much…