Flume performs at Portola Festival in San Francisco on Sep. 24, 2022. Chloe Catajan/STAFF. SAN FRANCISCO — The inaugural Portola Festival brought dance vibes old and new to Pier 80, nestled amid old shipyards in a once mostly abandoned and now-burgeoning neighborhood just downwind of Chase Center. An industrial…

By Mason Meyers After his incredibly well-received and critically acclaimed first album, Nothing Great About Britain, Slowthai had cemented himself as an artist that wasn’t afraid to shy away from difficult topics and controversy. Cancel culture then took its shot at Tyron Frampton after he tried to fight a…

Kyle J. Kohner checks in with his own list of the best albums of the year. The first part includes ALCEST, Patriarchy, slowthai, Rico Nasty & Kenny Beats, Danny Brown, Tōth, Richard Dawson, Kim Gordon, Weyes Blood, Deliluh, Chasms, Better Oblivion Community Center, Chemical Brothers, Billie Eilish and Mount…

Our list of the 20 best hip-hop albums of 2019 includes Danny Brown, Post Malone, ECCO2K, Tinashe, Little Simz, Malibu Ken, DaBaby, Megan Thee Stallion, slowthai, Maxo Kream, Billy Woods & Kenny Segal, Rico Nasty & Kenny Beats, Clipping., YBN Cordae, Kate Tempest, Quelle Chris, Denzel Curry, Injury Reserve,…