Emerging at the end of rap’s mixtape era and thriving at the dawn of streaming, the swaggy, triplet-happy Atlanta rap trio Migos built up one of the most appealing catalogs of any 2010s rap act: lacing our playlists with heater after heater, topping the charts with “Bad And Boujee,” and, with 2017’s Culture, delivering a classic album. That legendary run …

Grupo Frontera puts a cumbia norteña spin on Ricky Martin’s classic “Tu Recuerdo” for his new EP, ‘ReVivo.’ The post Listen to Grupo Frontera’s Take on This Ricky Martin Classic appeared first on Remezcla.

Every week the Stereogum staff chooses the five best new songs of the week. The eligibility period begins and ends Thursdays right before midnight. You can hear this week’s picks below and on Stereogum’s Favorite New Music Spotify playlist, which is updated weekly. (An expanded playlist of our new music picks is available to subscribers on Spotify and Apple Music, updated throughout the week.) …

Spain’s streaming surge and Ecuador’s global push signal Latin music’s growing power. The post From Spain’s Streaming Surge to Ecuador’s Local Push, Latin Music Business Booms in 2026 appeared first on Remezcla.

On New Year’s Day, the Madison garage-punk band Wristwatch unleashed their album III on the world. Wristwatch frontman Bobby Hussy has another band called Whippets — which is more of a poppy ’90s alt-rock exercise cut with grooving, post-punky Y2K-era indie — and now they’re rolling out a new album too. The post Whippets Announce New Album <em>No Skulls</em>: Hear …

I like Talking Heads. You like Talking Heads. You know who else likes Talking Heads? Formal Sppeedwear. The trio, hailing from the UK town of Stoke On Trent, plays a form of oblong neon post-punk that’s obviously indebted to David Byrne and friends, from the wonky rhythms, cartoonish keyboards, and chorus-shrouded rhythm guitar to frontman Beck Clewlow’s quirked-up rantings and …

There’s nothing quite like the feeling of hearing a raging, seething, ass-kicking punk song in a language that you don’t speak — not knowing exactly what they’re saying but fully getting it anyway. Helsinki’s Kohti Tuhoa have given me that feeling over and over again. The band works within the rich tradition of Finnish D-beat, and they only sing in …

The heavy shoegaze boom continues. Right now, about a million underground bands are messing around with Deftones and Hum influences, and some of them are huge. But Held got started long before people were checking for that stuff. Oakland musician Daniel Phounsavan started Held as a solo project in 2015, and he released a 2016 demo and a 2019 self-titled …

The heavy hardcore army grows stronger every day. The latest band to join the chugging, grunting horde is Scorched Earth Policy, an Upstate New York crew with a lineup that includes members of bands like Missing Link and Laid 2 Rest. Today, Scorched Earth Policy release their ridiculously solid self-titled debut EP, five songs and 10 minutes of merciless mosh …

The hugely promising UK pop artist Rachel Chinouriri just played Olivia Rodrigo’s Daisy Chain Fields fest, and she’ll release her new album I think I spoke too soon next month. We already posted lead single “One song away from crying,” and now she’s following it with the new single “Make believe,” another portrait of romantic vulnerability. The post Rachel Chinouriri …