Deep dives into the sounds that define us.
Screamo's mainstream moment made it easy to dismiss - but the actual underground never stopped, and what it's been doing is worth paying attention to.
Indie folk took a critical beating and mostly deserved it - but the backlash threw out the genuine craft with the imitations. Here's what the genre actually is when it's working.
K-pop isn't a genre - it's an industrial system that happens to produce music across every genre. Understanding the infrastructure helps explain why it took over the world.
Hyperpop turned pop music's artificiality into an aesthetic program - here's how it got here and why it's more emotionally honest than it looks.
Dream pop has been quietly making extraordinary music for 40 years without ever needing to be the center of attention. Here's where to start.