#The 50 best albums of 2024

#The 50 best albums of 2024

The 50 best albums of 2024 From Brat to Bird’s Eye and Cold Visions to Queridão, these are the albums we couldn’t ignore this year. By Alex Robert Ross, Cady Siregar, Jordan Darville, Raphael Helfand, Steffanee Wang, Wale Oloworekende, Shaad D’Souza, Lucas Villa, Colin Joyce, Emma Madden, Vivian Medithi, David Renshaw, Walden Green Every album…

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#Songs of the Summer: Final Four

#Songs of the Summer: Final Four

Songs of the Summer: Final Four In the final segment of Episode 5: Honorable Mentions, the winners of our Brat, Touch Grass, Slacker, and Main Stage regionals battle it out for the SotS title. By The FADER This week, The FADER went deep on our Songs of the Summer, from global megahits to underground bangers….

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#A rap trio too fun to fail

#A rap trio too fun to fail

A rap trio too fun to fail After a legendary skatepark show, POLO PERKS A Dog’s Chance. By Raphael Helfand Left: AyooLii. Center: FearDorian. Right: POLO PERKS Patrick Okun.   At the apex of New York’s first heatwave of the summer, hundreds of tapped-in alternative hip-hop heads in their teens and 20s descend on a…

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#Song You Need: Polo Perks feels sorry for you

#Song You Need: Polo Perks feels sorry for you

“Song You Need: Polo Perks feels sorry for you” “Confused N In Love,” a consolation prize for all those less fortunate than Polo in life and love, is produced by fellow Surf Gang co-founder Evilgiane. Patrick Okon The FADER’s “Songs You Need” are the tracks we can’t stop playing. Check back every day for new…

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#Song You Need: Surf Gang go where the waves are

#Song You Need: Surf Gang go where the waves are

“Song You Need: Surf Gang go where the waves are” “LA Freestyle” is the lead single from At Least We Tried, their second album as a collective. Listening to Surf Gang always feels (to me, a 28-year-old music journalist who peaked freshman year of high school) like eavesdropping on a subway conversation between some very…

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#10 songs you need in your life this week

#10 songs you need in your life this week

“#10 songs you need in your life this week” Tracks we love, in no particular order. Each week, The FADER staff rounds up the songs we can’t get enough of. Here they are, in no particular order. “Water Resistant” – Anamanaguchi feat. 8485 Though Anamanaguchi started out as a chiptune project, their embrace of rave…

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#Polo Perks makes feelings popular again on “HeadHi”

#Polo Perks makes feelings popular again on “HeadHi”

“#Polo Perks makes feelings popular again on “HeadHi”” The new track, which comes with a video filmed on a Connecticut horse farm, will appear on Polo’s upcoming mixtape, I.C.F.M.3, out Friday. Brooklyn Punk Goes Drill rapper Polo Perks has a cinematic flair. His new song, “HeadHi,” incorporates melodramatic production from his Surf Gang crewmate EvilGiane,…

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