#Molina loves music so much she stopped releasing it

#Molina loves music so much she stopped releasing it

An interview with the Danish-Chilean artist about the journey to finally dropping her debut album, When You Wake Up. Sarah Liisborg Rebecca Molina’s debut album, When You Wake Up, was almost scrapped before it was finished. After emerging with two EPs, 2017’s Corpus and 2020’s Vanilla Shell, the 32-year-old Danish musician found herself in a…

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#Songs You Need In Your Life This Week

#Songs You Need In Your Life This Week

Songs You Need In Your Life This Week Tracks we love right now, in no particular order. By The FADER Dalvin Adams; Pooneh Ghana; Fidel Each week, The FADER staff rounds up the songs we can’t get enough of. Here they are, in no particular order. Listen on our Spotify and Apple Music playlists, or…

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#New Music Friday: Stream projects from Dawn Richard & Spencer Zahn, Caribou, and more

#New Music Friday: Stream projects from Dawn Richard & Spencer Zahn, Caribou, and more

Stream every standout album released this Friday with The FADER’s weekly roundup. Clifford Usher Every Friday, The FADER’s writers dive into the most exciting new projects released that week. Today, read our thoughts on Half Waif’s new album about grief, Caribou’s AI experimentation, and Jonah Yano’s latest jazzy effort. Half Waif: See You at the…

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#Songs You Need In Your Life This Week

#Songs You Need In Your Life This Week

Songs You Need In Your Life This Week Tracks we love right now, in no particular order. By The FADER TisaKorean, Andrew Lyman Each week, The FADER staff rounds up the songs we can’t get enough of. Here they are, in no particular order. Listen on our Spotify and Apple Music playlists, or hear them…

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#Christian Sean turns heartache into sparkling synth-pop

#Christian Sean turns heartache into sparkling synth-pop

Born into a religious cult, Sean establishes himself as a DIY artist with a voice of his own on “Cold Water.” Christian Sean   JF Sauve Discover Blogly is The FADER’s curated roundup of our favorite new music discoveries. Water represents different things within Christian doctrine, including rebirth, regeneration, and divine purification. There’s a reason…

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#Xiu Xiu’s switchblade pop

#Xiu Xiu’s switchblade pop

13” Frank Beltrame Italian Stiletto with Bison Horn Grips might be the group’s most approachable album yet, but it cuts as deep as their darkest material. Angela Seo (left) and Jamie Stewart of Xiu Xiu [not pictured: David Kendrick]. Photo by Eva Luise Hoppe   Knowing Xiu Xiu is a difficult endeavor. The sheer size…

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#New Music Friday: Stream projects from fantasy of a broken heart, Nines, Ezra Collective, and more

#New Music Friday: Stream projects from fantasy of a broken heart, Nines, Ezra Collective, and more

Stream every standout album released this Friday with The FADER’s weekly roundup. Ezra Collective   Photo via publicist Every Friday, The FADER’s writers dive into the most exciting new projects released that week. Today, read our thoughts on the return of Xiu Xiu, U.K. rapper Nines’ final album, Ezra Collective’s Dance, No One’s Watching, and…

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#Songs You Need In Your Life This Week

#Songs You Need In Your Life This Week

Songs You Need In Your Life This Week Tracks we love right now, in no particular order. By The FADER Each week, The FADER staff rounds up the songs we can’t get enough of. Here they are, in no particular order. Listen on our Spotify and Apple Music playlists or hear them all below. FKA…

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#The album that sparked the Drain Gang revolution

#The album that sparked the Drain Gang revolution

Five years ago today, the Auto-Tuned Swedish antiheroes’ breakout collab album Trash Island introduced them to a world beyond their cult following. Left: Thaiboy Digital. Photo by Fredrik Andersson Andersson. Middle: Bladee. Photo by Arcin Sagdic for The FADER. Right: Ecco2k. Photo by Daniel Sannwald.   “The world is a trash island,” Stockholm enigma Bladee…

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