The best albums of 2025 so far

The best albums of 2025 so far

The best albums of 2025 so far From projects by billy woods to YHWH Nailgun, these are the records we can’t stop spinning. By The FADER Illustration Sabrina Kaune art by Sabrina Kaune Around June is when we start to get a good sense of what this year in music will look like. So far,…

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#Smerz share new project Før og etter

#Smerz share new project Før og etter

“#Smerz share new project Før og etter” Proceeds from the tape benefit GiveWell. Smerz. Photo by Benjamin Barron and Bror August.   If you’re a pop fan and you haven’t listened to Believer by Smerz, you’re missing out on one of the year’s most challenging and rewarding subversions of the genre. And luckily for you…

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#Smerz Release New Mixtape: Listen

#Smerz Release New Mixtape: Listen

“#Smerz Release New Mixtape: Listen” Scandinavian duo Smerz have released a new mixtape called Før og etter. The record is currently available through Bandcamp, with all proceeds going directly to Give Well, an organization that searches for charities that save or improve lives the most per dollar.. Check it out below. Før og etter was…

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#The 6 albums you should stream right now

#The 6 albums you should stream right now

“#The 6 albums you should stream right now” New releases from Julien Baker, Danny L Harle, Payroll Giovanni, and more. Julien Baker. Photo by Alysse Gafkjen   Julien Baker, Little Oblivions The third album from the singer-songwriter contains the great songs “Faith Healer,” “Hardline,” and “Favor,” which features Phoebe Bridgers and Lucy Dacus of the…

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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. “Yes Lawd” — Kevin Gates It’s hard to imagine Kevin Gates was ever the drug-addled, depressed soldier of…

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#Watch Smerz’s Video for New Song “Flashing”

#Watch Smerz’s Video for New Song “Flashing”

“#Watch Smerz’s Video for New Song “Flashing”” Smerz have shared the video for a new song off their debut album Believer, which is out this Friday (February 26) via XL. Watch the visual for “Flashing,” directed by Benjamin Barron, below. “‘Flashing’ is about losing the feeling about being a team in a relationship,” the Norwegian…

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#Smerz go it alone on new single “Flashing”

#Smerz go it alone on new single “Flashing”

“#Smerz go it alone on new single “Flashing”” Ahead of the Norwegian duo’s forthcoming debut album Believer Benjamin Barron / Bror August This Friday, avant-pop experimentalists Henriette Motzfeldt and Catharina Stoltenberg will release Believer, their long-anticipated debut album as Smerz. The Norwegian duo will coronate its arrival with a livestreamed performance on their Bandcamp on…

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#10 songs you need in your life

#10 songs you need in your life

“#10 songs you need in your life” 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. “One Step Closer” — Linkin Park (100 gecs Reanimation) The raw, messy emotion of Linkin Park’s breakout song “One Step…

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