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Video: Lil B, “My Diary Pt. 4″
Washing away the taste of his classical album just a day after it was released, here Lil B heads back to rapping, returning to the beat of Beanie Sigel’s all-time great track, “Feel It in … read more »
Arielle de Pinto: Knot’s Landing
Arielle de Pinto’s homespun sandals. Arielle de Pinto got her start with crochet years ago in Montreal, where cold winters and a film-obsessed roommate meant untold couch hours and idle hands. When spring came, she … read more »
Stream: Faye, “Water Against the Rocks”
Faye, the new project of former Swedish girl group star Fanny Hamlin, rolls on with another single, “Water Against the Rocks,” produced by Montauk. Like “Come to Me” before it, the new one is cathartic … read more »
Stream Lil B’s Classical Album Choices and Flowers
Lil B has released his self-professed “classical music” album, 95 minutes of atonal synth noodling with no lyrics, distributed officially under the pseudonym The Basedgod. A puzzling and center-less listen, Choices and Flowers sounds like … read more »
Stream: Fear of Men, “Born”
London and Brighton’s great four-piece, Fear of Men, have returned with a new single, a 7-inch split of “Green Sea” and “Born.” Thankfully, they follow the same jangly sound and tragic trajectory as last year’s … read more »
GEN F: Slava
Slava Balasanov is 30, with a precise bowl cut and a surprising fondness for the plain black dress shoes of a bank teller. The son of two mathematicians, he spent his first 12 years in … read more »
Stream: Bam Spacey’s Land EP
Bam Spacey, the production alias of Malmö, Sweden’s Magnus Johansson, has at last prepped his debut EP, Land, for the great little label Ceremony. Despite its terrestrial name, Land is music for star gazing, with … read more »
Itemized: A.P.C.’s Lightweight Windbreaker
Every week a different FADER staff member will pick a clothing item or accessory that he or she has lately been spending a lot of time with—or would like to—and write a little love letter … read more »
Interview: Kreayshawn
I met Kreayshawn at the Manhattan headquarters of her label, Columbia, one year to the day after “Gucci Gucci” premiered. One of those rare songs that doubled as a conversation piece, “Gucci Gucci” was as … read more »
Stream: Lapalux, “Time Spike Jamz”
The best Lapalux songs are indeterminately biological, his smooth synths taking on waveforms usually reserved for the curves and warps only found in flowers and heard through stethoscopes. “Time Spike Jamz,” released on his Many … read more »
