NEWEST GEN F
GEN F: Stay+
Stay+, the UK-based, self-proclaimed “fictional dance” collective, has an exceptionally spotty history of giving straightforward interviews. Actually, the only one in existence is a string of YouTube videos-as-answers to very direct questions. But beyond the … read more »
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GEN F: Mark McGuire
Mark McGuire’s songs—of which there are hundreds, released scattershot and with alarming frequency considering their languid pace—feel like an Inception-style endless trapdoor through which layers of memories and half-remembered tiny moments never really end, so … read more »
GEN F: Lunice
Lunice’s most viewed YouTube performance isn’t actually of his music at all. Instead, it’s a video of him doing a solo pop-lock dance performance to Lazer Sword’s hyperactive “Gucci Sweatshirt” in his living room. The … read more »
GEN F: Lex Luger
In the spring of 1995, amidst a bid to snap back from the commercial failure of an album called Juvenile Hell, Mobb Deep’s Prodigy offered unrepentant insight into the desperation of his adolescence. I’m only … read more »
GEN F: Bleached
Jennifer and Jessie Clavin are cooler than you. “I have a really bad problem where, like, I shouldn’t be skateboarding anymore,” Jessie says. “I broke an ankle, I cracked my head open, but once I … read more »
GEN F: Mr. Muthafuckin eXquire
Sometimes the rap game reminds Mr. Muthafuckin eXquire of the craft game. “When I get stressed out, I do collages,” says the stout, six-foot-four MC. We’re lounging in his childhood home-turned-bachelor pad, a messy, one-bedroom … read more »
GEN F: Stacy Barthe
Much in line with the mass appeal romantic populism she has written into songs for Rihanna, Beyoncé and Britney Spears, Stacy Barthe has a natural knack for punctuating her points with aphorism. On feeling underpaid … read more »
GEN F: Caveman
Like every New York City fairytale, Caveman’s story will end in real estate. When they make it big, they’re going to buy the old converted Con Edison building on 6th Street between 1st and Avenue … read more »
GEN F: Future
If we could credit a single song for the overabundance of Gucci sneaker prints and stiletto heel holes dug deep into the couches of Georgia club promoters’ VIP booths this past spring, it would be … read more »
GEN F: King Krule
Archy Marshall just turned 17. He’s got red hair and a deep voice that sits low in the back of his throat, like it got caught halfway between his nose and his mouth. Up until … read more »
