billy woods Archives

A look back at some of the best albums of the first half of the year

woods navigates a stunningly unsettling gauntlet of horrors on a bold, chilling new set of songs

Plus Mclusky, Deradoorian, Cole Pulice, History Dog, and Shearling

Plus PremRock, Blanket, Mark de Clive-Lowe, Hedvig Mollestad Trio, and Gösta Berlings Saga

Hear “Misery,” produced by Kenny Segal

From prolific underground rap vets to mainstream up-and-comers

50 records from a year that overwhelmed us with great music

Our favorite songs from an eclectic year

We look back at 20 years of albums of the year!

Looking over the past six months of outstanding new music

We pick 10 favorites from two decades of hip-hop innovation

The emcee and producer’s second team-up, an album of surrealist travelogues, is at once introspective, funny and affecting

Plus Wolf Eyes, billy woods & Kenny Segal and Mammatus

Plus Geld, Jessie Ware, Danny Paul Grody and Mandy, Indiana

The first single from ‘Maps,’ out May 6

Follow-up to ‘Hiding Places’ due out in May

Plus Party Dozen with billy woods, Debby Friday and Yves Tumor

Plus tour dates with Algiers

Eclecticism defined the greatest moments in hip-hop in 2022.

The debuts, comebacks, cult favorites and blockbusters that defined a year