Our picks for the highest points at the halfway mark
The collaborative jazz project’s members discuss ‘Deface the Currency’ and connecting with an urgent energy
The D.C. art-punk outfit and New York saxophonist reconvene for a wilder set of punk jazz
Hear new track “Gestations”
Our 20 favorite records from veteran players and young lions alike
From bangers to ballads, our favorite tracks from a complicated year
We survey the best of the best from an increasingly overwhelming half-year of music
Plus Darkside, Bo Ningen, Meshell Ndegeocello, Lord Spikeheart and more
Plus Kacey Musgraves, Tierra Whack, James Brandon Lewis and the Messthetics, Heavee and Lustmord