Travis Scott PLAYLIST
OUR FAVORITE SONGS AND VIDEOS RIGHT NOW
1. Jessie Reyez
“Far Away”
A Canadian-born singer with Colombian roots, Reyez delivers an impassioned R&B ballad about the debilitating feeling of trying to maintain a relationship with someone who’s stuck in the immigration system. When she sings, “It’s been a hundred days since I’ve kissed your face,” your heart breaks with her.
2. Sleater-Kinney “Animal”
This summer, right before they released their new album, The Center Won’t Hold, Sleater-Kinney announced the departure of powerhouse drummer Janet Weiss. Now, they’ve released one last song with Weiss, an explosive reminder of what this band can do at its punktorpedo best.
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“Highest in the Room”
Scott’s latest is a sumptuously stoned prograp odyssey that also feels like a quaveringly fearful breakup song; “Hope I make it out of here,” he sings, amping up the emo aloneness that often plays at the margins of his epic escapism.
4. The Who “All This Music Will Fade”
The Who are about to release their first album in 13 years, and their new single is a self-aware riff on the impermanence of music and musical relevance — delivered with a Who’s Next fury that makes these icons seem pretty darn relevant.
5. Omar Apollo “Kickback”
In the fun new video for this elegant soul tune, Mexican American crooner Omar Velasco (a.k.a. Omar Apollo) hangs out on a yacht with a crew of his friends, perfectly fitting the song’s splashy yet laid-back vibe.
6. Temples
“You’re Either on Something”
These Brits revive Sixties psychedelia with cute irony: “You’re either on something or you’re on to something,” they sing, sounding at once pie-eyed and side-eyed on this flower-rock opus.
7. Broken Bells
“Good Luck”
The Shins’ James Mercer and producer Danger Mouse reboot their side duo with a lushly brooding statement on life in our dark times. It’s paranoia rendered with impeccable pop smarts.
8. Young M.A “PettyWap”
The fierce Brooklyn rapper’s new Herstory in the Making is a must-hear LP: This standout track opens as a meditation on jealousy and turns into a raging, inspiring assertion of power, pleasure, and pride.
9. Skegss
“Save It for the Weekend”
A slacker-rock summer jam that’s so slacker-y it came out in early autumn. With a little more elbow grease they might have themselves a Weezer-ian power-pop hit.
10. Beabadoobee
“I Wish I Was Stephen Malkmus”
Gen Z rocker Bea Kristi had yet to be born when Malkmus was fronting indie-rock gods Pavement, but the 19-year-old nails their torpid grandeur like a Nineties kid at heart.