100 gecs

Where 1,000 Gecs shined (or failed, depending on who’s asked) in its disjointed nature, 10,000 Gecs commits to a much more solid punk rock throughline in its tracklist.

Charli XCX's capturing of the “main pop girl” aesthetic is not an imitation — it is an oracular impulse.

Coachella’s monumental sense of scale dizzied, delighted and disoriented. The atmosphere glittered with the rarity of a gemstone, a fanfare of aestheticized and commercialized bohemia.

Music beats Lauren Harvey and Ian Fredrickson are here to guide you through the April music releases you won’t want to skip.

Charlie Hickey writes music on authenticity-powered autopilot. It's the kind of art there isn’t really a playbook for, but nevertheless creates compelling, plangent artistry.

Music beats Nurcan Sumbul and Ian Fredrickson are here to guide you through some of November’s smaller releases you may have missed.

With a deafening guitar track, two cartoonishly gigantic speakers behind them and strobe lights galore, the first show on the first Gecs tour since 2019 started off with an unabashed bang.

Skillfully balancing the relatable with the surreal and the hilarious with the sincere, Femmedorm is cerebral and eye-catching, but most importantly, fun.

Though very different from much of Les’ past solo works, “Haunted” is just as good, if not an improvement upon her musical stylings.

With her sophomore LP Future Nostalgia, Dua Lipa put the pop music genre on her shoulders — and needless to say, she carried it without wavering.