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As we approach the halfway point of 2017, here are our favorite albums + songs from what is shaping up to be a frenetic, kind of convoluted (we are not on board with the teaser trend, just drop the jams), and overwhelmingly great year for new music:

Ernest Greene aka Washed Out returns with a dazzling house hybrid and late-night jam of the summer contender that will sound absolutely massive in the club. "Get Lost" is a super lush and almost shockingly bold (unless you've been up on Washed Out since High Times) track that incorporates elements of hip-hop and a dizzying, kaleidoscopic array of classic dance music vibes, with those sig

After performing the song on the amazing season premiere of the new Twin Peaks, Chromatics "Pay Tribute To David Lynch's "Blue Velvet" & The Legendary Julee Cruise" with this new video for "Shadow", directed by Rene & Radka, and shot in Los Angeles on Valentines Day 2016:

After teasing new material on their newly minted instagram that they apparently created just to mess with us for the past month or so, Grizzly Bear have finally #blessed us with an actual full new song. "Three Rings" is a lush and emotionally intense jam that feels like a welcome nod to majestic, beloved Yellow House vibes, while also signaling an adventurous and potentially more experim

We were lucky enough to see Austin's Julia Lucille perform songs from her stunning new LP recently in her hometown, in an intimate, packed-out room inside at the Mohawk. Her powerfully understated and emotionally moving performance only reinforced for us that Chthonic, a collection of smoldering, vulnerable dream-folk reveries, is one of the most beautiful and haunting records you're going to hear

Listen to our February 2017 monthly mix, featuring the best new tracks from the past month from Superorganism, Yaeji, You'll Never Get To Heaven, Julia Lucille, Purple Moonlight + more:

The winter solstice is an astronomical event marking the shortest day and longest night of the year, a day on which the sun stands still, officially ushering in winter. It's a cold, dark time, and it feels that way this year more so than ever...

Today we follow up our albums of 2016 list with the much more interesting list of our 101 favorite songs of the year. Featuring a couple of inventive flips of Shangaan Electro and Tropicália samples in the top 3, the powerful opening missive from A Tribe Called Quest's first album in nearly 20 years, an old Radiohead love song, multiple jams each from Frank Ocean, Danny Brown, and Carly Rae, unden

It may or may not be that time yet, but here is the highly subjective list of our 60 favorite albums -- too long, I know, but we could have gone much deeper -- from an unfathomably weird, incredible, terrifying 2016. It was a year marked by loss and uncertainty, and that might be why music felt more monumental to us than ever. Thanks for sticking with us for another year. Check the full list + a l