The FADER picks the 30 best albums of 2026 so far including projects from Don Toliver, underscores, Fetty Wap, skaiwater, ...

Phoebe Bridgers has announced she will play Madison Square Garden this week – and tickets are just $1. The Thursday night show is presented by Tidal Music, and ticket sales will benefit the Community ...

Kim Petras is warning me of the dangers of misaligned pop stardom, or what can happen when the general corporate powers that be force you to sideline your artistry for the company line. Petras named ...

Most people outside the music industry had never heard the name Chaotic Good before April. That month, the digital agency’s co-founders, Andrew Spelman and Jesse Coren, pulled back the curtain on ...

The Opener is The FADER’s short-form profile series of casual conversations with exciting new artists.

When Drake breaks from Nothing Was the Same’s long-winded intro to declare "40 is on Martin Scorsese,” he's referring of course to Noah Shebib, the small, bald and bearded guy, always in the studio or ...

You ready? YOU READY?? … OPEN THAT SHIT THE FUCK UP ROLLING LOUUUUUUUUUUD! WIDER!! WIDER!!! OPEN THAT SHIT UP!!!! OPEN THAT SHIT UPPPPP!!!!! It’s March 16, and I’m in the pit at Rolling Loud ...

Each week, The FADER staff rounds up the songs we can't get enough of. Here they are, in no particular order. Spotify and Apple Music playlists, or hear them all below. We’re big fans of Eli here. The ...

Isaiah Rashad’s 32 gold teeth are beaming. “I’m grateful as fuck,” the Top Dawg Entertainment rapper tells me as a plate of chimchurri-ed hangar steak is set down in front of him. He turns his phone ...

Willy Chavarria had just six weeks to organize his biggest show yet. In January 2026, in lieu of a traditional runway presentation, the designer chose to put on something closer to a musical for his ...