Stories about Hip-hop
New Music: Isaac Aesili’s ‘Hidden Truths’ brings elegant electronic grooves
The Maōri producer-DJ fuses multiple styles into a great backyard party record (solo with the Solo cups, please).
50 years of Jimi Hendrix’s radical, redefining ‘Band of Gypsys’
Revisiting a classic album that proved to be a turning point in rock's political expressionism.
The wonder-chops of Thundercat
The LA bass wiz blends smooth pop sounds with deep knowledge and wry humor. Catch him at Fox Theatre, Fri/6.
New Music: Werkha strikes dance floor gold with ‘The Rigour’
UK artist's five-track EP breaks into singular territory, with spaceship synths and a jazz-inflected approach.
New music: Orion Sun brings winter warmth with ‘Ne me quitte pas’
This melodic vocal stroll, delivered with unhurried lethal precision, is a great introduction to the Philly artist.
LA producer Elusive steps into a fidgety ‘Ambient Void’
The scene fixture's latest builds minaiture worlds from cascading synths, vinyl crackles, and flush atmospherics.
Chatting by cell: ‘Uncuffed’ is a prison podcast for our time
As America deliberates new approaches to criminal justice, inmates at San Quentin and Solano State get their stories out.
Our critic picks 2019’s Music of Note
Spaced-out funk, Afrobeat, progressive soul, rave revivalism, heavy-rooted blues, breakbeats, and a lot of brass on this year's list
Kamaal Williams brings London’s nightlife jazz explosion to SF
'70s funk and fusion meet contemporary hip-hop and electronics in the DJ's work, representative of a massive scene.
Goldie returns to revive SF’s golden age of drum and bass
The dance music style he pioneered is back in vogue: Here's a walk down memory lane of the SF scene in the 1990s.