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Sounds Like: Strolling down a Brownsville sidewalk with your girl and your pet pit bull For Fans of: Bobby Shmurda, French Montana, 50 Cent Why You Should Pay Attention: With her New York anthem "Ooouuu" cracking the Billboard Hot 100, Young M.A has brought an astonishingly original image to the rap world. She's a street […]

Sounds Like: The throbbing, synth-heavy soundtracks to imaginary Seventies and Eighties flicks – most likely found in VHS shell cases For Fans of: Tangerine Dream, Giorgio Moroder, John Carpenter Why You Should Pay Attention: You may have heard Survive's Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein providing the soundtrack to Netflix series Stranger Things, the year's most […]

Sounds Like: Amy Winehouse jamming with Kyuss at a desert LSD party For Fans of: Black Sabbath, Blood Ceremony, Windhand Why You Should Pay Attention: This Southern California-based doom-psych quintet has been garnering major raves from the metal blogosphere thanks to their newly released self-titled debut. The primal punch and serpentine swirl of the band's […]

Sounds Like: Every room at a killer warehouse party, shaken and stirred For Fans of: The actual spirit of PLUR taken to its musical conclusion: love for all genres Why You Should Pay Attention: As electronic dance music continues to contract into more and more exclusive microgenres, Mija's ready to huff, puff and blow all […]

Sounds Like: A "Hulk smash" to white supremacy For Fans of: Fucked Up, Negative Approach, Bad Brains Why You Should Pay Attention: There is a new wave of D.C. hardcore – referred to as NWODCHC, which NPR confirms is a real acronym – and Pure Disgust is at the helm. Formed by a group of teens […]

Sounds Like: Swooning falsetto, leftfield R&B and dark electronic drama For Fans of: Björk, Anohni, Arca Why You Should Pay Attention: Brooklyn-based Josiah Wise is a unique personality living in the worlds of both future-soul R&B and post-club electronic music. For his commanding EP, Blisters, he teamed with the Haxan Cloak – the artist/producer known […]

Sounds Like: An introspective conversation at a mid-August barbecue between Lauryn Hill, André 3000, and Jay Electronica For Fans of: Chance the Rapper, Anderson Paak, Mick Jenkins Why You Should Pay Attention: A frequent collaborator with Chance the Rapper (she appeared on both Acid Rap's "Lost" and Coloring Book's "Finish Line/Drown"), the Chicago artist's debut mixtape, […]

Sounds Like: A sleek and trendy party without an exclusive invite list For Fans of: Amy Winehouse, Nelly Furtado, Jessie Ware Why You Should Pay Attention: "Hotter Than Hell" is a hit in the U.K. and the Warner Bros.-signed synth-popper will be touring with Troye Sivan soon. At 15 years old, Dua Lipa moved back […]

Sounds Like: A Janis Joplin-Aretha Franklin hybrid with a mic … but a Lucinda Williams-Bonnie Raitt hybrid with a pen For Fans of: Alabama Shakes, B.B. King, Mavis Staples Why You Should Pay Attention: After Potenza's spellbinding blind audition yielded a four-chair turn on NBC's The Voice, a visibly moved Pharrell Williams told her she […]

Sounds Like: A perfect marriage of K-pop and A-town trap For Fans of: CL, 2NE1, Ariana Grande and Fifth Harmony's harder moments Why You Should Pay Attention: "K-trap" may not be an actual genre but Blackpink, YG Entertainment's new girl group, are on the verge of breaking with a unique fusion of bubblegum pop and […]