ROSALÍA and the Reimagining of Flamenco

Her music is “urban, traditional, pop, R&B”—a fresh form of flamenco fire lighting up a new lane in which only she exists. Rosalía is redefining an art and making something new all at once. There’s striking visuals to pair with the visionary sounds, complete with handclaps and synthesizers, motorcycle revs and operatic distortions. This is Rosalía.

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The 100 Best Songs of 2018

Great tracks emerged from all corners of the spectrum in 2018, making for a final collection as varied as the rollercoaster year they came from. Genres were revolutionized (Rosalía and Kacey Musgraves), artists were liberated (Janelle Monáe), and pop boundaries were pushed (Charli XCX and Years & Years). Here are some of the year’s best songs.

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2018 Year in Review: 18 Best Albums

A liberated journey into a digital world closer than we think; an experimental redefinition of country music set as much in space as on earth; an exciting new age of Spanish flamenco gliding over synths and soaring into the stratosphere—music in 2018 saw it all. You might have missed some of these perspectives, and you may be surprised to see some already on your playlists. Here are 18 of the best albums from the past year.

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Sweater Weather

Leaves are changing, cider is brewing, sleeves are back. It’s time to find the best cold-weather collections of songs, from the sleekest of synths to the warmest guitar strums. It’s sweater weather.

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The Technicolor Desert

Vividly colored gems are beginning to populate the desert skyline in El Alto, Bolivia. The designer of these polarizing pieces, Freddy Silvestre Mamani, brings more than interesting color and geometry to the table in the creation of this technicolor wave—what does this new invasion mean to the architecture and peoples of Bolivia, in object, process and product?

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