Alex Suskind

2 months ago | vulture.com | Justin Curto |Alex Suskind

Clockwise from top left: Rico Nasty, Destroyer, Lucy Ducas, Yung Lean, and Tate McRae Yes, it’s only March, but we wouldn’t be collecting the best songs of the young year if there weren’t heaps of great music to spotlight. From Bad Bunny to Bon Iver, our inaugural round includes the expected hodgepodge of genres — pulsing guitar rock, Nelly Furtado–era pop, lean pop-punk, Puerto Rican folk — with most loosely centered around the idea of comfort.

Sep 8, 2024 | vulture.com | Alex Suskind

New Orleans football fans, it’s time to sing in A-minor. Rapper and The People vs. Canada beef winner Kendrick Lamar is set to perform at this year’s Super Bowl in New Orleans, on February 9. (Rumors of a Lil Wayne set turned out to be false, but perhaps we’ll get a “Mona Lisa” moment?) It will be the second time Lamar has appeared on the Super Bowl stage following his brief set during in 2022 alongside Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Mary J. Blige, Eminem, and 50 Cent.

Apr 15, 2024 | vulture.com | Emma Madden |Shamira Ibrahim |Alex Suskind |Dan Reilly

Is Will Smith paying Balvin to clean up his SEO? Rumors of Coachella’s demise have been greatly exaggerated [Editor’s Note: oops]. The festival’s rep as less a music event and more a place to be seen hasn’t gone away, and probably won’t for some time. But the 2024 edition — headlined by Lana Del Rey, Tyler, the Creator, and Doja Cat — felt like a return to when who was onstage mattered more than who was in VIP.

Aug 3, 2023 | vulture.com | Alex Suskind |Hershal Pandya

Last month, the interpolation gods set their sweaty-ass sights on “Hot in Herre,” the 2002 hit single by rapper and unofficial Band-Aid spokesman Nelly. Erica Banks and producer SGT J already scratched the song’s surface when they flipped “I think my butt getting big” into 2020’s breakout “Buss It.” But that was an entirely new track based off one sample.

Jun 12, 2023 | vulture.com | Dee Lockett |Alex Suskind