New York City songs

You know that feeling when you hear a song for the first time, and the band performing appears before you practically fully formed, as if they've alwa...

After emerging from the SoundCloud ether in 2015 with a dynamic Drake cover, NYC-based Celia Inside has been developing a fanbase around the strength ...

With an assist from Joe Harrison (production) and the Berklee-trained Jamie Walters (mix), NYC-based newcomer Brian Merrill has released the veracious...

The high energy sounds of Yes and the Grateful Dead never really shook me, but for some reason, hearing Blitzen Trapper reinvent the sounds of 70s era...

In the four years since Trentemøller's critically acclaimed debut, he's been steadily building an eclectic catalogue of genre-bending singles and rem...

I liked J. Roddy Walston & The Business from the moment I heard the punchy opening chords of their tune "Don't Break The Needle," and even more wh...

For those who take rap music as an extension of black culture, iterations of which have previously been called funk, soul and jazz, there is a definit...

This is the best DOOM track I've heard in a while. His most recent project, JJ DOOM (with Janero Jarel), was cool, but it didn't quite reach the heigh...

Usually when an MC works with an R&B singer, it's a pretty standard affair. Rap, sung chorus, rap, sung verse, rap. The collaboration is already b...