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Talia Chetrit Lorde‘s new single “Hammer” is the sonic equivalent of getting through your 20s, realizing actually you know nothing about the world and yourself,…

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Photo by Andrew Thomas The logline for Daddy’s (yes, that’s his real, legal name) debut DIY feature A Nightmare on Malcolm X Boulevard isn’t coy…

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The FADER’s longstanding series Beat Construction interviews today’s most crucial producers and their craft. Laron is posted up by the side of John’s Coffee Donut…