From J Noa’s speed-rapping to Gale‘s polished pop-rock songwriting to Ralph Choo‘s electronic experiments, 2023 was packed with incredible Spanish-language music from artists who aren’t superstars —at least not yet. In the last of our four Rolling Stone Music Now podcast episodes on under-the-radar albums from last year, we dig …
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Leading up to the Grammy nominations on Nov. 10, Rolling Stone is breaking down 16 different categories. For each, we’re predicting the nominees, as well as who will (and who should) win on Grammy night. This category can feel like a grab bag of indie and alternative experiments that don’t …
Read More »Welcome to Diego Raposo's World of Daring, Demented Latin Pop
Over the last couple of years, the Dominican producer Diego Raposo has been dreaming up brilliantly strange soundscapes, architecting a world all his own. He’s bent pop structures into uncanny, futuristic experiments both as a solo artist — his 2018 album Caribe Express continues to be a seminal indie favorite …
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