Sometime last year, around the same time I first heard his stuttering foghorn bass-tones on Kitty Pryde and Riff Raff's "Orion's Belt," I jumped on Twitter to say that Beautiful Lou was better than…   Read Story »

Last year, we gave Mixtape Of The Week to Sumone 2 B Young With, a compilation tape from the Austin producer Beautiful Lou, who does the washed-out cloud-rap sound as well as anyone alive. More…   Read Story »

When in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to select the rising bands which have connected them, someone wrote a long time ago. Or, something close to that. Here's what…   Read Story »

Summer is ending! And you have some work to do. Did you experience that season-defining moment? That rooftop conversation, that carefree weekend of intense interpersonal bonding? Did you find the…   Read Story »

Kitty Pryde is a 19-year-old apple-cheeked Claire's employee and giggly quasi-novelty rapper. Fred Da Godson is a classical New York hip-hop miserablist with a thousand-yard stare. Himanshu is a…   Read Story »

Texan producer Beautiful Lou hasn't put a lot of stuff out, but what he has put out -- two good examples are ASAP Rocky's twisty "Trilla" and Kitty Pryde's loopy Riff Raff collab "Orion's Belt" --…   Read Story »