A flood of new music landed this September, making it tough to choose what to spotlight. But between long-awaited returns, a fresh print magazine and a handful of new releases, there’s plenty to carry us past the post-holiday lull. So, back to school with what happened in the world of music this September. As always,…
“Sooraj has a uniform,” said the stylist Disha Pai, reflecting on styling the rapper Hanumankind, or Sooraj Cherukat, on some of his earliest projects. “It’s a baniyan and a pant.” Not much has changed since then, considering that’s exactly how the Bangalore-based rapper skrrted onto our screens last year in Big Dawgs. While his white…
Throughout the summer, the industry insiders and big-name media have been saying the same thing: there’s no real “song of the summer” this year. Maybe it’s because of the endless scroll of disposable playlists, the way streaming keeps shuffling everything around, or the pull of nostalgia, sending listeners back into old catalogues – patterns we’ve…
Set for release this Friday, 8 August, Black Star is Ghanaian-American artist Amaarae’s third studio album, and her most ambitious project yet. In the two years since Fountain Baby, Amaarae has evolved from a cult figure of hyper-stylised alt-Afropop to a global force: playing Coachella, opening for Childish Gambino and Sabrina Carpenter, and holding her…
For Charif Megarbane – Beirut-based musician, producer and restless sonic cartographer – genres, borders, and industry norms aren’t barriers, but starting points. Things to cross, blur and reshape. Across over a hundred albums – released under shifting aliases via his DIY label Hisstology – Megarbane has drawn a musical map that moves fluidly between Lebanon…
July is when the soundtrack of the summer really takes shape. A lot of new music has dropped, so let’s skip the long intro and dive straight into what happened in the music world this month. And you can shape your summer soundtrack with our companion playlists on Spotify and Tidal. New Album Kokoroko –…
This month, the music world lost one of its greatest icons. Brian Wilson elevated pop music to such extraordinary heights that no one has ever truly matched him—yet everyone has benefited from the path he paved. And while we mourn his passing, we remember that music lingers long after the last note. These sounds remain…
Whether it’s artists, filmmakers, gallerists, musicians, chefs, or authors, Something Curated is always aiming to bring you illuminating and often-times wide-ranging conversations with those at the cutting edge of the arts and culture. Here’s a selection of our favourites from 2025 so far. And we can promise you can look forward to many more to…