The FADER’s “Songs You Need” are the tracks we can’t stop playing. Check back every day for new music and follow along on our Spotify playlist. Breaking up with a friend is a tricky scenario to ...

RIO DE JANEIRO — Rio de Janeiro's mayor on Tuesday loosened new restrictions on live music on the city's beaches after many people warned of a threat to the dynamic cultural scene. Mayor Eduardo Paes ...

View of Rio de Janeiro. Photo by sandeepachetan.com (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) via Flickr With the summer Olympics in full swing, I wanted to highlight two great songs about the country as well as the carioca ...

Featuring one new song, “Fun!,” and the fourteen previously released tracks with new arrangements, Elegant Ensemble is brave in its exhibition of what ‘new’ can mean. These songs, previously ...