For well over a decade, Ruth Radelet sang the breathy, still vocals for Chromatics, the elusive and cultishly beloved synthpop group. This past August, Radelet and all the other non-Johnny Jewel Chromatics announced that the group had broken up. These days, Radelet is making her music on her own. She’s just shared her first solo single...

Ruth Radelet, Adam Miller, and Nat Walker — all the members of Chromatics besides Johnny Jewel — have announced that Chromatics have broken up. “After a long period of reflection, the three of us have made the difficult decision to end Chromatics,” their statement reads. “We would like to thank a...

On Friday, the Weeknd released the long-awaited album After Hours. It's a sharp, glamorous collection of late-night pop music, and if you can get beyond all the ways that it feels at odds with the current moment, it's pretty great. Today, the Weeknd has dropped the album's Deluxe edition, which features five new tracks, all…

Chromatics delivered with a new album last year, Closer To Grey, and though the mythologized Dear Tommy is still nowhere to be seen, the Los Angeles group is chugging along just fine. In January, they released a new track, "Toy," which landed on our list of the 5 Best Songs Of The Week," and today…

Believe it or not, Chromatics released a new album last year, Closer To Grey. It wasn't their long-anticipated (and missing in action) Dear Tommy, but it was very good, and the Los Angeles group is back with another very good new track today. Their new single is called "Toy," and it's a characteristically…