Over the past few years, Randy Finell—the enigmatic 21-year-old Ohioan releasing music as Brakence—has avoided interviews and other press appearances while racking up tens of millions of streams. He ...

Around three years ago, a teen pop artist from Ohio named brakence started to experience a relentless, nagging headache that lasted for months. This chronic pain, and brakence's broader understandings ...

Enigmatic 18-year-old producer Brakence has released “rosier,” the follow-up to his 2019 EP bhavana. A quiet, pensive track, “rosier” is the ascendant bedroom producer’s first offering of 2020. 2019 ...

Indie music has grown to include so much. It’s not just music that is released on independent labels but speaks to an aesthetic that deviates from the norm and follows its own weirdo heart. It can ...

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. Restlessness, angst, and an insatiable curiosity for ...

The innovative and dynamic Columbus producer Brakence releases debut record punk2, with Gen Z anthem "fuckboy" a standout. There’s not much on the internet to know about Brakence. A stream of ...