Queens of the Stone Age’s Songs for the Deaf Is More Than Just a Great Album Fifteen years after its release, the album is a pinnacle of nuanced desert rock.
A$AP Mob Rejuvenates the Brotherhood of New York Rap In August alone, the crew released three very good albums.
The 2017 VMAs Were Beyond Saving They exist for no reason beyond the fact that they already exist.
Has Taylor Swift Been Watching Game of Thrones ? That dragon-snake thing actually says a lot about how Taylor Swift might be spending her free time.
How High Fashion Won Over Rap Hip-hop and the fashion industry have long been intertwined, but in recent years, that relationship has become so much more.
Spotify Bans White-Supremacist Bands The music-streaming service is combing their catalog for overt white-supremacist bands.
Liam Gallagher Sounds Great and Surprisingly Apologetic on ‘For What It’s Worth’ Oasis didn’t break with the past, but that didn’t keep them from breaking with each other.
New York Rap Is Still Fine, Just Look at French Montana In fact, the city’s influence may currently be underestimated
10 Years After Its Release, M.I.A.’s Kala Is a Reflection of a Different World When it was released in 2007, M.I.A.’s Kala was a noisy album full of paranoia and anger, but how does it hold up a decade later?
Columbus Director Kogonada on Giving John Cho Space to Show Off“That’s one of the things I’m wrestling with — what does diversity look like in filmmaking?”
How Jay-Z Helped Kendrick Lamar Get the Best of Drake It’s a long, tumultuous road to reach the No. 1 spot.
Thundercat Really, Really Loves Tokyo He also kisses a Game Boy for some reason.
Author Jenny Zhang on China, Family, Class, and Sour Heart The book tackles the complicated subject of growing up Chinese in America.
Joy and Frustration Abound on Aminé’s ‘STFU’ The Portland, Oregon, rapper’s “STFU” is just one layered, joyful, and frustrated moment on Good for You
Who Is Nav, and Where Did He Come From? Amid numerous celebrity and musician cosigns, Nav struggles to cement his place in music and find a unique voice.
The Triumph and Tragedy of Meek Mill How does the Philadelphia rapper’s Wins & Losses fare in a post-Drake-beef world?
Where David Lynch and Lana Del Rey Meet The director and the singer share more than just a worldview and vibe.
Lana Del Rey and Stevie Nicks Share ‘Beautiful Problems’ Lana Del Rey and Stevie Nicks collaborate on a duet about hard love called “Beautiful People Beautiful Problems.”
Remembering Linkin Park’s Chester Bennington The Linkin Park front man added a new sensibility and emotional heft to the band.
Lana Del Rey’s Album Leaked Last Night, and She Wasn’t Happy Lana Del Rey did some Twitter damage control after her album leaked last night
It’s Probably Not a Good Idea to Underestimate Kid Rock It’s easy enough to mock Kid Rock, but we tend to underestimate those we mock.
Who Defaced Prodigy’s Mural? The Mobb Deep rapper’s honesty made him a great artist with a complicated reputation.
Lana Del Rey’s Romance With Rap Is On Again Lana Del Rey teams up with A$AP Rocky for two songs that seem to rekindle her love of the sonics of rap music.
Chillwave Is Back … or Is It? The short-lived subgenre that promoted lazy days and good vibes is back, but maybe it never quite left.
The Prodigy’s The Fat of the Land Still Feels Like a New World Twenty years later, the Prodigy’s The Fat of the Land s till sounds like a new world.
Jay-Z Plays a New Godfather on 4:44 ’s ‘Family Feud’ On 4:44 ’s “Family Feud,” Jay-Z explores and advances the Mafia imagery that’s been a part of his character since Reasonable Doubt.
Drake and Louis Vuitton: A Match Made in Heaven? Drake’s “Signs” soundtracked the Louis Vuitton menswear show, but did it work?
Remembering Prodigy Through Mobb Deep’s Fearsome ‘Cradle to the Grave’ When Prodigy’s syllables flowed, they typically did so with a measure of unevenness, like heavy rain rumbling down a cobblestone hill.
Vince Staples Is in Control “I fucking hate Green Day. Hate Green Day. I like Panic! at the Disco.”
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Here’s Why Lorde’s ‘Supercut’ Is Melodrama ’s Best Track In Lorde’s world, love’s end can feel as giddy as its beginning.
Radiohead Overpromise a Little on ‘I Promise’ They’ve just released a new outtake from OK Computer .
What’s So Special About Bryson Tiller? His new album, True to Self , offers a few clues.
On One More Light , Linkin Park Falls Apart The nü-metal band’s seventh album leaves much to be desired.
Reckoning With the Weight of Chris Cornell’s Lyrics Chris Cornell’s lyrics pointed to a troubled mind, but should we read into them?
Maybe Lana Del Rey Can Save Us All “Coachella — Woodstock in My Mind” rewrites the past.
Rock Isn’t Dead, It Just Moved to Canada The New Pornographers, Metric, Arcade Fire, Broken Social Scene, the Weakerthans, Japandroids — it’s a full-on invasion.
Danny Brown and Silicon Valley Are a Match Made in Heaven Danny Brown is a perfect fit for Mike Judge’s tech comedy.
Lil Uzi Vert and Kurt Cobain Have Some Things in Common The Philadelphia rapper is climbing the charts with a melancholy hit about death.
Summer Music Preview: Lana Del Rey, Halsey, Fleet Foxes, and Much More Plus releases from Grizzly Bear, SZA, Wiki, a Broken Social Scene reunion, and two Shabazz Palaces albums.
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