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September 6, 2016
MagazineSasha Frere-Jones
The Beat Don’t Stop
How “The Get Down” and “Atlanta” break down hip-hop’s past and future.
August 29, 2016
Clio Chang
Questions we all (I) had after watching the VMAs.
August 26, 2016
Clio Chang
The Case for Carly Rae Jepsen
Can ‘E•MO•TION: Side B’ finally show the genius of an overlooked artist?
August 26, 2016
Frank Guan
Hip-Hop Hymnals
Why are rappers like Kanye West, Chance the Rapper, and Kendrick Lamar finding religion?
June 23, 2016
Mikaela Lefrak, Stephanie Heimann
Requiem for a Border Wall
Shotgun shells, used water bottles, and 670 miles of fencing provide the raw material for an American photographer and Mexican composer.
June 22, 2016
Ryan Kearney
Gawker achieves the impossible: sympathy for Slipknot.
May 31, 2016
Ryan Kearney
The Radiohead Racket
The real mystery behind Thom Yorke's lyrics: How come everyone thinks they're so profound?
May 13, 2016
Frank Guan
In Views, Drake Plays Himself
His latest album is mediocre, but sometimes that's just enough.
May 3, 2016
Alex Shephard
Unassuming British band Radiohead unveils new single with modest rollout.
May 2, 2016
Alex Shephard
What is Radiohead doing?
April 21, 2016
Alex Shephard
Prince was right when he said “the internet is over.”
April 21, 2016
Alex Shephard
Prince could play guitar.
April 21, 2016
Ryan Kearney
The internet outrage machine is coming for your favorite indie rock band.
April 20, 2016
Alex Shephard
Watch Rihanna in Spring Breakers 2: The Music Video.
April 15, 2016
Clio Chang
Edward Snowden’s techno song is dorky but great.
April 13, 2016
Alex Shephard
The Black Keys vs. Steve Miller is the fight America deserves in 2016.
April 12, 2016
Alex Shephard
Has Paul Ryan finally stopped raging against the machine?
April 6, 2016
Alex Shephard
Country legend Merle Haggard, the patriarch of outlaw country and the poet laureate of the poor but proud, has died.
March 28, 2016
Alex Shephard
LCD Soundsystem is back from the dead.
March 24, 2016
Clio Chang
Who’s about to run the world? (Beyoncé).

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