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Pop culture news and analysis from The Nation
January 10, 2022
When Sidney Poitier Picked Up the Gun
Notes on a couple of native sons.
Gene Seymour
February 4, 2021
I Wish We Could Be Dancing to Sophie
It’s an added cruelty that we cannot mourn the loss of the avant-pop icon properly.
Annie Howard
December 25, 2020
‘Christmas in My Soul’
Fifty years ago this season, Laura Nyro delivered a timeless rebuke to racism, militarism, and “the sins of politics.”
John Nichols
September 30, 2020
How Kendrick Lamar Became the Voice of a Generation
A conversation with Marcus J. Moore about his cultural biography of Lamar and the L.A. rapper’s impact on Black America.
Ann-Derrick Gaillot
April 8, 2020
Pop Music Has Always Been Queer
Sasha Geffen’s debut book reveals that the history of pop music is a history of gender rebellion.
Tal Milovina
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March 31, 2020
Free Comrade Britney!
Britney Spears called for the redistribution of wealth—but she’s not even allowed to give away her own money.
Sara Luterman
February 13, 2020
070 Shake’s Master Plan
The New Jersey rapper’s debut album is a showcase for a one-of-a-kind voice.
Stephen Kearse
January 6, 2020
The Tiki Bar Resurgence of the Trump Era
It’s tacky and willfully inauthentic. Of course it’s popular again.
Jackson Arn
December 30, 2019
10 of 2019’s Best Albums
The hybrid work of Julia Wolfe’s oratorio
Fire in My Mouth,
FKA twigs’s
Magdalene,
and Kris Davis’s
Diatom Ribbons
all showcase the experimental spirit of this year’s most exciting music.
David Hajdu
December 2, 2019
FKA Twigs, High Priestess of Pop Music’s Avant-Garde
Mixing sacred imagery and snatches of memoir, the British artist’s new album is
Magdalene
a beautiful and eerie statement.
Julyssa Lopez
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