The Ten Best Albums of 2016 The Ten Best Albums of 2016
As the business of recorded music roils, the making of music rolls on.
Dec 14, 2016 / David Hajdu
The Second Coming of MTV News The Second Coming of MTV News
Its rebirth gives insights into twin trends across the media landscape: prestige and diversity.
Dec 2, 2016 / Wei Tchou
Bruce Springsteen’s Redemption Song Bruce Springsteen’s Redemption Song
The musician delivers a flawed but exquisitely moving and detailed new memoir.
Dec 1, 2016 / Books & the Arts / David Hajdu
A Tribe Called Quest: Thank Them for Their Service A Tribe Called Quest: Thank Them for Their Service
The group returned just when we needed it.
Nov 18, 2016 / Marcus J. Moore
Cosmopolitan Pop Cosmopolitan Pop
DJ /rupture and MIA capture the new global spirit of pop music.
Nov 2, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Atossa Araxia Abrahamian
The Kids Are Alright: A Legendary Feminist on Feminism’s Future The Kids Are Alright: A Legendary Feminist on Feminism’s Future
Ann Snitow on freedom, Ferrante, feminism abroad, and why none of us can go it alone.
Oct 18, 2016 / Sarah Leonard and Ann Snitow
Pop Progress: From the Beatles to Nicki Minaj Pop Progress: From the Beatles to Nicki Minaj
Popular music still works as a place where young people can try out notions that challenge ideas dear to their parents.
Oct 3, 2016 / David Hajdu
The Burkini Ban Represents Everything That Is Wrong About France’s Approach to Minorities The Burkini Ban Represents Everything That Is Wrong About France’s Approach to Minorities
The country’s militant secularism treats otherness as a temporary phase on the road to assimilation.
Sep 2, 2016 / Michelle Chen
Brand Yeezy Brand Yeezy
To what extent can Kanye West continue to foreground the commercial components that make his art possible before we no longer consider him an artist at all?
Aug 9, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Angela Flournoy
David Ackles, Rediscovered Again David Ackles, Rediscovered Again
Stacy Sullivan’s jazz tribute elevates the unknown troubadour back to his rightful place among the glittered gods of ’70s pop-rock.
Jul 20, 2016 / David Hajdu