Bad Bunny Rewires the Global Pop Machine Bad Bunny Rewires the Global Pop Machine
The Puerto Rican artist’s new album asserts música urbana’s growing influence on the pop world.
Jan 11, 2019 / Eduardo Cepeda
Country Music Is Also Mexican Music Country Music Is Also Mexican Music
The Department of Homeland Security recruits agents at country festivals, but the musical genre knows no borders.
Jan 3, 2019 / Ludwig Hurtado
The Best Albums of 2018 The Best Albums of 2018
A striking number of this year’s most potent albums give voice to the disorientation, anxiety, and rage that infuse the human experience today.
Dec 21, 2018 / David Hajdu
Myra Melford’s Snowy Egret Is Jazz’s Most Dynamic Quintet Myra Melford’s Snowy Egret Is Jazz’s Most Dynamic Quintet
Their new album is an impeccably accomplished and deeply satisfying collection created largely through free improvisation.
Dec 19, 2018 / David Hajdu
Earl Sweatshirt’s Relentless Introspection Earl Sweatshirt’s Relentless Introspection
On Some Rap Songs, Earl excavates hard truths about himself and his heritage, and the results are dazzling and gut-wrenching.
Nov 30, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Stephen Kearse
‘Choral Marx’ Sets ‘The Communist Manifesto’ to Music ‘Choral Marx’ Sets ‘The Communist Manifesto’ to Music
“We’re singing our way through the contradictions of capital.”
Nov 27, 2018 / JW McCormack
Rosalía Is Flamenco’s Rule-Defying Renegade Rosalía Is Flamenco’s Rule-Defying Renegade
The Catalan singer writes the next chapter in flamenco’s history on her radical new album, El Mal Querer.
Nov 27, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Julyssa Lopez
Ambrose Akinmusire’s Jazz of Pure Possibility Ambrose Akinmusire’s Jazz of Pure Possibility
Teaming up with a chamber orchestra and freestyle rapper, the trumpeter’s recent album is fearlessly imaginative.
Nov 19, 2018 / David Hajdu
Jenny Hval’s Queer Eden Jenny Hval’s Queer Eden
In her debut novel, Paradise Rot, the Norwegian musician plays with themes that run throughout her rewarding discography.
Nov 14, 2018 / Ann-Derrick Gaillot
The Anarchic Fun of Vince Staples The Anarchic Fun of Vince Staples
On the rapper’s new album, FM!, he relishes any opportunity to inject gravity and grim contradiction into pure party jams.
Nov 9, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Stephen Kearse