With the release of two new books, ‘Unmasked’ and ‘The Brand,’ Mark Mothersbaugh and Jerry Casale reflect on nearly 50 years of devolution theory at work
Category archives: Music Features
Drake Dominates Streaming, But Not Pop Radio — ‘In My Feelings’ Will Change That
Thanks to a viral dance craze around “In My Feelings,” Drake could be the rare modern rapper to conquer the pop airwaves
Meet Empath, 2018’s Trippiest Punk Band
Four best friends from Philly surf a wave of noise, melody and weird bird sounds
Bettye Lavette: Soul Survivor
She recorded a Muscle Shoals masterpiece. James Brown was jealous of her. “How,” Keith Richards asks, “did she slip through the net for so long?”
City Girls, Separated by Prison, Want to be Icons
On the day Drake released “In My Feelings,” the Number One hit featuring City Girls, one half of the Miami duo began a two-year sentence
You Don’t Need to Be a Musician to Get a Record Deal in 2018
Streaming has upturned music’s status quo – and labels are looking farther afield for truly fresh talent
Eric Church: The Defiant One
Modern country’s sharpest songwriter sounds off – on gun-control, what country should (and shouldn’t) be, hating lip-syncing, loving Bernie Sanders, and that time he almost died.
Lizzo on Judging ‘Drag Race,’ Working With Prince and Becoming Eternal
How the ‘Fitness’ singer went from down and out in Houston to winning the ultimate cosign
How David Bowie’s Biggest ‘Disappointment’ Became a Posthumous, Reworked Album
The artist openly despised his 1987 LP, ‘Never Let Me Down,’ so a producer has stripped it down and built it back up again into something new
How Trent Reznor Turned His Anger Outward
The Nine Inch Nails frontman on his excellent new album, redirecting his rage, ‘The Twilight Zone’ and why he still thinks about Bowie all the time