Category archives: Music

Can the genre evolve fast enough to catch up to today’s American realities?

By corrupting their images, Calvin Harris’s 2016 music videos relieve the tension between technology and memory

If she could make it through 2007, we can make it through 2017

‘Untitled Unmastered,’ one of 2016’s best albums, pulled back the curtain on the creation of a black masterpiece

What her tender, flippant, comforting, unnerving album ‘Anti’ meant to 2016

In a cynical year, he was our greatest optimist. ‘Coloring Book’ was the only thing made in 2016 that fit unconditionally.

Beyoncé, White Lung, Jenny Hval, and more used horror imagery to explore real-life passion and pain

2016’s perfect mascot was a dancing marshmallow, blissfully trolling America

From Frank Ocean to Mitski, Solange to Kaytranada, our top tunes of the year

Lorde and Jack Antonoff covered Robyn’s “Hang With Me” at a benefit show in New York.