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
Donald Glover’s Show About Nothing Donald Glover’s Show About Nothing
Atlanta’s surreal comedy and steady stream of reality checks.
Nov 2, 2016 / K. Leander Williams
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
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
Hit Machine Hit Machine
It’s unclear what the Clinton campaign thought they could gain by association with Katy Perry on the DNC’s biggest night.
Jul 29, 2016 / David Hajdu
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
Old Locks and Irregular Pounds Old Locks and Irregular Pounds
Henry Threadgill’s improvisations are adventurous, though never at the expense of human feeling.
Jun 3, 2016 / David Hajdu
Beyoncé With the Good Art Beyoncé With the Good Art
Is it possible that the most hyped pop performer of our era could also be avant-garde?
May 9, 2016 / Erin Vanderhoof
A Violent Room A Violent Room
Why did the movie Purple Rain want or perhaps need to produce and reprise a particular fantasy of interraciality?
May 6, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Joshua Clover