Listening to Michael Jackson Will Never Be the Same Listening to Michael Jackson Will Never Be the Same
What it means to listen to Jackson’s music after HBO’s Leaving Neverland.
Mar 22, 2019 / David Hajdu
Jeremy Denk Explains the History of Western Classical Music (Yes, All of It!) Jeremy Denk Explains the History of Western Classical Music (Yes, All of It!)
The pianist’s new album, c. 1300–c. 2000, gives a listener a lesson in seven centuries of composition, from Monteverdi to Stockhausen and beyond.
Mar 15, 2019 / David Hajdu
Solange Searches for Epiphany Solange Searches for Epiphany
Her fourth album, When I Get Home, is a love letter to her hometown of Houston and to her fans, who find solace in her vision of uplift.
Mar 14, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Marcus J. Moore
Mariah Parker Invites You to Be Your Complete, Weird, Messy Self Mariah Parker Invites You to Be Your Complete, Weird, Messy Self
The 27-year-old Athens, Georgia, county commissioner leans into her humanity as she fights for social justice.
Mar 1, 2019 / Aaron Ross Coleman
A Punk-Rock Path to Inner Peace A Punk-Rock Path to Inner Peace
Buzzcocks’ first two seminal albums, recently reissued, offer something besides anarchy.
Feb 22, 2019 / Joe Bucciero
Folk Music That Bends Time and Space Folk Music That Bends Time and Space
The songs on Jessica Pratt’s new album Quiet Signs seem to exist in a tranquil place just outside reality.
Feb 18, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Olivia Horn
Is This the Best Rock Album of 2019? Is This the Best Rock Album of 2019?
Girlpool’s What Chaos Is Imaginary is a veritable indie-rock dream world.
Feb 15, 2019 / Ann-Derrick Gaillot
Julia Wolfe’s Haunting Elegy to the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Julia Wolfe’s Haunting Elegy to the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory
A monumental achievement in high musical drama, Wolfe’s new piece Fire in my mouth is already one of the year’s best performances.
Feb 14, 2019 / David Hajdu
How to Be Critical of the Things You Love How to Be Critical of the Things You Love
Poet and critic Hanif Abdurraqib’s new book on A Tribe Called Quest is also a consideration of what it means to be a music fan in 2019.
Feb 12, 2019 / Nawal Arjini
Leikeli47 Is Hip-Hop’s Most Stylish Rebel Leikeli47 Is Hip-Hop’s Most Stylish Rebel
On her new album Acrylic, the masked rapper gleefully subverts the genre’s power structures.
Feb 1, 2019 / Samantha Schuyler