Music
Pop Noise Overkill
Big and loud music from Backxwash, Food House, Toriena, and Blackpink.
Music
Music
The Heavenly Queens of R&B
Sharp, smooth, smoky new albums from Toni Braxton, Chloe x Halle, Ariana Grande, and K. Michelle.
Interview
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Alicia Keys, and More Dive Deep Into the Songwriting Process
Hrishikesh Hirway talks to Hyperallergic about turning his podcast Song Exploder into a series for Netflix.
Music
Adrianne Lenker Finds Quiet Joy in Sorrow
Lenker indulges no domestic rural fantasies. Her songs instead teem with danger and magic.
Music
Four Genre-Bending Releases to Blast This Weekend
From political punk to a rapper-turned-rocker, the releases below are all riotous.
Music
A Wall of Hyperpop Sound
Although Brakence is not the only Gen-Z singer-songwriter to play with noise and distortion, few so gleefully enact the violent collision of forms.
Music
Taylor Swift's Quarantine Folktales
Swift's latest, Folklore, really is about being a sad rich person stuck at home.
Art
Albert Murray Talking Modernism, Race, and Jazz
Murray came of age at a time when brutal circumstances coincided with buoyant Modernity.
In Brief
A Ceremonial Chord Change for John Cage's 639-year-long Concert
An organ recital of a piece by the composer began in 2001 and will run until 2640. This weekend, listeners gathered to hear its 14th chord change.
Music
Songs of Perpetual Self-Discovery
Having embraced adulthood with her band Paramore, in her solo debut Hayley Williams advances to full self-actualization.
Music
Pop Blasts Away
Head-banging new music by 100 Gecs, Amnesia Scanner, Haru Nemuri, and Machine Girl.
Film
The Art of the At-Home Concert
Under quarantine, everyone from Justin Bieber to Dua Lipa has had to adjust to conveying intimacy to online audiences.