The Best Albums of 2019

Carl Wilson

Dec 10, 2019 5:45 AM

Céline Dion’s New Album Finds Her Reborn as a Swearing, Drag-Loving Queer Icon

Carl Wilson

Nov 19, 2019 1:58 PM

Prince’s Memoir Isn’t Really Prince’s Memoir

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Oct 30, 2019 1:33 PM

Kanye West’s New Album Is Intermittently Divine

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Oct 28, 2019 1:14 PM

Rhythm + Flow Is American Idol for the Hip-Hop Era

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Oct 16, 2019 5:17 PM

Ken Burns’ Country Music Isn’t Whitewashed, but It Is Awfully Rosy

Carl Wilson

Sept 16, 2019 7:52 PM

Taylor Swift’s Lover Is a More Mature (Mostly) Successor to Red

Carl Wilson

Aug 23, 2019 12:38 PM

Sleater-Kinney Has Long Symbolized a Feminist Utopia. What Happens When Things Fall Apart?

Carl Wilson

Aug 16, 2019 11:58 AM

Beyoncé’s Lion King Album Is the Event the Movie Wishes It Could Be

Carl Wilson

July 19, 2019 9:15 AM

Ed Sheeran Is the Tofu of Pop Music

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July 12, 2019 5:18 PM

The Greatest Songwriter You’ve Never Heard of Is Back

Carl Wilson

July 11, 2019 7:05 PM

Lil Nas X’s New EP Proves He’s More Than a One-Trick Pony

Carl Wilson

June 21, 2019 10:47 AM

Bruce Springsteen’s New Album Doesn’t Take Trump on Directly. It’s Better for It.

Carl Wilson

June 11, 2019 1:19 PM

Why Atheists and Agnostics Should Embrace Today’s Gospel Music

Carl Wilson

June 06, 2019 5:12 PM

Carly Rae Jepsen May Never Have Another Hit. That’s Perfect.

Carl Wilson

May 17, 2019 4:58 PM

Vampire Weekend’s New Album Is Their Least Cool and Maybe Their Best

Carl Wilson

May 06, 2019 9:00 PM

Taylor Swift’s “ME!” Is Filled With Rainbows, Kittens, and Unicorns. It’s a Trap.

Carl Wilson

April 26, 2019 9:22 AM

Lizzo’s Major-Label Debut Is the Victory Lap She Deserves

Carl Wilson

April 22, 2019 1:25 PM

Billie Eilish’s Debut Announces the Arrival of a New Kind of Teen Pop Star

Carl Wilson

March 29, 2019 3:10 PM

Maren Morris Is Nashville’s Greatest New-Generation Singer, but Her New Album Is Stuck in the Middle

Carl Wilson

March 11, 2019 11:25 AM