The Best Jazz Albums of 2017

Fred Kaplan

Dec 15, 2017 9:06 AM

Björk and U2’s New Albums Offer Different Utopian Visions, to Different Degrees of Success

Carl Wilson

Dec 05, 2017 11:25 AM

On Reputation, the “Old Taylor” Is Dead, but the New One Isn’t Quite Ready to Come to the Phone

Carl Wilson

Nov 13, 2017 1:39 PM

Why the Williamsburg Bridge Should Be Renamed After Sonny Rollins

Fred Kaplan

Nov 01, 2017 9:03 AM

Ever Wonder Why Rolling Stone Gives So Many Raves to Washed-Up Rockers? A New Book Reveals All.

Jack Hamilton

Oct 23, 2017 4:11 PM

Tom Petty’s Career Quietly Spanned Genres

Chris Molanphy

Oct 03, 2017 3:38 PM

Tom Petty Was Rock ’n’ Roll’s Ambassador to the World

Warren Zanes

Oct 03, 2017 11:04 AM

On LCD Soundsystem’s New Album, James Murphy Grapples With His Own Irrelevance

Carl Wilson

Sept 05, 2017 6:38 PM

The War on Drugs’ New Album Doesn’t Reinvent the Wheel. Instead, It Nearly Perfects It.

Jack Hamilton

Aug 24, 2017 4:26 PM

On His New Album, America’s Greatest Pop Satirist Grapples With an Unsatirizable Age

Carl Wilson

Aug 04, 2017 11:23 AM

Arcade Fire’s New Album Is an Absurd Response to Absurd Expectations

Carl Wilson

July 28, 2017 11:11 AM

On Haim’s New Album, the Band of Sisters Is Better Than Ever. So Why Does It Seem Worse?

Carl Wilson

July 10, 2017 2:38 PM

Jay Z’s Juicy New Album Is Both His Best in Years and a Savvy Hustle

Jack Hamilton

July 01, 2017 7:17 PM

Carl Wilson on the Songs of Summer and Pop Music’s Identity Crisis

Chau Tu

June 27, 2017 12:02 PM

With His New Album Big Fish Theory, Vince Staples Proves He’s Big Enough for Any Pond

Jack Hamilton

June 26, 2017 3:44 PM

The Keyboardist From the Hold Steady Dishes About the Book That Dishes About the Strokes

Franz Nicolay

June 23, 2017 5:51 AM

Mobb Deep’s Prodigy Was Hip-Hop’s Greatest Poet of Fear

Jack Hamilton

June 21, 2017 4:41 PM

Lorde’s Melodrama Is the Best Pop Album of the Year So Far, and the Best We’re Likely to Get

Carl Wilson

June 19, 2017 3:36 PM

Katy Perry’s New Album Is a Hot Mess. Is That Our Fault?

Carl Wilson

June 12, 2017 4:42 PM

Sgt. Pepper Came Out 50 Years Ago This Week. The Timing Was As Perfect As the Album.

Jack Hamilton

May 24, 2017 1:21 PM