Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s New Album Is Like the Satisfying Finale of a Prestige Drama

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June 18, 2018 11:06 AM

America’s New Favorite Song Proves Post Malone Is a Full-Blown Pop Star

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June 15, 2018 6:23 PM

On Kanye West’s New Album, the GOOD Music Rapper Focuses Simply on Good Music

Jack Hamilton

June 11, 2018 12:58 PM

Neko Case’s New Album Proves Once Again That She’s a Master of Musical Suspense

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June 01, 2018 12:00 PM

On His New Album, Kanye West Plays With Fire and Pretends He Isn’t Getting Burned

Carl Wilson

June 01, 2018 10:44 AM

Pusha T’s New Album Is Outstanding. The Feud It Stoked Could Be Even Better.

Jack Hamilton

May 29, 2018 3:00 PM

“This Is America,” the Video, Is a Smash. Will the Song Have Legs?

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May 22, 2018 5:54 AM

How Courtney Barnett Taught Me to Listen to the New Album From Courtney Barnett

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May 18, 2018 12:11 PM

How Liz Phair Transformed the Girly-Sound Tapes to Exile in Guyville

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May 09, 2018 4:51 PM

Janelle Monáe’s New Album Is Not the Revelation of Her “Real” Self. It’s Something Better.

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May 01, 2018 2:41 PM

The Pulitzers Awarded Kendrick Lamar for the Wrong Reasons

Ismail Muhammad

April 20, 2018 6:51 PM

America’s New Favorite Song Finds Drake Saying “Sorry” for “Hotline Bling”

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April 20, 2018 1:38 PM

How Two Classical Composers Feel About Losing the Pulitzer to Kendrick Lamar

Marissa Martinelli

April 17, 2018 7:06 PM

On Her Debut Album, Cardi B Takes Rap History, Flips It, and Reverses It

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April 10, 2018 7:00 PM

Taylor Swift Left a Blank Space in Country Music. Now Kacey Musgraves Could Fill It.

Carl Wilson

March 29, 2018 6:39 PM

A New Box Set Challenges the Conventional Wisdom About Miles Davis and John Coltrane

Fred Kaplan

March 29, 2018 12:09 PM

Mount Eerie’s Haunting New Album Explores the Stages of Grief That Come After “Acceptance”

Carl Wilson

March 19, 2018 1:46 PM

Yo La Tengo’s There’s a Riot Going On Is Hardly Riotous, but It’s One of Their Best

Sam Adams

March 16, 2018 1:38 PM

Lucy Dacus Has Figured Out How to Keep Listeners From Clicking “Next Track”

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John Luther Adams on How He Found New Music in the Desert

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March 01, 2018 9:00 AM