Second Acts and Shapeshifters
A lo-fi study beats producer grows up, a hip-hop widow grabs the mic, plus sex, money, and grime
47 articles
Bon Iver Was Never Just Sad
On the project’s bifurcated fifth album, ‘Sable, Fable,’ Justin Vernon undercuts his music’s emotional complexity.
Jane Remover Takes Their Place as Hyperpop’s Vengeful Superhero on ‘Revengeseekerz’
A spectacular rupture of sound and vision, the album marks a new high for one of the decade’s most enthralling young artists.
Destroyer’s Dan Bejar on the Lyrics That Changed His Life
The wonderfully confounding indie-rock bard honors the pure poetry of Syd Barrett, Lou Reed, Jim Morrison, and more.
Throwback Soul, Futuristic Synths
Plus an ambient collaboration between two of our favorite musicians and more
Haim’s “Relationships” Is Our Reward for Surviving Another Winter
Here we have a perfectly nostalgic love song for the situationship era.
Five Albums for Spring Rebirth
Whether that means quiet reflection or reemerging from winter with a vengeance
How Wilco’s Massive ‘A Ghost Is Born’ Box Set Complicates the Album’s Harrowing Myth
Jeff Tweedy thought he was going to die while making the 2004 art-rock masterpiece. But there’s more to this album’s story than tortured-artist tropes.