The Coup, “Wear Clean Draws”

Rick And Morty fans are known to be terrifyingly dedicated to their very good and perfect cartoon show, rioting at fast food restaurants to taste a dumb sauce that was once referenced on the show and sharing their totally normal and understandable sexual fantasies about main character Rick Sanchez. But do Rick And…

There’s a specter hanging over the entirety of POST-, Jeff Rosenstock’s fourth solo album, that goes unnamed throughout. Even if Rosenstock never comes out and says it directly, the manner in which he wrote the songs offers insight about this nameless being. Just after the 2016 presidential election, the 35-year-old…

Justin Timberlake is a man who represents whatever society’s ideal aesthetics happen to be at the time, whether it was those curly frosted tips or the clean-cut “Suit And Tie” look, and now he has descended from whatever Mt. Olympus he normally looks down at us from to bring the 2018 version of sexy back. As it turns…

This week we take a look at the first album since 2010 from Neptunes side project N.E.R.D., and the third album released this year by L.A. hip-hop collective Brockhampton.

Earlier this week, the second-degree rape charges against Nelly were dropped after the accuser reportedly “refused to cooperate” with the police. At the time, TMZ added that she didn’t want to face “the pressure of accusing a huge star like Nelly.” Now, though, the BBC is reporting that the accuser—Monique Greene—is…

It’s a sad day for those who are down with the clown, as a federal appeals court has dismissed a lawsuit filed by the Insane Clown Posse to try and stop the FBI from labeling the group’s fans—Juggalos—as a “loosely-organized hybrid gang.” The rap duo initially filed their lawsuit a few years ago, but a judge threw it…

“At least there will be so much good art in the Trump era,” mused a chorus of privileged people after the election—people who should have had their Twitter accounts deleted immediately. “Music is going to get so political now.”

Eminem is not very good at his job anymore, and he’s spent an inordinate amount of time in the last decade trying to convince himself and everybody else that he’s actually better than ever. It’s a big part of his narrative nowadays, and it gets boring fast: The haters are always hating him, and the criticism really…

According to CNN, the NYPD has opened an investigation into Russell Simmons after multiple women have come forward with rape claims against the music mogul. In November, a woman named Keri Clausen Khalighi said that Simmons and director Brett Ratner had made “aggressive sexual advances” toward her when she was 17, and…

I was only passingly familiar with Future until earlier this year, having heard the occasional guest spot or bubbling radio song. I went to school via an excellent primer on this very site, but didn’t really follow up. Then my 7-year-old son somehow discovered the song “Wicked,” and now it’s pretty much all he wants…

In November, model Keri Clausen Khalighi came forward with allegations that Def Jam founder Russell Simmons and director Brett Ratner made “aggressive sexual advances” toward her when she was 17. She later added that Simmons had given her a “really touching” apology recently, but she was disappointed in his decision…

In this week’s notable releases, pianist Tom Rogerson debuts with a beautiful Brian Eno collaboration, and Belle & Sebastian’s EP series begins by looking backward.

In a year as full of outstanding music as 2017, best-of voting can be a difficult task, and the wide variety of nominees across this year’s ballots reflects just how many great albums there were to choose from. After giving our Best Albums Of 2017 a read, dig into the individual lists our writers submitted of their…

There was too much to listen to in 2017—not just albums, of which there were once again thousands, a barrage of releases from major-label veterans and SoundCloud up-and-comers alike, all vying for your attention. There was just too much of everything: a persistent, buzzing storm of push notifications and free-floating…

With its echoing, gossamer guitars, the debut, self-titled album from Brooklyn four-piece Cigarettes After Sex evokes the fleeting quality of memory—the bedroom pop group’s very name pointing to something having just happened rather than occurring in the present. Perhaps no song on the 2017 LP better captures the…

Johnny Hallyday, the gifted and versatile singer who helped bring rock ’n’ roll to France, has died in Paris. A consummate showman and national phenomenon, the ’60s icon became one of his country’s biggest and most durable music stars, filling stadiums and selling around 100 million records; to English-speaking…

As the year draws to a close and a weary world takes stock of the past 12 months, let us distract ourselves from the whirling sea of shit we continue to endure with a frivolous list of goofy band names. Because just as the sun rises and sets every day no matter what, creative people will always start bands with…