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In Memoriam
At Voodoo’s End: D’Angelo (1974-2025)

The artist who all but invented “neo-soul” passed away today at the age of 51.

October 14, 2025
Film + TVIn Conversation
Richard O’Brien on “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” at 50

The film’s creator looks back on five decades of the cult classic as it’s further immortalized with a new Ultra HD Blu-ray release and a book of Mick Rock’s behind-the-scenes production photos.

October 14, 2025
Reviews
John & Yoko/Plastic Ono Band with Elephant’s Memory, “Power to the People: The Ultimate Collection”

Produced by Sean Ono Lennon, this nine-CD, three-Blu-ray set ties together his parents’ raw, grimy Some Time in New York City LP with a pair of shows at Madison Square Garden.

October 13, 2025
Reviews
Princess Nokia, “Girls”

With her fourth album of punky and provocative raps, the Nuyorican artist is once again reimagining hip-hop as a dangerous place to be.

October 09, 2025
In Conversation
James Fearnley on Keeping The Pogues’ Sonic Signatures Alive

Coming off a set of North American tour dates with a finale at Riot Fest, the co-founder of the Celtic-rock icons faces down 40 years of Rum Sodomy & the Lash with a smile.

October 03, 2025
Ashes and Diamonds Are (Hopefully) Forever

Bauhaus and Love and Rockets co-founder Daniel Ash discusses his grooving, menacing, and bold latest venture and how it represents an artist with nothing to lose.

October 01, 2025
Reviews
Labi Siffre, “The Best of Labi Siffre”

This 37-track collection celebrates the London-born songwriter’s genius run of crisp, soulful R&B albums in the early ’70s that have gone on to inspire hip-hop production, film soundtracks, and more in the 21st century.

September 30, 2025
Reviews
Robert Plant, “Saving Grace”

There’s a soft-spun sensuality to Plant’s singing as he duets with Suzi Dian on a collaborative collection of covers including spirituals, blues staples, and haunted contemporary folk.

September 24, 2025
Reviews
Cardi B, “Am I the Drama?”

Despite its VIP guest list, the rapper’s second album is less velvet-rope affair than down-to-earth contemplation, a pavement-to-penthouse-and-back-again journey through love and hip-hop.

September 22, 2025
Reviews
Devendra Banhart, “Cripple Crow” [20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition]

Further extending the LP’s dimensions, this reissue adds a third disc of outtakes, B-sides, and demos that only serve to fortify the project’s sonic asymmetry and emotional, quixotic lyricism.

September 11, 2025
Reviews
David Byrne, “Who Is the Sky?”

With the aid of Ghost Train Orchestra and Kid Harpoon, Byrne continues his trek across urban prairies to explore our goofball commonalities, the quirks of romance, and his own intimacies.

September 04, 2025
Reviews
Saint Etienne, “International”

The London trio go out with a loud, still chic-sounding bang—their final album is a party bus filled with old friends, new pals, and fresh, glittering sounds for a proper send-off.

September 03, 2025
Reviews
Laufey, “A Matter of Time”

The Icelandic artist’s third album exposes the nerve of classicism that’s long bubbled beneath her jazzy arrangements and melodies, exploiting the broader possibilities of her voice.

September 01, 2025
In Conversation
Tits Out, Up, and Onward: Finally Independent, Kesha Speaks Her Piece

On the heels of her first album since settling her nearly decade-long lawsuit, the artist discusses her journey of self-reclamation and her dedication to ensuring that the next generation of pop stars don’t face the same predation.

August 29, 2025
Reviews
Sabrina Carpenter, “Man’s Best Friend”

The pop star embraces the risqué and ribald double (or triple) entendre on her latest record while sticking to the success-filled formula of last summer’s breakout LP.

August 29, 2025
Reviews
Blood Orange, “Essex Honey”

Dev Hynes’ guest-filled yet distinctly lonely first album in seven years takes his usual complex arrangements, epic electronica, and intricate melody-making and pushes them into the red.

August 28, 2025
Reviews
Margo Price, “Hard Headed Woman”

For every tender moment on the country artist’s fifth album there’s one of wind-blow abandon, a yin and yang that complements her split allegiance to the genre’s rich history and the present day.

August 27, 2025
Film + TVFilm Review
The New Devo Documentary Is an Expectedly Eccentric Tug at the Heartstrings

Chris Smith’s film about the new wave icons possesses a sentimentality largely missing from the band’s 50-year career.

August 22, 2025
Alison Goldfrapp’s Ever-Circling Continuum and the Flux Within

The electronic songwriter discusses her second solo LP, going independent, and the influence of her anomalous body of work on younger generations of pop stars.

August 22, 2025
Reviews
Deftones, “private music”

Each member’s strengths are on high alert, making the alt-metal band’s thrashing and highly imaginative 10th album a thing of brutal beauty.

August 21, 2025
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