Pazz & Jop

The most remarkable thing about this year’s Pazz & Jop poll results is how unremarkable they are

Is this the 45th or 46th Poll? Lester Bangs speaks from beyond the grave.

‘The “secret” to her success is that she is able to simultaneously be and represent different things to different people’

Janelle Monáe, Car Seat Headrest, Boygenius, and the year in queer music

Hey hey hey, a serious uptick in the Republic of Crunk Guitar

Reports of the album’s death have been greatly exaggerated

Finding our grooves in the year the Democrats discovered hip-hop

Donald Glover, Janelle Monáe, and Kendrick Lamar make some kind of statement

Kacey Musgraves, Janelle Monáe, and the Year of the Woman…again