MUSIC ARCHIVES

Beat Connection: Black Minimalism and Tape Noise

by Michaelangelo Matos

August 9, 2018

From The Archives

Public Enemy: The Devil Made ‘Em Do It

"It Takes a Nation of Millions To Hold Us Back (Def Jam) demands kitchen-sink treatment. More than a hiphop record it's an ill worldview."

Originally published: July 19, 1988

‘It Was Fun to Be Wanted by Someone Like Elvis Presley’: An Interview With Darlene Love

The gifted singer reflects on Elvis’s collaborative presence and his relationship to gospel music

by Michael Musto

August 7, 2018

Wide Awake: Song of Summer

‘People tended to view the question in one of three ways: Any song that has the word “summer” in the title; a song that dominated the charts and airplay for a summer; or a song that simply evokes the feeling of summer’

by Mikel Jollett

August 3, 2018

Real Life Rock Top 10: Special Protest Edition!

Algiers rage with ‘Cleveland,’ Pussy Riot rock with France

by Greil Marcus

July 26, 2018

Camp Cope Aren’t the Openers Anymore

Show ’em, Kelly

July 26, 2018

NEW YORK CITY ARCHIVES

On the Outside Looking In

Making music in a gentrifying New York, then and now

July 26, 2018

COMEDY ARCHIVES

Wow, Catherine Cohen Has an Amazing Voice

(She’s also really fucking funny)

July 25, 2018

Altamont, the Rolling Stones, and the Death of the Sixties Dream

In “Just a Shot Away,” Saul Austerlitz revisits the concert that started in hope and ended in bloodshed

July 23, 2018

Beat Connection: The R&B-House Interface

by Michaelangelo Matos

July 20, 2018