From D’Angelo’s infamously slow creative pace to Frank Sinatra’s rapid-fire release schedule, our expectations of artists’ output have always been in flux.
From Black Panther to Clueless, Dazed and Confused to Purple Rain, the music that has defined modern filmmaking
An in-depth history of the most important pop innovation of the last 20 years, from Cher’s “Believe” to Kanye West to Migos
Bob Dylan, Aretha Franklin, Albert Ayler, the Velvet Underground, Eric Dolphy, Dusty Springfield, and the other artists who changed music forever
Have yourself a merry little playlist with David Bowie, Darlene Love, Sufjan Stevens, the Waitresses, and more
From 10cc to XTC, from London to Lagos, from 7” singles to side-long epics, and from punk to prog to ambient to disco, our list of the greatest songs from one of music’s greatest decades
Performers from across the musical spectrum—including members of Talking Heads, Yo La Tengo, Chairlift, and Deftones—look back on Brian Wilson's magnum opus.
Though stereo sound has long been the standard for listening to music, Damon Krukowski argues that single-channel mono can actually offer a superior experience—an opinion shared by Brian Wilson, the Beatles, as well as many jazz greats.
No longer just a haven for jam-band enthusiasts, the four-day Tennessee festival now lends itself to discovery of the new. Paul Thompson reports from this year's expo, featuring Radiohead, the Beach Boys, Danny Brown, Skrillex, and more.
The former Beach Boys star on his latest Van Dyke Parks collaboration, the music of his late brother Dennis, and his love of California.
Lessons learned and observations made about the state of the rock singer from nearly a year spent listening to the Fleet Foxes.
We take a final look at our favorite songs of the 1960s, listing our individual top 10s and musing on a handful of tracks our writers believe should have made the final cut.