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Why Michete is The Worst Queer Rapper You Need to Listen To
Critics’ darling and rising star Shamir recently gave NME a playlist of his favorite recent musical discoveries, and his most lavish praise was for little known (for now) rapper Michete and his mixtape...
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What Light Arrives in Our Darkest Hours: The Music of September, 2001
"Look up, look up—seek your Maker—’fore Gabriel blows his horn"- Bob Dylan"Gather round hustlers—that's if you still livin'"- Jay-ZOn September 10th, 2001, I only had enough money to afford one of the...
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The Muppets' Best Musical Moments
Since the premiere of "The Muppet Show" in 1974, music has been an integral part of the Muppet universe. In the original series, each episode would have a single guest star who, whether a musician by...
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Jay Z, Bob Dylan, Fabolous, and Ryan Adams: The Albums of 9/11
"Look up, look up—seek your Maker—’fore Gabriel blows his horn"- Bob Dylan"Gather round hustlers—that's if you still livin'"- Jay-ZOn September 10th, 2001, I only had enough money to afford one of the...
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Sex-Positivity in the Music of Bob's Burgers
"It’s not meant to be hilarious, it’s supposed to be erotic. Maybe you don’t understand it." That’s how Tina Belcher, the coolest 13-year-old girl in the world, describes her "friend fiction" to a...
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Op-Ed: Would Chris Brown be Allowed in Australia if He Were White?
Chris Brown can be a pretty nauseating and despicable figure. Despite his continued success in the marketplace and his contributions as an entertainer, it’s his non-musical headlines that have become...
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Pitchfork Watches Arcade Fire's The Reflektor Tapes
Before the premiere of The Reflektor Tapes, the new Arcade Fire feature film, Win Butler, the group’s principal songwriter, read Charles Bukowksi’s “So You Want to Be a Writer” as an invocation. The...
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New Book: Richard Hell's Massive Pissed Love
Richard Hell’s new book is not unlike the music he’s made: intermittently stylish and exhausted, mostly working around fashion, and sometimes very boring. In fact, Hell's continued refusal to work new...
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Searching for Huggy Bear: Riot Grrrl and Queerness in the American South
Midway through my freshman year at a residential arts high school, my older friend Aaron made me a mixtape. He attached it to the door handle of my dorm room with a rubber band—no case, no label, no...
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Report From Gonerfest: Ty Segall, Quintron, Puke, Glitter, Booze, Fights and...
As Gary Wrong Group’s set winded down on the first night of Gonerfest 12, Gary Wrong leaned off the side of the stage and vomited. It didn’t really come as a surprise—the prolific Alabama punk was...
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How This Glam Rock OG Became the Weeknd’s Video Muse
Image via InstagramWhen Grant Singer made "Dayzed Inn Daydreamz", his third video for Ariel Pink’s album Pom Pom, the director relegated the singer to a cameo and gave the lead role to Rick Wilder....
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10 Crucial Tracks From Smallville, Germany’s Coolest Little Label
There are days that I'd really like to live in Smallville.I don't mean Clark Kent's Kansas hometown; I'm talking about the Hamburg label that's home to acts like Christopher Rau, Julius Steinhoff,...
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Merch Table: The Headphone Report
In this edition of Merch Table, Miles Raymer looks at a selection of quality headphones, ranging from earbuds that let you change filter according to genre to a pair wrapped in tweed.Grain Audio...
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"Locked Away" and the Evolution of Prison Songs
Photo via R. City FacebookStatistics only begin to tell the story: the United States has less than five percent of the world’s overall population, yet nearly 25 percent of its prisoners. Among black...
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Carl Only Knows: A New Biography of the Man Legally Known as the Beach Boys
While the recent biopic Love and Mercy continued the deification of Brian Wilson, it was his youngest brother Carl that led the Beach Boys for more than twice as long, both onstage and in the studio....
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Patti Smith’s M Train Is the Happiest Depiction of Melancholia
Tucked away in the backwater of New York City’s West Village was a cafe called ‘ino. The Bedford Street spot was quintessential New York circa 1855, where you’d expect someone like Walt Whitman seated...
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Greil Marcus’ Real Life Rock Redeems the List
Greil Marcus may be the best known rock critic going—he’s famous for his insights but not for concision. His 2014 book, The History of Rock ‘n Roll in Ten Songs, opens with a five-page run-on. His...
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Deafheaven, Lana Del Rey, and California Malaise
Photo by Kristin CoferWhen Deafheaven announced New Bermuda in July, bandleader George Clarke offered a hazy sentiment in the press release suggesting that the title referred to "a new destination in...
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The End of the Erase Errata Era
This past January, influential and beloved punk band Erase Errata returned after an extended break to release Lost Weekend, their first full-length in 8 years. While less active than they were in the...
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The New Explosion of Bootleg Vinyl
At first glance, the sticker on the LP might not seem weird. "Rediscover the sound of vinyl," it beckons, promising music pressed on a "serious 180g" disc, as if part of some coordinated reissue...
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