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On Kanye West’s Zine-less Zine Party In a Parking Garage
On the eve of the simultaneous release of The Life of Pablo and his Yeezy Season 3 collection, Kanye West gathered his disciples in a parking garage in downtown Manhattan’s Nolita neighborhood last...
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The Pitchfork Guide to the Grammys
Kevin Parker photo by Matt Sav; Kendrick Lamar photo by Jordi Vidal/Getty Images; Brittany Howard photo by Brantley Gutierrez"Music’s Biggest Night" has a new night. Jeez, that sounds like a promo for...
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How “Vinyl" and Lee Ranaldo Turned a Lost ’70s Act Into TV's Next Great...
Jack Ruby photo by Steven BarthIn the second episode of "Vinyl," the new HBO series created by Martin Scorsese and Mick Jagger, record label owner Richie Fenestra (played by Bobby Cannavale) sits on...
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Your Kendrick Lamar 2016 Grammys Tally
Photo by Burak Cingi/Getty ImagesKendrick Lamar is nominated for a lot of Grammys! Album and Song of the Year! Like every rap category, for songs that aren't even his! Best Video — with and without...
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NBA Celebrity All-Star Game 2016 Scouting Report: Win Butler
Photo by Vaughn Ridley/Getty ImagesAt Friday’s NBA All-Star Celebrity Game, not even a late appearance by five-time MVP Kevin Hart could spur a Globetrotters-style comeback for team USA. With home...
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Unsurprising Yet Still Disappointing: On This Year's Grammys
Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty ImagesQuiz: Which one of these is a performance worthy of the Grammys’ biggest winner?1. A searing, mesmerizing, politically attuned performance, with the kind of authentic...
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Remembering Vanity, The Prince Protégé Who Got a Second Chance
Photo via Getty/Toronto Star ArchivesShe preferred to be called Denise Katrina Matthews since her overdose in 1994, the near-death experience that propelled her into both sobriety and evangelical...
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New King of Camp Seth Bogart on Turning Pop Music Into Pop Art
Photo by Suzy PolingAs the titular hunk of the glamorously sleazy garage punk outfit Hunx and His Punx, Seth Bogart was always intensely focused on aesthetic. Existing somewhere in the realm of...
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Beth Ditto Stays Radically Fat With New Clothing Line and Solo Career
Photos by Ezra PetonioOf all her bold style moments, Beth Ditto’s most iconic look epitomizes "less is more"—as in, less clothing. About a decade ago, when her band Gossip was making the best music of...
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Inside Fugees’ The Score, 20 Years Later, With Its Collaborators
Fugees’ The Score was a gigantic moment for music, punctuated by many tiny ones. The album was released globally February 20, 1996, at a time when hip-hop was going through an identity crisis. Jay Z...
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Guitar King Glenn Branca Continues His Ascent
Photo by Kristy Sparow/Getty ImagesIt's been 35 years since Glenn Branca released The Ascension and still nothing sounds quite like it. A landmark work that fused the rigorous minimalism of Philip...
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A Brief History of Drake Watching Women Dance in Music Videos
Yesterday, Rihanna released two videos for "Work," both of which featured her dancing either with or for Drake. The distinction is an important one to make, particularly when it comes to Aubrey Graham....
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See Discogs’ Complete 2015 Breakdown of the Year in Music
In April 2014, an unreleased Aphex Twin album from two decades earlier turned up on Discogs, a crowdsourced music database and marketplace favored among record collectors. The price was an eye-popping...
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Why Kesha Lost Her Court Battle, But Not Necessarily the War
Kesha leaving court last week. Photo by Raymond Hall/Getty Images.In January 2012, Kesha released a song that was unlike any other in her party-pop discography. It was a cover of Bob Dylan’s "Don’t...
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A History of Police Boycotting Musicians in America
Ice-T photo by Ullstein Bild/Getty Images, Beyoncé photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images, Bruce Springsteen photo by SGranitz/Getty ImagesA few days ago, the news broke that the Miami Fraternal Order of...
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Grammys 2016 on the Charts: To Pimp an Album, To Exalt a Single
Photo by CBS Photo Archive/Getty ImagesIf you were a music fan with a TV and Twitter on February 15, chances are you parked in front of both for the 58th annual Grammy Awards. But for chart geeks like...
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How to Listen to Music Better, According to Every Song Ever Author Ben Ratliff
Though human beings now have instant access to an endless amount of music in every style imaginable, it can often feel like streaming services are hell bent on narrowing our perspective instead of...
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What Music Fans Need to Know About the 2016 Oscars
The Weeknd photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images, Nina Simone photo by David Redfern/Getty Images, Lady Gaga photo by Kevin Winter/Getty ImagesMission of Burma must have been watching awards shows....
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Prince Channels Liberace at Tour Kickoff in Oakland
Photo courtesy of NPG Records"Welcome to the new story because the old one doesn’t work any more." After making a spectacular entrance through a scrim emblazoned with kaleidoscopic projections of...
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The 9 Best Mixes of February 2016
This month's roundup of the best DJ mixes skirts convention, taking in backwards beats, sets full of locked grooves, and even a father/son collaboration. It's heavy on doomy ambient and industrial...
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