Long-form essays on the albums, artists, and moments that shaped music history.
Sturgill Simpson releasing Mutiny After Midnight as a physical-only album initially, with streaming to follow, is a decision that sits in a long tradition of artists using format...
Record Store Day 2026 is on April 18th, and the list of exclusive releases is already doing what it always does: inspiring equal parts genuine excitement and low-grade...
The major label acquisition of independent music infrastructure is a pattern with a long history, and Warner Music Group’s deal to acquire Revelator is the latest iteration. Understanding...
The Lollapalooza 2026 lineup, with its all-female and mixed-gender headliner crop and a strong presence of critical-darling acts in the midcard, is being read as a statement about...
ZAYN’s decision to title his new album after a South Indian classical music technique isn’t a gimmick. It’s a statement about where he comes from and what he’s...
Apple Music’s “Transparency Tags” and Spotify’s “Artist Profile Protection” announcements today are the most specific responses yet from major streaming platforms to the AI music crisis, and the...
Charley Crockett completing his Sagebrush Trilogy with Age of the Ram this week puts a spotlight on something that’s been happening at the edges of country and Americana...
Converge’s announcement today of Hum of Hurt, their second album of 2026, arriving less than four months after Love Is Not Enough, is part of a pattern worth...
Two albums came out this week that share something beyond their release date. The Twilight Sad’s It’s the Long Goodbye, seven years in the making after James Graham...
The collaboration between Earl Sweatshirt, MIKE, and SURF GANG on POMPEII // UTILITY is interesting partly because of what it represents about how underground rap circulates in 2026....
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