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Kim Kashkashian: J.S. Bach: Six Suites for Viola Solo
There are as many ways to play Bach cello suites as there are to draw breath. You can treat these pieces as a map to Continue Reading
Ben Stiller’s Band Capital Punishment Share First New Song in 36 Years: Listen
Capital Punishment, Ben Stiller’s high school punk band, have shared their first new song since 1982. Listen to “Confusion” below. It’s the first song on Continue Reading
“What’s Good” This Week: Mick Jenkins, Mr Twin Sister, Neneh Cherry, and More
“What’s Good” is Pitchfork’s new weekly playlist, curated by Pitchfork founder Ryan Schreiber, bringing you highlights from new releases across all genres. It’s updated every Continue Reading
Red Dead Redemption 2 Soundtrack Announced: Arca, Daniel Lanois, More
Rockstar Games has revealed new details about the soundtrack and score to Red Dead Redemption 2, their upcoming Western-themed action adventure video game for PlayStation Continue Reading
Quavo Could Stand to Learn a Few Things From Usher
Atlanta has been an indispensable force in hip-hop culture since the ’80s and early ’90s, when acts like Kilo Ali and MC Shy D crossed Continue Reading
Liz Phair’s 10 Favorite Books
Bookseller One Grand Books has asked celebrities to name the ten titles they’d take to a desert island, and they’ve shared the results with Vulture. Below is Continue Reading
Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend’s Biggest Fight Nearly Turned Deadly
The highest highs, the lowest lows, and the feistiest fisticuffs between the Who’s Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend are documented all too well in Daltrey’s Continue Reading
Chance the Rapper ‘Probably Won’t Be Ever Running’ for Mayor of Chicago
In 1976, a pressor political science at the University Illinois named Milton Rakove penned “Don’t Make No Waves, Don’t Back No Losers,”,an ice-cold analysis the Continue Reading
Megative Is Your Soundtrack for Armageddon
The mood playlist is perhaps the purest form service journalism a music curator can fer the world in this internet era; bravely spelunking into clouds Continue Reading
You Know Who Had a Terrible Time at Woodstock? Some Guy Named Roger Daltrey
The legend Woodstock continues to bewitch music aficionados nearly a half-century after that fateful August 1969 weekend, even if its “peace and love” reputation has Continue Reading
T.I. Made Another Song About Good Times
Every time T.I. releases an album, there’s always at least one song that gestures at the type Instagram-ready, carefree life we all wish we could Continue Reading
Watch Travis Scott and Drake’s Surreal ‘Sicko Mode’ Video
Well, Travis Scott and Drake’s video for their Song the Year contender “Sicko Mode” certainly lives up to its titular hype. Don’t worry, it’s not Continue Reading
Tracy Chapman Sues Nicki Minaj for Never Clearing That Sample
One the many reasons Nicki Minaj blamed for the delay Queen was her failure to find Tracy Chapman to clear a sample one her songs Continue Reading
French Artist Commissions All-Star Album to Mourn Her Dead Cat
Forget about all those good boy dogs, have you heard about Sophie Calle’s dead cat? No? Let us prime you: The French conceptual artist’s cat, Continue Reading
Teyana Taylor’s ‘Gonna Love Me’ Remix Is the Best Wu-Tang Song in Ages
In an alternate world, Teyana Taylor’s K.T.S.E. would be a widely recognized highlight 2018, and one the best the crop Kanye West–produced albums from the Continue Reading
Cardi B Returns With New Single ‘Money’ Because Babies Are Expensive
When Cardi B released her debut album earlier this year, she was still pregnant with her first child, Kulture. The full reality motherhood had not Continue Reading
The Making (and Unmaking) of Paul’s Boutique
Michael Diamond: After the success Licensed to Ill, a bunch people thought they knew exactly what our future should look like. After we parted ways Continue Reading
Lady Gaga Shares A Star Is Born’s ‘I’ll Never Love Again’ Music Video
Welcome to the riff-heavy, tearful, so ’90s it’s basically just Whitney portion the Star Is Born soundtrack. After Lady Gaga’s wail from “Shallow” catapulted A Continue Reading
Elton John Is Not the Man They Think He Is at Home
There’s an incident from early on in Elton John’s career that reminds us how peculiar it has been. The year was 1970. John’s first album, Continue Reading