Music

Eminently Kwelified: Talib Kweli goes old school on latest.
February 3, 2011 at 2:53 am

Below is the very first Street Music Video review, in which we present a stream of consciousness reaction to a particularly intriguing music video.
February 2, 2011 at 10:46 am

January 31, 2011 at 11:29 am

Acoustic god goes electronic — to mediocre results.
January 27, 2011 at 4:02 am

Cymbals Eat Guitars, a rock band from Staten Island, will bless Penn with its presence tomorrow night.For those of you who couldn’t get enough of what they had to say in the magazine, here’s an extended version of the interview.
January 27, 2011 at 1:51 am

Originally from New Jersey, Real Estate is a four-piece band whose sound might be deemed psychedelic.
January 27, 2011 at 1:42 am

When Toni Braxton’s lover, Tyson, died in a studly motorcycle accident, she belted out “Un–break My Heart.” I rediscovered the hit when I sat in on a friend’s 90s–themed college radio show.
January 27, 2011 at 1:32 am

End–of–year lists in the music world gain credibility by doing one of two things: they either compile a bunch of albums that have already been validated with critical acclaim, or they include obscure bands just to score some indie cred.
January 25, 2011 at 12:44 am

January 11 was a good day for music — Britney Spears dropped her new single “Hold it Against Me,” and Kanye West and Jay–Z released “H.A.M.” A few days after, 'Ye tweeted, “Yo Britney, I’m really happy for you and I’mma let you be #1, but me and Jay–Z single is one of the best songs of all time.” Sorry, Kanye: while we might have agreed with you on the whole Beyonce/Taylor Swift thing, we’re not as persuaded by your latest effort. “H.A.M.” is the first official single off the rap heavyweights’ joint EP, Watch the Throne, and stands for “hard as a mothafucka.” The track has all the bounce of Jay–Z’s best work, but Kanye’s verse is among his worst: his lazy flow sounds like a failed freestyle and features themes he’s covered better elsewhere.
January 20, 2011 at 11:48 pm

The Decemberists show few signs of life on latest full–length
January 20, 2011 at 12:39 am

Joke Issue: I LIKE BIG BANDS By Bubba "Hands" McNulty Hey fellas. Depression got you down?
December 9, 2010 at 2:52 am

Joke Issue: By Rack 'Em Rack Willie Oh freight train. I remember when you used to come 'round these parts.
December 9, 2010 at 2:50 am

Joke Issue: While we’re still years away from any comprehensive child labor legislation, one little girl is toiling away, and her hard work is paying off.
December 9, 2010 at 2:49 am

Joke Issue: Back during the Great War, while most of my pals back home were drinking and carousing, listening to that “jazz” music, I was stuck, cowering in a trench in France.
December 9, 2010 at 2:47 am

I was pretty much destined to have a complicated relationship with Nicki Minaj. On the one hand I just want her to succeed; one, because she is trying to revive the sadly lapsed tradition of fierce female rappers, and two — my more visceral reason — because she, like me, is a woman of Caribbean descent trying to do big things.
December 2, 2010 at 3:27 am

I wasn’t always ashamed of Frampton Comes Alive! I disowned it only in my mid–adolescent hipster years, after the following words, encountered in a magazine, dealt my innocence a cruel blow: “Frampton Comes Alive! is a fixture of record store bargain bins.” I hadn’t known that five–minute talk–box solos, exclamation–pointed album titles and cover art showing Frampton doing his best impersonation of Christ were not cool.
December 2, 2010 at 3:26 am

If you thought Gorillaz were satisfied with this year’s Plastic Beach, their epic, critically–acclaimed third album, you’d be wrong.
December 2, 2010 at 3:22 am

All Day is, by its very nature, an extremely difficult album to review. There aren’t really “songs” to highlight, themes to pick up on, lyrics to quote.
December 2, 2010 at 3:16 am

One of Wu Tang’s most active members in the current music scene, Ghostface Killah shows no sign of slowing down, following up last year’s misguidedly R&B–centered Ghostdini: The Wizard of Poetry in Emerald City with The Apollo Kids, set for release Dec.
November 18, 2010 at 4:32 am

After a first listen, “Car Crash” seems like a major contradiction: the song’s airy, unmistakably happy hook draws us in while the morose opening lyrics question this upbeat nature.
November 18, 2010 at 3:42 am