Music:
Reviews of the latest albums.
Lupe Fiasco Gets Political
The hip-hop heavyweight is on a college tour, though audiences should expect to hear more weighty rhetoric than witty rhymes.
By Delaney Rohan, November 11, 2009
Breaking Down (Genre) Barriers
It took Portishead 11 years to release its third album. It was worth the wait.
By Kriston Capps, July 1, 2008
Who's the Boss?
Kelis is reinventing the role of women in hip hop. Or is she?
By Carina del Valle Schorske, May 15, 2008
Growing Pains
Follow-up albums from Gnarls Barkley and Ghostland Observatory are disappointing; Beach House stands out with their sophomore album.
By Kriston Capps, May 9, 2008
No Racial Quotas Here
Critics made an issue out of race in rock music this year. They shouldn’t have.
By Kriston Capps, December 28, 2007
Getting Back to Where They Belong
In Rainbows puts the rock back in Radiohead.
By Kriston Capps, October 25, 2007
Breaking Out of the Mold
Artists attempt to transcend their typecasts in new albums, and some succeed.
By Kriston Capps, September 7, 2007
Robot Lovin'
Summer albums include a robot takeover, an ’80s comeback, and homage to Michael Jackson.
By Kriston Capps, August 6, 2007
In Music: The Taming of Björk
Plus: Keren Ann and Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
By Graham Webster and Alexander M. Belenky, May 8, 2007
In Music: Feist’s ‘The Reminder’
By Erica Gorochow, Alexander M. Belenky, and Graham Webster
Plus: Arctic Monkeys and Low.
In Music: The Righteous and the Wicked
After South by Southwest, the Cold War Kids fill clubs from Austin to D.C.
In Music: LCD Soundsystem Loses Its Edge?
Plus: Amy Winehouse and Fujiya & Miyagi
The Inscrutable Ghostface
By Ben Adler
Why do critics love Ghostface Killah?
Beethoven Didn’t Roll Over
By Bryan Collinsworth
If you think protest music is a new thing, you’re off by a few centuries.
The Soundtrack to Your Summer
By Melanie Kowalski, Vanderbilt U.
Ideal albums and songs to help you survive crummy summer internships, and other hardships of the oh so short summer break.
Can’t Get No Satisfaction
By Ben Adler, Campus Progress
Why “radical” rockers need to write better lyrics.
The Man in Black, Living in a World of Grey
Johnny Cash reminds us of the fiercely independent soul of a musical genre that’s become the de facto soundtrack of the Bush Administration.
This Land is Sufjan Stevens’
Taking cues from Woody Guthrie, an indie favorite sets out to musically chronicle every state in the nation.
Ted Leo is on a Mission
The political, pop-loving Jersey punk rocker makes good.
M.I.A. Takes on the World
From Sri Lanka’s civil conflict to London’s street culture, this young performer throws labels out the window.
Listen to the Walkmen
The band’s lead singer briefs us on bad childhood bands and his vision for a rock presidency. Download tracks from their latest album, Bows + Arrows.
Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop: An Interview with Hip-Hop Scholar Jeff Chang
Laura Bush in the hood, Jay-Z, the ‘burbs, and political distrust in the hip-hop generation.
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