God Bless Women Who Sing Candidly About Fucking
There's a new generation of ax-slingers celebrating female sexuality with hot licks and explicit lyrics, and I'm here for it.
Pay-Per-Beat: Inside the Underground Market Shaping Soundcloud Rap
As beat leasing becomes a common practice, artists gain independence, but what is lost?
Welcome to the Church of 2 Chainz
The Atlanta rapper has worked too hard to just be considered “funny.” With 'Pretty Girls Love Trap Music' and a new TV show, he's hell-bent on claiming his rightful throne.
Photos of 'Untypical Girls' and the Radical Stages of Revolution
See excerpts of Sam Knee's forthcoming book, 'Untypical Girls: Styles and Sounds of the Transatlantic Indie Revolution,' featuring Kim Gordon, The Wrecks, Slant 6, and more.
Behind the Cover of Our 2017 Music Issue
New York photographer Darin Mickey provided us with a bit of existentialism.
New Orleans Is Bubbling Over
A young collective called The Pink Room Project is pushing the city's musical legacy into the future, catching the eye of Solange in the process.
In Austin, Country Dancing Isn't Corny Anymore
The city's honky tonk resurgence is two-stepping into the future, with a twist.
Maybe the People Would Be the Times
One writer remembers the 1970s New York City music scene, which we have to thank for everything.
CupcakKe Is the Coolest Rapper in Chicago
The 20-year-old went viral with an over-the-top, insatiably horny persona, but reducing her to a sheer X-rated spectacle is ignoring what makes her remarkable.
Are We Heading for a Future Where Musicians Are Obsolete?
How algorithms are not only changing the way we listen, but are changing the way we write music.
Inside the FBI's File on The Fugs: The "Most Vulgar Thing the Human Mind Could Possibly Conceive"
Buried in a bureau file on the Doors is correspondence about how dirty the Fugs were.