Op-Eds
'Load' Is the Definitive Metallica Album Because It Stinks
With "Load," they became the fully realized, crappy, dad rock bad they always wanted to be.
The Spice Girls Saved 90s Pop from Boring Male-Dominated Death
if you boil the 1990s down, leave it to strain and simmer, you’re left with one phrase: "zig-a-zig-ahh."
What Happened to Canada's Female Pop Stars?
What is it like to be a Canadian female pop artist? Defeating as fuck.
Chance the Rapper Draws His Own Rules with 'Coloring Book'
The Chicago rapper's new mixtape marches to its own beat.
James Blake's 'The Colour in Anything' Is Beautiful and Great and Actually Pretty Damn Optimistic
To describe 'The Colour in Anything' as sad would be ironing out most of its depth, not to mention its fundamental optimism.
Radiohead Miraculously Continue to Reinvent Themselves with 'A Moon Shaped Pool'
Against all odds, album number nine is a stunner.
Skepta's 'Konnichiwa' Is the Sound of the UK Underground Finally Standing Proud at Street Level
Skepta's career has slalomed everywhere—from gun shot instrumentals to Ibiza pool party glitz—so it's all the more poignant that he's arrived back in this very special place.
How Come All of Our Strongest Memories Are Attached to the Shit Music We Heard in the Car as a Kid?
You might fuck with Skepta now, but its hearing The Lighthouse Family's "Ocean Drive" in your dad's Fiat Panda on the way to the grocery store that will stick with you forever.
Lemonade, Love, and Being a Black Girl Who Becomes a Black Woman
'Lemonade' isn’t for the weak or the thoughtless. Pour the lemonade from pitcher to pitcher, softly intertwining its components. Give it time. Handle with care. Sip slow.
The Golden Age of Music Festivals is Over
Festivals are losing their basic tenets of culture, togetherness, and hedonism, in favour of comfort, luxury, safety, and snoozeboxes.