Steve Lacy’s Modern Love Songs
Steve Lacy’s new album, “Oh Yeah?,” marries the offline charms of nineties R. & B. with the disaffection of a…
Pop Music
admin Madonna and the Muppets Made the Case for Love
Amanda Petrusich on the World Cup halftime show—a cross-cultural panacea—which also featured Justin Bieber, BTS, and Shakira.
At Pacha New York, an Infamous Night Club Is Reborn
Kelefa Sanneh reports from opening weekend at Pacha, with performances by Rampa, Danny Tenaglia, and Prospa, and appearances by Travis…
Olivia Rodrigo’s Early-Twenties Lament
Amanda Petrusich reviews Rodrigo’s new album, “You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love,” on which the singer…
The Hell-Raising Rocker Who Conquered Country Radio
Koe Wetzel, who broke out a decade ago with a song about drunk driving, reintroduces himself on a new album,…
Lizzo in the Age of Backlash
Lauren Michele Jackson writes about Lizzo’s fifth album “BITCH,” and the artist’s unproven political heft and retreating fan appeal.
Inside Phoebe Bridgers’s Secret Show at Madison Square Garden
Holden Seidlitz writes that, after shunning the spotlight for years, the singer-songwriter has returned on her own terms—with an intimate…
Drake Would Like to Settle the Score
Kelefa Sanneh writes about Drake’s return to the limelight, after feuding with Kendrick Lamar, with three newly released albums—“Iceman,” “Habibti,”…
Rostam Batmanglij Wanders to the Edges of American Sound
The former Vampire Weekend musician, who has a new solo album, “American Stories,” likes to push our idea of what…