On the Rise and Fall of Fictional Rock Stars

On the Rise and Fall of Fictional Rock Stars

Glenn Dixon Talks Bootleg Stardust and His Favorite (Fake) Bands

By Glenn Dixon | April 5, 2021

This Must Be the Place: On the Transcendent Refuge of the Musical Past

This Must Be the Place: On the Transcendent Refuge of the Musical Past

Dawnie Walton Searches for Representation in Rock and Roll

By Dawnie Walton | April 1, 2021

Just what you never knew you always wanted: a playlist of Jane Austen’s favorite songs.

Just what you never knew you always wanted: a playlist of Jane Austen’s favorite songs.

By Walker Caplan | March 26, 2021

Listen to this playlist of every song Haruki Murakami has ever written about.

Listen to this playlist of every song Haruki Murakami has ever written about.

By Walker Caplan | March 19, 2021

This website turns all our collective Wikipedia editing into ambient music in real time.

This website turns all our collective Wikipedia editing into ambient music in real time.

By Walker Caplan | March 18, 2021

Ozzy, Mötley, Poison... On the Sacred Role of the Hair Metal Ballad

Ozzy, Mötley, Poison... On the Sacred Role of the Hair Metal Ballad

When in Doubt, Slow it Down

By Tom Beaujour and Richard Bienstock | March 17, 2021

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When I Lived Across the Hall From Sid Vicious

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An audio deepfake of Gucci Mane can now read you classic books.

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Like a Tidal Wave: Tracing the Inescapable Explosion of <br>Latin Music

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Leila Cobo on the Largest-Growing Musical Genre in the World

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Sanford Biggers on the Unlikely Kinship Between Hip Hop and Quilting

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Alicia Hall Moran on the Lessons of Toni Morrison

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The Woman Who Preserved Zora Neale Hurston's Musical Legacy

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Daphne A. Brooks on Rosetta Reitz, Grassroots Blues Activism, and Black Feminism

By Daphne A. Brooks | February 24, 2021

Haruki Murakami hosted a bossa nova jam over the weekend—and you can watch it online now.

Haruki Murakami hosted a bossa nova jam over the weekend—and you can watch it online now.

By Walker Caplan | February 16, 2021

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