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Nick Ut / AP Bob Dylan's Nobel Prize Isn't About Music
The Swedish Academy hasn’t redefined “literature.” It’s simply praised the written byproduct of a musical career.
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Warner Music Group Donald Trump Is Terrific Protest-Music Inspiration
Death Cab for Cutie and Aimee Mann have promisingly kicked off 30 days of anti-Trump songs.
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Danny Moloshok / Reuters The Bizarre Attempt to Excuse Donald Trump's Misogyny With Racy Lyrics
Beyoncé and Jay Z might use lewd language, but they don't condone sexual assault.
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Album cover photo by William Gedney Track of the Day: 'Heart Like a Levee' by Hiss Golden Messenger
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Andrew Kelly / Reuters Demi Lovato Sacrifices Pop Stardom for Protest
The singer’s anti-body-shaming crusade has gone to impolite places.
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Amy Harris / AP Danny Brown and the Freedom to Be Depressed
Atrocity Exhibition is part of a wave of rap albums powerfully confessing to emotional struggle—while trying not to glorify it.
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Cameron Wittig & Crystal Quinn Bon Iver Loses, and Finds, His Voice on 22, a Million
The influential indie singer’s experimental third album is at its best when it lets humanity shine through the noise.
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Steve Marcus / Reuters Drake’s New Short Film Is a Work of Violent, Sexy Corporate Synergy
The 23 minutes of Please Forgive Me sum up a few 2016 pop trends.
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Track of the Day: ‘Tobacco Road’ by John D. Loudermilk
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Interscope Records Will Rock and Roll Save Lady Gaga?
The “Perfect Illusion" video is a chaotic but minimalist crowd-surfing fantasy, and not much else.
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Kamil Zihnioglu / AP Spotify Is Trying to Become the Music Platform of Modern Dating
Its partnership with Tinder is another unflashy way the most popular streaming service is competing against Apple’s and Tidal’s exclusives.
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Julia Burlingham Mykki Blanco's Super-Sad Queer Rap Love Story
His debut Mykki injects some yearning into a party-starting formula.
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Mark Makela / Reuters The Mysteries of Lil Wayne
The rapper won’t be pinned down over questions of retirement or racism but still wants the public to see his vulnerability.
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Track of the Day: ‘Shoulder Suite’ by Big Shoulders
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Affinitia / Radiohead The Blissful and Strange World of Radiohead's Short-Film Contest
“Daydreaming” gets reimagined again and again.
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Vianney Le Caer / AP Lady Gaga’s Seriously Stomping ‘Perfect Illusion’
Her headrush of a comeback single makes a bid to revive rock—but not irony.
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Interscope M.I.A. Claims Victory, In Her Way
Her unusually lackadaisical and supposedly final album A.I.M. makes some peace with an unjust world.
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Library of Congress Track of the Day: ‘Chicago’ by David Nagler
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RCA Records Sia’s Wonderful and Sad Music Video for Orlando
"The Greatest” doesn’t feel like charity, it feels like art.
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FX Atlanta’s Magic Is in the Details
Donald Glover’s new FX show captures the surrealism and the daily grind of a city in the midst of cultural renaissance.
