Sounding Board

Eminem: Rap Game Eric Clapton

With Sufjan Laying (Ahem, Lying) Low, Son Lux And Mutual Benefit Conjure His Spirit

How To Fix The YouTube Music Awards

Deconstructing: Best Coast And “It All Sounds The Same”

Musicians Pay Tribute To Elliott Smith, Who Died 10 Years Ago Today

Deconstructing: Neutral Milk Hotel And The Real Value Of Solo Performance

Five Years In, Brooklyn Record Label Mexican Summer Deserves To Be Celebrated

Deconstructing: HAIM, Lorde, And The Monogenre

Drake-ing Bad: The Aubrey Graham/Walter White Connection

Deconstructing: Chvrches, Icona Pop, And The Decline Of Guitar Rock

Deconstructing: Elvis Costello, The Roots, And Album-Length Team-Ups

Arctic Monkeys, The 1975, And Britpop Today

Factory Floor And Holy Ghost!, DFA’s Yin And Yang

Deconstructing: Big Sean, 2 Chainz, And The Racial Politics Of Punchline Rap

Deconstructing: LCD Soundsystem’s “All My Friends” And Trying To Define The Best Song Of The Millennium

Reflections On “Reflektor”