Tag: Music

Columns

Big Mood Machine

Liz Pelly

June 10, 2019

Inside Spotify’s emotional surveillance-driven quest for total ad domination.

Oh Spotify Up Yours!

Zachariah Webb

May 28, 2019

Zach Webb and Liz Pelly speak to Blood Club's Liana Hell Lean about Spotify and music community outside of the internet.

Rotten Goes Rancid

Matt Hanson

May 23, 2019

John Lydon has mutated into a member of the self-satisfied whiny bourgeoise set he made a profitable career out of shocking.

The Fairest Soul Brother in England

Andrew Marzoni

February 26, 2019

Eric Clapton's musical blackface.

In the Shadow of Lincoln Yards

Martha Bayne

January 23, 2019

A new $5 billion development threatens one of Chicago's most beloved independent music venues—and much more.

I Hate Pizzagate!

Daniele Yandel

January 22, 2019

The making Gauche's "Conspiracy Theories."

I Believe I Can Lie

Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw

January 17, 2019

R. Kelly uses moves from the old-school playbook in attempts to survive his current scandals.

Streambait Pop

Liz Pelly

December 11, 2018

Behold the emergence of streambait pop—the total Spotify genre.

Unfree Agents

Liz Pelly

October 01, 2018

Spotify pushes an Uber-like model for independent artists.

Queer Poserdom

G’Ra Asim

August 22, 2018

With an act of self-disclosure, Max Bemis of Say Anything has placed himself at the cultural margins—without assuming the risk or vulnerability of the marginalized.

Soundtrack to a Drug War

Matthew Ismael Ruiz

August 10, 2018

A DIY music scene in the Philippines sets itself against Rodrigo Duterte.

Kanye Unbound

Niela Orr

April 26, 2018

Mr. West: At what cost does the MAGA hat come?