Articles Tagged with #reviews
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Op-Ed
Songs My Mother Never Taught Me
A swear-laden review of some glorious cursing in pop music.
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Albums of the Year
The Top 10 Albums of 2009
The past 10 years have upturned the music world, and we’re all better for it. A countdown of the year’s best music, and the artist of the decade is named.
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Op-Ed
The Fabulous Papers
Journalism is dying, journalism is thriving, the end of the world is nigh—there’s a lot to be excited about. A report on the newspapers that prevailed by hook or crook in 2009.
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Profiles
Same as It Ever Was
Ten years ago, an anonymous screed sparked a firestorm amongst music critics and rock nerds. Following up with the targets of the Rock Critical List and reassessing the finger pointing.
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Opinions
Queens of the Scatological Age
Next month, one book will be crowned America’s funniest. Reviewing this year’s candidates for the Thurber Prize for American Humor, and tiptoeing through the doo-doo.
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New York, New York
A Terrifically Bad Idea
The plan: 10 cafés, 10 macchiatos, one morning, by bike. Embarking on an adventure that can be described in only one way.
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Reviews
Six-Word Reviews of 1,302 SXSW Mp3s
In anticipation of the South by Southwest music festival, which begins today in Austin, Texas, more than a thousand acts—almost twice as many as last year—offered an mp3 to showcase their sound. We listened to them all.
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Reviews
Mindfuck Movies
Some movies inform. Some movies entertain. And some pry open your skull and punch you in the brain.
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Albums of the Year
The Top 10 Albums of 2008
After 12 months of listening, only 10 records remain.
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Albums of the Year
The Top 10 Albums of 1989
Because album lists shouldn’t happen only once a year. Rounding out the ‘80s, music from the year America chose wrong.
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Albums of the Year
The Top 10 Albums of 1988
Because album lists shouldn’t happen only once a year. Now arriving within two decades of the present day.
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Reviews
Six-Word Reviews of 763 SXSW Mp3s
The South by Southwest music festival begins in Austin, Texas, today. Of the hundreds of acts hoping to break big, 763 have offered an mp3 of their still-unknown sound. We listen to them all, all the way through.