With concerts on hold, it’s abundantly clear that most musicians can’t live off streaming income alone. How could the system be fixed?
Your one-stop guide to choosing the right record player, amplifier, speakers, and everything else necessary for an awesome vinyl setup.
With rappers recording at a nonstop clip, and sampling more difficult than ever, hip-hop producers are increasingly outsourcing their melodies to a global network of loopmakers.
Our brains reward us for seeking out what we already know. So why should we reach to listen to something we don’t?
The rise of online gear stores has spawned a middle class of music memorabilia that benefits both bands and fans.
Featuring your picks for the best albums and songs of the year
More than a year before the rapper’s death, the woman at the center of his domestic battery case granted a rare interview for a documentary about his life. Will the footage ever see the light of day?
A decade in dance music that changed pop forever, according to Skrillex, Zedd, Boys Noize, and more.
The records that defined the decade for Courtney Barnett, Denzel Curry, Carly Rae Jepsen, Disclosure and more
Artists who have released poignant music about their sexual assault and harassment talk about what they’ve learned and what it’s like to come forward.
It isn’t hyperbole to claim that the rapper is one of the 2010s’ most essential artists.
Ten years ago, a collaboration between an indie act and a pop artist was something to marvel over. Now, it’s just how things are.
Your picks of the best songs and albums of the decade
From Chief Keef to Polo G, these tracks defined drill
The look and language of pop this decade took notes from queer users on the microblogging site.
Hashtag rap! Kanye rants! Terrifying stan pile-ons! For better and worse, Twitter has forever altered the music landscape.
Washed Out, Neon Indian, Toro y Moi, and what happened after the genre’s bedroom pop sounds hit the indie mainstream
From Beyoncé to Kendrick to Kesha, pop’s turn to political activism produced some of the decade’s most memorable moments.
Why so much electronic music this decade felt like it belonged in a museum instead of a club
From parody streaming platforms to cryptic street-art campaigns, every band was desperate to seize your attention.
From Kitty Pryde to Lil Nas X, going viral has gone from a quirky phenomenon to the new normal.
When songs leak on Spotify and Apple Music, illegal uploads can generate substantial royalty payments—but for whom?
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