April 2015 Culture Articles
- The Crazy World of Drake Apps Shows Why He's the Digital Age's Most Important Rapper
- Jon Stewart's Takedown of Judith Miller on 'The Daily Show' Proves He's Irreplaceable
- There's a Snapchat for People Who Constantly Send Music to Their Friends
- Wale Went to a High School in Baltimore to Tell the Kids One Important Thing
- 12 GIFs That Prove Black Widow Is the Most Badass Avenger
- Leon Bridges Just Proved He's the Next Soul Legend With This Amazing Song
- 8 Songs by Native American Rappers That Deserve to Be Heard
- J.K. Rowling's First Non-'Harry Potter' Book Is Now an Intense HBO Miniseries
- Kristen Stewart Is Having an Amazing Life Moment, and She Did It By Being Herself
- Alabama Shakes Just Released an Incredible New Music Video for 'Sound & Color'
- One Year After Their Famous Performance, Future Islands Returned to Letterman
- 'Seinfeld' Will Officially Be Coming to a Streaming Device Near You
- 9 Facts From the Kurt Cobain Biopic That Will Change How You Think of the Legend
- In 11 Tweets, Actor Jesse Williams Rips Apart Critics of the Baltimore Protesters
- 'Live From New York' Doc. Proves Why 'SNL' Is America's Greatest Television Institution
- The Story Behind Oasis' 'Wonderwall' Will Make You Like It Even More
- This Iraqi Cellist Played at the Site of a Car Bombing to Fight Back Against Terrorism
- The Best, Most Diverse Play on Broadway Just Got Denied a Tony Nomination
- 8 GIFs Show How Larry Wilmore Screwed Up While Talking About Bruce Jenner's Transition
- 9 Musicians Took to Twitter to Speak Their Minds About Baltimore
- The 15 Albums That Made These Two Years the Defining Era for Indie Rock
- 13 Lyrics That Prove Nicki Minaj Is One of the Greatest Rappers of All Time
- Arnold Schwarzenegger's New Zombie Movie Is Unlike Anything You've Seen Before
- Science Shows Drummers Are Fitter and Happier Than Everyone Else
- The Most Popular TV Show Set in Each State — in One Surprising Map
- The Next 'Hunger Games' Book Is Here, and Its Heroes Are People of Color
- Stephen Hawking Had a Genius Response to a Fan's Question About One Direction
- Demi Lovato Dedicated This Powerful Song to Bruce Jenner
- Mariah Carey Is Back With a Brand New Single
- 11 Times Musicians Took a Bold Stand for Marijuana Legalization
- Rom-Coms Are Back in 2015 — and They're Better Than Ever
- 11 Times Hozier Proved He's One of the Smartest Songwriters in Music
- In One Quote, System of a Down Says What Obama Won't About the Armenian Genocide
- The Lead Singer of Chvrches Just Destroyed Her Internet Trolls in the Best Way Possible
- The Makers of 'Selma' Took a Powerful Step to Ensure Americans Don't Forget Their History
- What Happened to the Female Rock Star?
- Everyone Is Saying Iggy Plagiarized Kendrick — But Here's the Real Issue
- Native American Actors Walked Off Adam Sandler's New Movie Set, and Here's Why
- Science May Have Finally Discovered Why Humans Make Music
- Long After Her Death, Selena Is Still the Latina Pop Star We Need
- 4 Scientific Reasons Why Reading Actual Books Is Good for You
- Ed Sheeran Just Pulled a Video of Himself Using Gay Slurs
- The New 'Muppets' TV Series Will Be Unlike Anything You've Seen Before
- Here's How Pop Music Brainwashes You Into Liking Truly Terrible Songs
- Sia Just Released an Intense New Video Starring Pedro Pascal and Heidi Klum
- In One Quote, This Director Nails Why a Filmmaker's Gender Doesn't Matter
- Jimi Hendrix’s Best Album Is His Most Underrated
- Katy Perry Tried to Trademark Left Shark — This Is How the Government Responded
- Jay Z's Attempt to Start His Own Streaming Service Is Backfiring Spectacularly
- Lil Wayne Will Soon Go From Hip-Hop Punchline to Major Comeback — Here's Why
- This Canadian Pop Musician Is About to Be the Next Big Thing in the U.S.
- Without John Williams' 'Star Wars' Theme, Movie History Would Be Completely Different
- Listen to Kurt Cobain's Newly Discovered Cover of This Classic Beatles Song
- Marvel Comics Just Confirmed That One of the Original X-Men Is Gay
- The Newest 'Little Prince' Trailer Is Here — And It Will Melt Your Heart
- A Powerful Documentary Charts One Man's Journey to Save His Estranged Father
- Kelis' Jaw-Dropping Cover of Nina Simone Proves Just How Underrated She Is
- Waka Flocka Flame Announced He's Running for President With This Amazing Campaign Video
- A New Documentary Nails How Terrible It Is for Women in Tech — and How to Fix It
- Alabama Shakes Just Reinvented the Blues for the 21st Century
- John Stamos Announces 'Fuller House' Is Coming to Netflix for 13 Episodes
- 9 Times Ed Sheeran Proved Just How Down to Earth He Really Is
- John Oliver and Martin Sheen Just Made the Perfect Doomsday Video
- The Newest 'Jurassic World' Trailer Just Dropped and It's Insanely Epic
- James Franco's Newest Film at Tribeca Film Fest Will Change the Way You Think About Memory
- Kanye Proved the Haters Wrong With This Coachella Surprise
- Taylor Swift Finally Told The Country Music Community What They've Been Waiting to Hear
- In One Quote, a Rock Legend Sums Up What's Wrong With Music Today
- Lou Reed Made Rock 'n' Roll Into a Genre for the Voiceless
- Meet the Three Mexican Sisters Whose Viral Videos Just Got Them a Record Deal
- You Probably Have Binge Reading Disorder and You Don't Even Know It
- Tracy Chapman Gave a Jaw-Dropping Performance of "Stand By Me" on Letterman
- Mumford & Sons Are Done Ruining Folk and Are Now Coming for Hip-Hop
- 6 Lies We Need to Stop Telling About Electronic Music
- The First 'Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice' Trailer Has Already Been Leaked Online
- Terry Crews Lip-Syncing 'Golden Girls' to Betty White Was Adorable, and the Next Big Thing
- The New 'Star Wars' Trailer Is Here — With Some Epic Surprise Guests
- Kendrick Lamar Just Revealed Who He Thinks the Best Rapper in the Game Is
- JoJo Is Back With Her First Official Song in 9 Years — and It's Stunning
- 12 Eminem Lyrics That Even the Haters Can't Deny
- This New Horror Film Shows How Terrifying Online Bullying Can Be
- These Are the Official Long-Awaited Selections for the 2015 Cannes Film Festival
- It's Time We Started Taking Ariana Grande Seriously
- LGBT Representation in Film Still Has a Long, Long Way to Go After a Bad 2014
- This Little-Known Musician Is About to Be the Biggest Pop Star of 2015
- This Is How Many Streams a Musician Needs to Make Minimum Wage in America
- The Most Popular Movie from Each State — in One Surprising Map
- In One Tweet, This Legendary Musician Sums Up How Streaming Screws Musicians
- Snoop Dogg Helped Raise $10 Million for Startup That Delivers You Weed in Under 10 Minutes
- The Unlikely Story of How Bruno Mars Became a Pop Legend
- The Story of How Madonna Became Famous Will Make You Love Her Even More
- Burka Avenger Is the Muslim Female Super Hero We've All Been Waiting For
- 'Wonder Woman' Losing Its Director Reveals Hollywood's Problem with Female Filmmakers
- Watch an Actor Pay Tribute to Robin Williams With 20 Incredible Impressions
- How Nirvana Unintentionally Ruined Rock and Roll
- Spotify Data Reveals What You Secretly Suspected About Ed Sheeran
- Gwyneth Paltrow Tried to Make a Point About Poverty and It Backfired Spectacularly
- John Legend Just Took On One of America's Biggest Problems
- Death Cab for Cutie's Frontman Just Gave Jay Z the Ultimate F*ck You
- Watch John Oliver and Michael Bolton Sing About the IRS as "the Anus of Our Country"
- This Was the Best Set of Coachella's First Weekend, Hands Down
- Kanye Really Out-Kanye'd Himself During a Surprise Armenia Show
- The 'Ant-Man' Trailer Is Here, and Its Miniscule Hero Is Larger Than Life
- 'Ex Machina' Will Completely Change How You Think About Artificial Intelligence
- 'SNL' Wrote a Skit About Child Molestation, and It Did Not End Well
- 'Mad Men' Is the Best Show for Music on TV — And These Are the Songs That Define It
- How the 'Twin Peaks' Soundtrack Changed Music History
- This Sunday Will Have the Best TV You've Seen in Months
- 'Daredevil' Takes the Superhero Genre Back to Dark and Gritty — And That's Bad
- 'Game of Thrones' Is Back — And More Feminist Than Ever Before
- Marge Simpson Perfectly Predicted the Awful State of the U.S. Justice System 21 Years Ago
- Kanye West Just Gave the Most Hilarious, Self-Aware Quote of His Career
- Kendrick Lamar Just Released a Bold New Rap in This Interview With Flying Lotus
- With the Return of 'Veep,' HBO's Other Comedies Have Some Things to Learn
- De La Soul Talks the Group's Bold New Album and Legendary Past
- Mumford & Sons Just Released a Brand New Song — And It Sounds Nothing Like Them
- 6 Eerie Ways That Radiohead Predicted the Future
- 'Orange Is the New Black' Keeps Things Black and White — and Red — in Season 3
- Tyler, the Creator Just Had One of the Biggest Weeks of His Career
- Jessie Ware Just Proved She's One of Our Most Underrated Pop Stars With This Performance
- As 'Louie' Creatively Thrives, Billy Crystal's New Show Aims to Replicate Its Magic
- This Is One of the Catchiest Songs In the World, but You Won't Hear It in the U.S. — Yet
- Sufjan Stevens' New Record Just Did Something Nobody Expected
- 7 Strange and Ancient Instruments You've Never Heard
- Google's New System Could Shield You From Spoilers Online
- The Story of How Kanye Became Famous Will Make You Appreciate Him Even More
- Hey Girl, What's Happening to Ryan Gosling's Career?
- There's Good News for Fans of 'Arrested Development' — 17 New Episodes Worth of Good News
- Jhené Aiko Just Released the Most Heartbreakingly Beautiful Video You'll See Today
- Kendrick Lamar Made the Best Album of the Year and Now He Wants You to Buy Reeboks
- In One Quote, Joan Jett Proves She's the Original Badass Rock Feminist
- The Best Music City in America Isn't New York, LA or Nashville
- Kendrick Lamar and an Industry Screw-Up Buried One of the Best Hip-Hop Records of the Year
- 'Furious 7' Is Smashing Box Office Records — Here's Why That's Actually Surprising
- Three Months In, 2015 Is Way Better for Music Lovers Than 2014
- Watch Black Widow Kick Some Ass in the New 'Avengers: Age of Ultron' Trailer
- Beyoncé's New Song Is Great — But You Shouldn't Listen to It
- Madonna Took a Powerful Stand Against the Media's Censorship of Female Bodies
- This Musician's Debut Novel Brings Together Music and Narrative
- Showtime's 'Twin Peaks' Revival Might Be Heading Back to the Grave
- 'SNL' Hilariously Rips Into Scientology With This Pitch Perfect '90s Music Video Parody
- The Muppets Are Coming Back to TV — And People Are Really, Really Excited
- Music Actually Plays a Key Role in Healing Palestine
- How YouTube Superstar Grace Helbig Can Make Her E! Talk Show a Success
- Eminem Just Revealed One of the Most Formative Songs of His Career While Annotating Lyrics
- The Next Big Pop Star Has "No Gender, No Sexuality and No Fucks to Give"
- Trevor Noah and the Global Trade Deficit In Entertainment
- The Disturbing Trend in How We Talk About Female Musicians
- The First Trailer for the Amy Winehouse Documentary Is Finally Here
- Kendrick Lamar's "King Kunta" Video Is Absolutely Incredible
- How 'Furious 7' Finished Filming While Respecting Paul Walker's Memory
- Rage Against the Machine Is Still the Protest Band Our Generation Needs
- A New Play About Ferguson Will Put Officer Darren Wilson's Fate in the Audience's Hands
- Sufjan Stevens Just Proved He's So Much More Than a Musician
- The Real Lesson of the Trevor Noah Scandal Isn't What You Think It Is
- There's a Secret Message in Kendrick's Original Title for His New Album
- What the Hell Happened to Lauryn Hill?
- Mic Hires New Editor to Help Explain Millennials to Their Grandparents
- 31 Years After His Death, Marvin Gaye Is More Important Than Ever
- As the Era of 'Mad Men' Ends, Its Legacy Remains Singularly Influential
