As if there’s been no shortage of drama to distract us from...everything else, Lana Del Rey swooped in this week to take her share of the attention. In a lengthy notes app-style screed announcing the release of her new album this fall, Lana fired…

Man, what a week. This could apply to anything — the merciless job loss spanning industries, the sense that the government just isn’t going to materially improve its pandemic response before reopening everything, or the little things, like a summer…

At first the delays made sense. Music streaming was reportedly down, touring is suspended indefinitely, so wouldn’t this be the worst time to release new music? According to a Billboard report from this week, a number of music industry insiders…

Another week, and another space vacated by a much-anticipated release pushed back due to the pandemic. Haim’s bitingly titled Women in Music Pt. III was set for release on April 24, but like Lady Gaga’s Chromatica, the Dixie Chicks comeback, and so…

The musical event of the weekend, Trolls World Tour, may not qualify as a new release in this space, but there are plenty of other albums worth checking out today. Instead of seeking out the kids movie’s stance in the age old poptimism vs. rockism…

It’s a strange time for new music, including this week that finds two welcome singles from Frank Ocean and a shameless stab at virality from Drake. Although we’re still two weeks out from Fiona Apple’s big return with Fetch the Bolt Cutters — one of…

One afternoon, in June 2013, Kanye West was wandering through a Rick Owens exhibit in Basel, Switzerland, when he decided to throw a listening party. He sent a few cryptic emails and booked a yawning gallery space in the Messeplatz, five minutes…

Lana Del Rey has spent a career and five studio albums musing over the promise of the American Dream; her focus is not money or success but romance—the expanse of Western highways, the nostalgia of rock and roll, Malibu’s star-studded beaches. And,…

Lana Del Rey unveiled her third album, Honeymoon, on Friday, and it's everything the 30-year-old singer's fans want from their cool, vintage queen — persistent melancholy and a mood that says she has zero fucks to give.  Honeymoon, cowritten with…

"If you're gonna be me you need a manifesto," M.I.A. sings on the title track to her finally-released new album, Matangi. You get the feeling that she means the line sincerely. While the album is great, it shows Maya herself floundering without…