Into The Music
What the Coachella 2026 Lineup Actually Says About the State of Popular Music
Coachella 2026 marks the festival’s 25th anniversary, and the people who booked it want you to know that. The lineup is a careful document, a statement about where...
Deep Dives
Long-form essays on the albums, artists, and moments that shaped music history.
Gnarls Barkley Made a Final Album and It Sounds Like One
Eighteen years is a long time to wait for a record. Eighteen years is long enough that the culture that produced the last one has been rebuilt around...
Lindsey Buckingham Said Something That Sounds Like Hope. What Does That Actually Mean?
Lindsey Buckingham has been speaking in a particular register lately. Not angry, not bitter, not even especially nostalgic. He has been speaking in the language of possibility, which...
Central Cee Goes Back to the Bus Stop: What ALL ROADS LEAD HOME Says About Where UK Rap Is Heading
Central Cee released ALL ROADS LEAD HOME on March 27, 2026, a seven-track EP that opens with an image that tells you exactly what you’re in for: the...
Zach Bryan Is Selling Stadiums on Intimacy and the Math Does Not Add Up Yet
Zach Bryan released “With Heaven On Top” in January 2026 and it debuted at number one on the Billboard 200. He is currently on a stadium tour supporting...
MIKE and Earl Sweatshirt Are Building Something Bigger Than an Album
When MIKE and Earl Sweatshirt announced POMPEII // UTILITY, their new double album, the immediate reaction from most listeners was some version of: obviously. Of course these two...
Bob Dylan’s Patreon and the Artist Who Refuses to Be Packaged
Bob Dylan launched a Patreon this week. It costs five dollars a month. The posts so far include an embed of a Mahalia Jackson live performance, three long...
The Bot Economy: How Streaming Fraud Is Quietly Reshaping Music
There is a number nobody in the music business wants to say out loud: up to 10 percent of all streams on major platforms may be fraudulent. Some...
Metallica at the Sphere and What Comes After
The Sphere in Las Vegas was built to host U2, and then it hosted everyone else. Phish played there. Dead and Company. Anyma. And now Metallica, whose “Life...
What James Blake Removing His Name From Bully Actually Means
James Blake has asked to be removed from the production credits on Kanye West’s Bully. He has not explained at length, but the request itself speaks clearly. You...