Why Are We Suddenly So Tired of Our Biggest Pop Stars?
Slate 25 December 2017
Eminem’s New Album Is a Fiery and Much Needed Denunciation of Trump. It’s Also Terrible.
Slate 19 December 2017
Charles Manson Embodied the Worst of the 1960s–and Every Era Since
Slate 20 November 2017
Ever Wonder Why Rolling Stone Gives So Many Raves to Washed-Up Rockers? A New Book Reveals All.
Slate 23 October 2017
The Concert for Charlottesville Was a Night of Stars, Tears, and Vague Platitudes
Slate 25 September 2017
The Parts of Stephen King’s It the Movie Shouldn’t Have Omitted (No, Not the Child Sex Orgy)
Slate 11 September 2017
The War on Drugs’ New Album Doesn’t Reinvent the Wheel. Instead, It Nearly Perfects It.
Slate 24 August 2017
Rumble Explores the Influence of Native Americans on Rock. Turns Out It’s Too Big for One Movie.
Slate 18 August 2017
UVA Is a Deeply Imperfect Place. Last Night’s Vigil Was the School at Its Best.
Slate 17 August 2017
Jay Z’s Juicy New Album Is Both His Best in Years and a Savvy Hustle
Slate 1 July 2017
With His New Album Big Fish Theory, Vince Staples Proves He’s Big Enough for Any Pond
Slate 26 June 2017
Mobb Deep’s Prodigy Was Hip-Hop’s Greatest Poet of Fear
Slate 21 June 2017
The Trouble with Building a Rock-Writing Canon
New Yorker 8 June 2017
Sgt. Pepper Came Out 50 Years Ago This Week. The Timing Was As Perfect As the Album.
Slate 24 May 2017
The Cavs and Warriors Are Undefeated, but the NBA Playoffs Belong to Isaiah Thomas
Slate 10 May 2017
Drake’s More Life Is Drake’s Best Album Because It Has the Least Drake
Slate 22 March 2017
Chuck Berry Didn’t Just Invent Rock and Roll. He Perfected It.
Slate 19 March 2017
Could Anti-Trump Americans Make YG’s “FDT (F— Donald Trump)” the No. 1 Song in the Country?
Slate 22 February 2017
How and Why to Root for the New England Patriots in the Age of Trump
Slate 3 February 2017
My Two Favorite Albums of the Year Came From the Same City
Slate 29 December 2016