Nick Catucci
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Lenika Cruz’s Culture Picks: BTS, 'The X-Files,' and More
The Atlantic editor also enjoys discovering that things she previously thought were Bad are actually Good. → Read More
My Internet: Taylor Lorenz
The New York Times tech reporter is in over 2,000 Facebook groups. → Read More
Spring playlist with Banks, Sam Smith, Lo-Fang and more: Listen now
Shake off a long, cold winter with these breezy new tracks from artists on the verge—slinky singers, bedroom R&B auteurs, and FoLs (Friends of Lorde). Sam Smith, “Money on My Mind” The Londoner’s swinging track—already a U.K. → Read More
Cyndi Lauper’s ‘She’s So Unusual’: An everlasting, once in a lifetime album
On the new deluxe 30th anniversary edition of Cyndi Lauper’s debut, the everlastingly saucy supersmash She’s So Unusual, you can hear the “Work in Progress... → Read More
Sam Smith is the ‘SNL’ musical guest this weekend. So who is he?
Fear not, Americans: It's understandable if, like so many things in the world beyond our borders, you're unsure of who Sam Smith is, and why he is being shown to you on television. Smith, who will be the musical guest on Saturday Night Live this weekend (with host Louis C.K. → Read More
Mock stars: The era of anonymous bands, from Foster the People to Imagine Dragons
Who wears the leather pants in music these days? Men still turn out smash songs by singing over guitars. But not since Mumford & Sons strapped on their suspenders have any rock hitmakers broken out as true stars, famous for anything other than scaling the charts. → Read More
Five reasons everyone should see the Miley Cyrus ‘Bangerz’ tour
As Miley Cyrus herself surely anticipated, the internet has embraced her simulating fellatio on a man in a Bill Clinton costume as the micro-scandal to help promote the start of the Bangerz Tour. I was there in Vancouver on Valentines Day, and I completely missed this bit of theater. → Read More
Why we need Justin Bieber: A critic’s opinion
How does the existence of Justin Bieber—who was just arrested for drag racing under the influence on a blocked-off street in Miami—benefit the world? We all know why Beyoncé matters: She wakes up embodying female "perfection," then subversively toys with that very notion. → Read More
Ten indie albums to get excited for in early 2014
Early winter’s still a notoriously slow time for new music, even in this era of the thoroughly disrupted record industry. But now that we’ve absorbed... → Read More
Jay Z addresses Barneys controversy on new Rick Ross collab ‘The Devil Is a Lie’
You can press pause on Beyoncé now—and be grateful Bey hasn’t convinced everyone to quit releasing teaser tracks off upcoming albums. This one’s from Rick Ross, whose Mastermind... → Read More
The five worst singles of 2013, courtesy of the Wanted, Ray J and more
It's not as easy as you might think to find five truly god-awful songs from one year—then agree on all of them, as the EW music staff recently did. The most terrible songs not only irritate your ears, they invade your cultural space and insult your intelligence. → Read More
Kanye West promises even fewer songs on his next album
Here's a smidgin of uncertain information: Kanye West—who was, as you would expect, speaking on a panel at Art Basel—said last week, "I think my next album is going to be eight songs." Yeezus, which the famously minimal-minded Rick Rubin executive produced, included just 10 songs. → Read More
Tonight’s Grammy nominations: Who will go home happy tonight?
Not everyone can expect to win a Grammy. But as Scooter Braun demonstrated last year, some artists—like Braun’s ward Justin Bieber—count at least on a nomination. → Read More
This week in singles: New songs by Justin Bieber, Disclosure and Nile Rodgers, Angel Olsen, and more
Justin Bieber, “All Bad” And on the sixth Music Monday, Bieber laid back in the cut. The latest song from his weekly series (leading up... → Read More
Music Review: The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Soundtrack, by Various Artists
President Snow himself would envy the control wielded by the soundtrack bosses here, on The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Soundtrack . The artists on this… → Read More
This week in singles: New songs by Eminem, Kitty, Austin Mahone, and more
Kitty, “Second Life” The 21-year-old Florida rapper who became internet famous as Kitty Pryde and stubbornlyâthankfullyârefused to settle for meme-dom starts this one off with a... → Read More