Carl Wilson
Slate
Toronto, ON, Canada
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Why Neutral Milk Hotel’s Biggest Fans Are Often Those Who Understand It Least
Twenty-five years after ‘In the Aeroplane Over the Sea,’ are we finally ready to hear it for what it really was? → Read More
Shania Twain Is Returning to the Music World She Helped Make. Is She Still the One?
There would be no Taylor Swift without Shania Twain. Who is Shania Twain after Taylor Swift? → Read More
The Deviously Addictive Reality Show That’s Taking the World by Storm
In the U.K., ‘Traitors’ is “best telly in donkeys,” a hit even with viewers who don’t normally like reality TV. Now it’s launching its British Invasion. → Read More
The Best Albums of 2022
Plus the best songs. → Read More
Bob Dylan’s New Book Is by Turns Brilliant, Nonsensical, and Misogynistic
The Philosophy of Modern Song will bedazzle and befuddle, not to mention troll. → Read More
Is Taylor Swift’s Midnights Great or Cringe? Four Generations of Fans Debate.
A Gen Xer, a Millennial, a Zillennial, and a 10-year-old discuss where the singer’s new album ranks. → Read More
Loretta Lynn Recorded Music’s Greatest Reproductive Rights Anthem
The coal miner’s daughter pioneered her own kind of country feminism. → Read More
The Much-Hyped David Bowie Documentary Mangles a Treasure Trove
It’s full of sound and vision, signifying nothing. → Read More
Can Beyoncé Go Back to Just Being a Pop Star?
On Renaissance, the pop auteur abandons grand social statements for songs about humping her hubby, but one thing stays the same. → Read More
On Its Timely New Album, Wilco Reclaims “Alt-Country”
The scathing Cruel Country wrestles with a genre—and a nation—that Jeff Tweedy can’t help but love. → Read More
Harry Styles Is Shrugging Off Rock Stardom for Something Better
On Harry’s House, he stops mining the past and starts building his own place in music history. → Read More
Country Music Needs a Perfectly Imperfect Diva Like Miranda Lambert
Miranda Lambert’s flaws are what help make her country music's most necessary star in 2022. → Read More
The Grammys Still Hasn’t Solved Its Biggest Problem
A Black artist won the top prize for the first time in 14 years. That's not enough. → Read More
Who Is Mitski Now? Even She’s Not So Sure.
On her new album, the sad-girl icon is in conflict with her career. → Read More
The Weeknd’s New Album Co-Stars
It isn't quite as weird as that sounds. → Read More
Want to Catch Up on the Best Music of 2021? Here’s How.
Catch up with 12 hours' worth of great tracks, albums, and artists. → Read More
The Top 40 Songs of 2021
Lil Nas X, Olivia Rodrigo, and Taylor Swift all made the cut. → Read More
The Top 10 Albums of 2021
Tyler, the Creator and Julien Baker make the list. → Read More
The Soundtrack to the Great Languishing That Was 2021
On a miserable year and the music that represented it best. → Read More
Let’s Talk About Kenny G
A new HBO documentary rethinks the legendary—and legendarily despised—smooth jazz colossus. → Read More