Craig Jenkins
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De La Soul’s Music Is Here to Stay (For Now)
For years, De La Soul’s music fell into the Phantom Zone, where the only available versions were bootlegs. But the trio’s full catalogue is finally on streaming services after years of label woes, and the recent death of David “Trugoy” Jolicoeur. → Read More
Just Give In to the New Gorillaz Album
Damon Albarn’s earnest, schmaltzy Cracker Island is restless enough to work. → Read More
Skrillex Is Reinventing Himself
Skrillex’s ‘Quest for Fire’ and ‘Don’t Get Too Close,’ his second and third albums, suggest that the core of his art has always been the tug of war between playfulness and precision. → Read More
Rihanna’s Super Bowl Halftime Show Was More Than Enough
The Super Bowl Halftime Show reintroduced us to Rihanna the live performer by walking us through her back catalog, revealing her sterling hits to be untarnished after a long Fenty Everything retail blitz and highlighting her commitment to motherhood. → Read More
On Raven, Kelela Sounds Freer Than Ever
Her first album in six years could fill a dance floor — if she didn’t love destroying her hooks so much. → Read More
Lil Yachty ‘Let’s Start Here’ Album Review
Let’s Start Here, Lil Yachty’s fifth album and first full-length excursion into psychedelic rock, journeys back in time and out to space and sometimes up its own ass. → Read More
Sam Smith Toes the Line on Gloria
Sam Smith’s album Gloria leans into the singer’s musical contradictions and ideological dualities, coming out with the sharpest full length in their catalog. The history-making chart-topper “Unholy” summarizes the ideas at Gloria’s core. → Read More
John Cale on Mercy, Lou Reed, Andy Warhol
Mercy, John Cale’s 17th solo album, features collaborations with Actress, Laurel Halo, Weyes Blood, Tei Shi, and Dev Hynes. He speaks with Vulture about the record, his tempestuous relationship with Lou Reed, and working with La Monte Young. → Read More
Let’s Not Do This Again
Too many musicians spent the year gleefully abandoning their better judgment, heeding impulses to subvert audience expectations and court controversy. → Read More
’Tis the Season for Sufjan
Vulture speaks with Sufjan Stevens about Songs for Christmas and Silver & Gold, Santa Claus, and the reality that Christmas is not actually his favorite holiday. → Read More
’Tis the Season for Sufjan
Vulture speaks with Sufjan Stevens about Songs for Christmas and Silver & Gold, Santa Claus, and the reality that Christmas is not actually his favorite holiday. → Read More
Takeoff of Migos: Remembering the Late Rapper
It’s a testament to how much of a crucible 2022 is that we even potentially have to talk about Migos in the past tense as we mourn the passing of Takeoff, the 28-year-old group member who was shot and killed this week in Houston. → Read More
John Carpenter Has Only One Criteria for a Film Score
John Carpenter directed so many of the greatest horror and action films of all time (The Thing, Escape From New York, The Fog) that you can see his fingerprints on everything. He speaks to Vulture about remakes, scoring films, and more. → Read More
Midnights’ Moonlit Lessons
A review of Taylor Swift’s new album Midnights, a concept album co-produced with Jack Antonoff that takes a peek at the life of the singer-songwriter on a number of eventful evenings in her life. → Read More
The Jon Brion Method
Talking with Jon Brion about his career and catalogue, from Aimee Mann’s early ’90s hits to abortive plans for albums with Elliott Smith and Fiona Apple, appearances on rap records via arrangements and samples, and sessions with Frank Ocean. → Read More
Danger Mouse Has the Cheat Codes
Exploring 20 years of hits, surprises, and DOOM stories with the elusive producer. → Read More
Life, Death, and Titus Andronicus
Patrick Stickles of Titus Andronicus talks ‘The Will to Live,’ Titus’s seventh album, which finds a band trying to wrap its head around the disorder of the last three years. → Read More
It’s Cam’ron’s Harlem
U Wasn’t There, his new album with A-Trak, feels like an uptown therapy session. → Read More
Ari Lennox Knows Exactly What She Wants
On a/s/l, you can try your luck with the singer, but you might get your feelings hurt. → Read More
TDE President Punch: ‘I Understand the Backlash’
Speaking with TDE president Punch about where SZA’s record is, losing Kendrick Lamar to another label, hearing Mr. Morale and the Big Steppers for the first time, and mobilizing behind Isaiah Rashad. → Read More