• music Wiz Khalifa returns with his clumsiest album yet By Evan Rytlewski August 19, 2014 | 5:00am
• music Usher’s Confessions rode fictionalized scandal to the top of the charts By Evan Rytlewski July 29, 2014 | 5:00am
• music Bigger and bitchier: A superlative rundown of the best records of 2014 so far By Evan Rytlewski, kenneth-partridge, Chris Mincher, Jason Heller, Eric Thurm, Annie Zaleski, David Brusie, David Anthony, Ryan Bray, Josh Terry, Jonah Bayer, Kyle Fowle, Marah Eakin, Paula Mejia July 22, 2014 | 5:00am
• music What’s your favorite song of the year so far? By Evan Rytlewski, kenneth-partridge, Annie Zaleski, Noah Cruickshank, Jason Heller, A.A. Dowd, David Brusie, Josh Modell, Eric Thurm, David Anthony, Becca James, Erik Adams, Sean O'Neal, Andrea Battleground, Josh Terry, Sonia Saraiya, Jesse Hassenger, Alasdair Wilkins, Marah Eakin, Mike Vago July 17, 2014 | 5:00am
• music How To Dress Well remains torn between pop escapism and emotional torment By Evan Rytlewski June 24, 2014 | 5:00am
• aux Jay Pharoah is a rapper with issues in his latest music video By Evan Rytlewski May 29, 2014 | 6:30pm
• music The Roots lay on the satire with the arty …And Then You Shoot Your Cousin By Evan Rytlewski May 20, 2014 | 5:00am
• tv There’s an app for that?: 6 fictional apps from TV and their real-world equivalents By Evan Rytlewski, Steve Heisler, Emily St. James, Brandon Nowalk, Mike Vago, John Teti May 19, 2014 | 5:00am
• tv All the bacon and eggs: 14 characters with a passion for breakfast food By Caroline Siede, Evan Rytlewski, Jason Heller, Scott Von Doviak, Paula Mejia, David Anthony, Erik Adams, Tasha Robinson, John Teti April 23, 2014 | 5:00am
• music Future resists major-label bloat on his brisk Honest By Evan Rytlewski April 22, 2014 | 5:00am
• music Bongzilla, Bongwater, and Bongripper: 10 bands named for marijuana By Evan Rytlewski, Annie Zaleski, Kyle Ryan, David Anthony, Phil Dyess-Nugent, Marah Eakin April 14, 2014 | 5:00am
• music EMA pushes back against Internet culture run amok By Evan Rytlewski April 8, 2014 | 5:00am
• aux Together at last: Thomas The Tank Engine’s theme and DMX’s “Where My Dogs At?” By Evan Rytlewski March 18, 2014 | 8:45pm
• music “I Will Refuse”: 13 bands that could reunite, but won’t By Evan Rytlewski, Annie Zaleski, Kyle Ryan, Drew Toal, Matt Wild, Erik Adams, Marah Eakin March 12, 2014 | 5:00am
• music Rick Ross enters the post-peak phase of his career on Mastermind By Evan Rytlewski March 4, 2014 | 6:00am
• music Pharrell continues his one-man disco revival on G I R L By Evan Rytlewski March 4, 2014 | 6:00am
• music Schoolboy Q’s major-label debut juggles big ideas and raw menace By Evan Rytlewski February 25, 2014 | 6:00am
• music Previously subdued songwriter Angel Olsen cranks up the volume By Evan Rytlewski February 18, 2014 | 6:00am
• music I knew you had that bitch in your bed: 9 songs about seeing exes making out By Evan Rytlewski, Annie Zaleski, Kyle Ryan, Noah Cruickshank, Drew Toal, David Anthony, Andrea Battleground February 12, 2014 | 6:00am
• music Angel Haze whiffs on her major-label debut By Evan Rytlewski January 8, 2014 | 6:00am
• music Beyoncé’s surprise album is her most substantial and also her most human By Evan Rytlewski December 16, 2013 | 5:05pm