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Loving the Alien

By Robin JamesOctober 22, 2012
The mainstreaming of electronic dance music and the assimilation of non-Western music into hipster taste hierarchies owes more to biopolitics than beats
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The Oceanic Feeling

By Tavia Nyong'oOctober 19, 2012
Channel Orange isn’t Frank Ocean’s coming out. It’s a tidal wave crashing down
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Jihad Against Jihad Against Jihad

By Kendra SaloisOctober 17, 2012
For Muslim hip-hop artists, essentialization can become the price of success
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Spotivangelism

By Whitney Erin BoeselOctober 15, 2012
Spotify claims to make music “social,” as if it hasn’t always been. In the meantime, it strips us of the sense of control that can come from listening
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Punk Isn't

By Vicky OsterweilOctober 12, 2012
Asking “What is punk?” is the wrong question. The answer inevitably makes itself wrong
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The Sound and the Fury

By Beth LesserOctober 9, 2012
When political factions divided Jamaica, sound systems were caught in the cross-fire
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Rank and File Countrypolitan

By Tim BarkerOctober 3, 2012
When country musicians tried to protect the integrity of their genre in the 1970s against the likes of John Denver, it wasn’t merely aesthetic protest but an organized labor movement
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TNI Vol. 9 Editorial Note: On Music, Utopia, and Failure

By The New InquiryOctober 1, 2012
We’re big enough fans of pop music to know that sometimes the promise of happiness is not always betrayed.
Essays & Reviews

Everybody Have Fun Tonight

By Leah CaldwellMay 31, 2012
LMFAO’s music provides an endless party with no real cause for celebration, turning fun into a forced march through the hyperreal
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The Failure Addict

By Rob HorningNovember 18, 2011
John Phillips mastered the art of serial disappointment by sharing it compulsively. This makes him a harbinger of the social media age
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