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  1. radio vulture
    How to Hate the BeatlesSo the streaming hype annoyed you, but you’ll want to express that annoyance the right way.
  2. music
    Abebe: What New Folkies Share With the Old OnesThe times haven’t changed that much.
  3. profile
    Sky Ferreira Will Be a Pop Star on Her Own Terms — Or Not At All ‘‘There’s only so much I can take. But I have to take it.’’
  4. profile
    Lit Wunderkind Marisha Pessl Plays Detective With Night FilmHer second novel is a giddily creepy thriller out this month from Random House.
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    Pharrell on Surprise Hits and Michael Jackson“He fell, rolled on the floor, kicking like a kid, laughing.”
  6. profile
    Pharrell Williams Expands His PaletteAn hour with the music producer at Jungle City Studios feels like a minor form of time travel.
  7. radio vulture
    The Amanda Palmer ProblemBlame the Internet.
  8. music
    Why Can’t Beyoncé Have It All?As her new documentary reminds us, pop’s reigning overachiever is at her best when she’s wrestling with that very identity.
  9. year in culture 2012
    Listen to Nitsuh Abebe’s Favorite Songs of 2012Listen to our music critic’s Spotify playlist.
  10. year in culture 2012
    Nitsuh Abebe’s Top Ten Albums of 2012Kendrick Lamar, Chairlift, Cloud Nothings, and more.
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    Grizzly Bear: Indie-Rock Royalty of 2012The lead singer lives in a 450-square-foot apartment. Some band members don’t even have health insurance. Is rock stardom any way to make a living?
  12. jay-z
    Abebe: Jay-Z Makes History With Pretty Good First Show at Barclays CenterThe performance may not have been the greatest, but nobody seemed to mind. 
  13. radio vulture
    Vulture Recommends: Five Songs Currently on RepeatOur music critic on what’s bouncing around his head this week.
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    Abebe: On Coexist, the xx Stay Intimate by Getting GranderOn their sophomore album, the British trio face an audience that’s built up a tolerance for their sound.
  15. radio vulture
    Music Review: Dan Deacon and Matthew Dear Our music critic reviews Deacon’s America and Dear’s Beams.
  16. profile
    David Byrne and St. Vincent Take A Chance On BrassThe two musicians talk about their new horn-heavy collaboration.
  17. pussy riot
    Why Pussy Riot Is Big in America, But Not RussiaBoosted by controversy, post-punk band releases great new single.
  18. radio vulture
    Abebe Recommends: Five Songs Currently on RepeatOur music critic reveals what’s bouncing around his head.
  19. radio vulture
    Vulture Recommends: Five Songs Currently on RepeatOur music critic reveals what’s bouncing around his head.
  20. radio vulture
    Abebe: Rapper, Vocalist, Pop Star, Whatever — Azealia Banks Is All ThingsAlso: a host, a curator, an importer, and a stylist.
  21. radio vulture
    Music Review: Dirty Projectors Swing Lo MagellanThe band’s latest ranks among the most straightforwardly beautiful albums of the year so far.
  22. radio vulture
    Abebe: Why Frank Ocean’s Coming-Out Was UniqueHis moving story doesn’t seem particularly interested in clarifying the sorts of questions that usually surround coming out.
  23. radio vulture
    Music Review: Abebe on Write Me Back and the Multifaceted R. KellyRobert Kelly — Chicago institution, “Pied Piper of R&B,” formally acquitted of ignoble charges nobody’s forgotten — has a new record out this week.
  24. radio vulture
    Music Critic Nitsuh Abebe Recommends the Five Songs He Has on RepeatThis is what our music critic is listening to.
  25. radio vulture
    Abebe on the Marvelous, Reunited Brazilian GirlsOur music critic was at the band’s Monday night Brooklyn Bowl concert.
  26. dance parties
    Get Ready for the Corporate Megarave Dance music is mainstream, raves are taking over stadiums, and promoters are salivating with wallets open.
  27. radio vulture
    Abebe: Nicki Minaj, Hot 97, and the Fight Over ‘Real Hip-Hop’Vulture’s music critic weighs in on the Nicki-Flex beef.
  28. radio vulture
    Listen to Nitsuh Abebe’s Favorite Songs of 2012 So FarEvery couple of weeks, he’ll be pulling more favorites onto the list.
  29. radio vulture
    Music Review: Abebe on the Scissor Sisters’ Magic HourDance music is mainstream again. Where does that leave outsider disco-revivalists Scissor Sisters?
  30. obit
    The Last Days of Disco: Abebe Remembers Donna Summer and Robin GibbDigging through the discographies of these two artists feels like a good corrective to the way disco’s been memorialized.
  31. vulture recommends
    Vulture Recommends: Five Songs to Listen ToMusic critic Nitsuh Abebe offers his biweekly picks.
  32. the vulture transcript
    Damon Albarn on Blur’s London Olympics Reunion“I just want to give everyone who turns up a really good send-off.”
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    Abebe on Adam Yauch’s Rare Capacity for GrowthAs a musician, it’s easy to make life seem fun when you’re young and a goon. It’s near impossible to change that image, but MCA did.
  34. radio vulture
    Lovable, Talented Bore Jack White Stretches Out on His New Solo AlbumWas a White Stripes breakup the best thing that could have happened to this songwriter?
  35. radio vulture
    iTupac Live: The Weird Logic of a Touring HologramJust think about this for a minute.
  36. radio vulture
    Lil B at NYU: What’s So Funny About Peace, Love, and Understanding?Internet-beloved rapper drops wisdom on uncomprehending college crowd.
  37. radio vulture
    The Indie-Folk Crossover: Commercials for Our Selves in a Hunger Games WorldTwilight’s emo-gothic glitter has been replaced by a hardscrabble, triumphal, suspender-friendly sound.
  38. radio vulture
    Get ‘Zou Bisou Bisou’ Out of Your Head With Five More Great Yé-Yé SongsThe early sixties French teen-pop genre is a blast.
  39. music review
    Music Review: The Apathy and Ecstasy of Madonna’s MDNAMadge gets lost on her latest return to the dance floor.
  40. radio vulture
    The Thirteen Best, Weirdest, and Most Memorable Moments From SXSWOur critic’s favorite new bands.
  41. radio vulture
    Yes, Fiona Apple’s SXSW Performances Really Have Been Mind-blowingA critic bears witness to a genuinely staggering level of emotional sensitivity.
  42. radio vulture
    Buzz Rappers Thrive at SXSWAction Bronson and Mr. Mothafuckin exQuire get over — plus word-of-mouth raves for Fiona Apple, Titus Andronicus … and Carson Daly.
  43. The Perfect Anti-SXSW Band: Future of the LeftA little punk attitude leavens the atmosphere of monetization.
  44. radio vulture
    Bruce Springsteen’s Stump SpeechWith a little editing, the lyrics of Wrecking Ball add up to a stem-winder fit for a political convention.
  45. radio vulture
    Estelle, Robert Glasper, and the Inescapable Chris BrownNew albums by the British soul singer and American pianist-turned-bandleader. Plus, why Brown is the Monsanto of R&B.
  46. radio vulture
    Whitney Houston and the Burden of PerfectionA career with two halves.
  47. radio vulture
    Carnegie, Rockefeller, Carter? Jay-Z’s American DreamCultural horse-trading at star-studded Carnegie Hall concerts.
  48. radio vulture
    Prinzhorn Dance School: The Beauty of Obsessive, Barking English PeopleThe most wonderfully beady-eyed band in recent memory puts out a great second album.
  49. radio vulture
    Lana Del Rey: Lurching Toward VegasThe polarizing singer’s debut album reviewed.
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    Why Does America Love Skrillex?How an electronic dance music producer crossed over to massive festival crowds, the Grammys, and Kanye West.
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