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  1. year in culture 2013
    Jody Rosen’s 10 Best Pop Albums of 2013Including Brandy Clark, Kanye West, Haim, and more.
  2. radio vulture
    Rosen on Britney Spears’s DOA Britney JeanBritney Spears may be the most boring person on the planet. 
  3. vulture lists
    10 Great Folk Albums Released This YearLaura Marling, William Tyler, Valerie June, and more.
  4. radio vulture
    Rosen: Why James Franco and Seth Rogen’s ‘Bound 2’ Parody SucksThe only thing “Bound 3” added to “Bound 2” was Seth Rogen’s man-pelt.
  5. radio vulture
    Rosen on Lady Gaga’s Weak Sales (and Weaker Album)Where are the tunes?
  6. radio vulture
    Rosen on Kanye’s Yeezus Show at Barclays CenterThe 60-foot LED screen stole the show. Sorry, Jesus.
  7. profile
    Platinum Underdog: Why Taylor Swift Is the Biggest Pop Star in the WorldIn Swift’s Nashville penthouse, it’s not hard to see how her perpetual insider-outsider persona has helped make her bigger than any of her peers.
  8. end of culture
    10 Great Full-Length Concerts Available on YouTubeJames Brown in Boston, Aretha Franklin in Amsterdam, Run-DMC in New York, and more.
  9. end of culture
    60 Great Albums You Probably Haven’t HeardFrom Joni James to Prinzhorn Dance School.
  10. radio vulture
    Rosen on Josh Groban’s Mysterious AppealThe guy sells nookie.
  11. radio vulture
    Rosen on Alan Jackson, the Most Relaxed Star in CountryIf Alan Jackson has ever broken a sweat, he’s never done it in a recording studio.
  12. obits
    Rosen Remembers Lou Reed, a Pop Star for AdultsReed believed that a rock lyric could accommodate ideas as grand and meaty as literature.
  13. radio vulture
    Jody Rosen’s Songs of the Week: Vic Mensa and Taylor SwiftVic Mensa isn’t as smart as his name suggests, but he’s a clever fellow.
  14. radio vulture
    Jody Rosen on Katy Perry’s Half-Baked Prism: Dr. Luke Let Her DownThe songs on Prism feel both overdetermined and underdone.
  15. radio vulture
    Jody Rosen: Happy 87th Birthday, Chuck Berry!He’s the greatest of rock and roll’s many founders.
  16. radio vulture
    Jody Rosen’s Songs of the Week: Justin Bieber, Ninjaman, and MotörheadJustin Bieber is a stealth classicist.
  17. radio vulture
    Rosen’s Songs of the Week: Pusha T, Prince, and Crystal Antlers“Grits and gravy / Cheese, eggs, and jam / Can nobody cook it like you, girl / No ma’am!”
  18. radio vulture
    Rosen on One of the Best Dance Tracks of 2013There’s nobody in pop like Micachu.
  19. radio vulture
    Rosen on Miley Cyrus’s BangerzThe “Miley Cyrus controversy” is not a sideshow. It is the show itself.
  20. radio vulture
    Jody Rosen’s Songs of the Week: Haim, Danny Brown, and Lindi OrtegaDanny Brown can rap his butt off.
  21. radio vulture
    Rosen on Justin Timberlake’s Bloated, Tedious 20/20 Experience — 2 of 2Somebody get this man an editor.
  22. radio vulture
    Rosen on Breaking Bad and Badfinger’s ‘Baby Blue’The 1972 hit was a high-middlebrow choice.
  23. music
    Rosen on Sleigh Bells’ New SoundThis record stands apart from its predecessors, sonically and otherwise.
  24. radio vulture
    Jody Rosen’s Songs of the Week: CHVRCHES, Context, and ThundercatGive the Scottish trio CHVRCHES bonus connoisseurship points.
  25. radio vulture
    Music Review: Drake’s Nothing Was the SameBefore Drake, rappers were like Jay Z: braggarts. Drake is a humblebraggart.
  26. radio vulture
    Jody Rosen’s Songs of the Week: Britney Spears, Four Tet, Chrisette MicheleGive Britney Spears credit: while rival pop divas shape-shift, she’s holding fast to a crudely effective style.
  27. music
    Brad Paisley on What He Learned From ‘Accidental Racist’“You can’t personalize the conversation about this subject in the way I tried to in the song. I was naïve about that.”
  28. chat room
    Questlove on His New Album With Elvis Costello“Yes, [’Blurred Lines’] is douchey, in a kind of a fun way.”
  29. radio vulture
    Jody Rosen’s Songs of the Week: 2 Chainz, Emilíana Torrini, Romeo SantosThere are a lot of things to love about the new 2 Chainz album, starting with the great title.
  30. hot 97
    Rosen on Hot 97, Hip-Hop, and HomophobiaYou should listen to this interview.
  31. radio vulture
    Rosen: Does Country Music Have a Problem With Women?In 2013, women in country are more marginal than at any time in recent memory.
  32. radio vulture
    Jody Rosen’s Songs of the Week: Ariana Grande, Blake Shelton, and ‘The Fox’Ariana Grande is the surprise of the year.
  33. radio vulture
    Rosen on Janelle Monáe’s The Electric LadyWhatever you think of Janelle Monáe as a singer, songwriter, and performer, this much is undeniable: She is an excellent concept.
  34. radio vulture
    Jody Rosen’s Songs of the WeekA track from Bob Dylan’s new anthology, and more.
  35. Rosen on the ‘It’s My Party’ Revival: Why Pop Stars Love Lesley Gore’s 1965 HitIt’s a half-century-old stick of bubblegum that singers and rappers can’t stop chomping on.
  36. vmas 2013
    Rosen: The 2013 VMAs Were Dominated by Miley’s Minstrel ShowThe shock that Cyrus was peddling wasn’t sex. It was all about race.
  37. fall preview 2013
    What Our Critics Are Anticipating This FallWhat they can’t wait to read, see, and hear this season.
  38. fall preview 2013
    Sting on His First New Songs in a DecadeThe project that had pulled him out of the songwriting doldrums: a musical set in the eighties about the decline of the shipbuilding industry.
  39. radio vulture
    Jody Rosen’s Songs of the WeekJennifer Nettles, Parquet Courts, Coco Carbomb, and Robbie Fulks.
  40. radio vulture
    Jody Rosen’s Songs of the Week: Future, Cults, and Cage the ElephantHonesty, you see, is Future’s policy.
  41. radio vulture
    Rosen: Does Tom Petty Hate Tom Petty Music?Modern country, which Petty hates, is flamingly, shamelessly Pettyesque. 
  42. radio vulture
    Rosen: Ten Snap Judgments on Lady Gaga’s ‘Applause’The chorus is a winner.
  43. obits
    Jody Rosen on Eydie Gormé (1928–2013)Eydie Gormé, who died on Saturday at 84, was the beneficiary of two mid-century inventions: the television variety show and the Great American Songbook.
  44. radio vulture
    Jody Rosen on the Rise of Bro-CountryMusic by and of the tatted, gym-toned, party-hearty young American white dude.
  45. radio vulture
    Jody Rosen’s Songs of the WeekExtra credit to the guy who miked Questlove’s drums.
  46. radio vulture
    Rosen: Nick Lowe Celebrates Christmas in JulyA Yule log for the briskest day of the summer so far.
  47. radio vulture
    Rosen: Brandy Clark’s 12 Stories Is My Favorite Album of 2013I’ve been listening nonstop.
  48. radio vulture
    Jody Rosen’s Songs of the Week: Ka, Pet Shop Boys, and Sara BareillesPlus a tune by Court Yard Hounds.
  49. radio vulture
    How Robin Thicke Became the Dork King of R&BYou wanna hug me?
  50. radio vulture
    Jody Rosen on Glee’s Cory MonteithMonteith had never sung before Glee, and it showed. It didn’t matter, though.
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