Amy Winehouse’s Intelligent SoulWhat’s worth remembering about Winehouse is that she really could be wickedly good at using her brain and her expertise to create music that really worked.
Gang Gang Dance’s Pop Science-FictionThe Manhattan band creates amalgamations of cultures, moods, and technologies that haven’t yet intermingled, but look and sound like they’ve existed for decades.
Tune-Yards: Big Ideas for Wild Dance Parties’W h o k i l l’ is a truly original album that mixes raw African pop and contemporary classical rhythms with fascinating lyrics about American class inequality and racial dynamics.
M.I.A.: Behind the Backlash to the BacklashWhy the controversial singer/rapper had such a difficult year in 2010, and after a new mixtape and remix EP 2011 looks better.