no respect week
May 27, 2014
From Journey to Beyoncé: The 150 Greatest Schlock Songs Ever “The melodic rapture, like the romantic and sexual rapture it thematizes, is untrammeled, boundless, endless.”
no respect week
May 27, 2014
Jody Rosen: In Defense of Schlock Music Big corny windswept sentimentality might just be the thing that pop does best.
Meet Benji Hughes, the Best Songwriter You’ve Never Heard Of He sleeps in a studio closet, and he’s putting the finishing touches on four new albums.
Listen to Jody Rosen’s New York Pop Playlist Songs about New York, and about archetypal New York folkways and experiences.
The Encyclopedia of New York Pop Music An impressionistic, anecdotal, suggestive, but by definition incomplete survey of the past 100 years of New York pop.
The Town That Put the Pop in Music: A Look Back at 100 Years of New York Sounds From Tin Pan Alley to Hollis, Queens, the Brill Building to Bushwick, Electric Lady Studios to Lady Gaga.
radio vulture
Mar. 19, 2014
Rosen: In Defense of Pop Criticism Ted Gioia is a smart, serious, hugely accomplished critic, music historian, and pianist — who has just published an asinine article.
music review
Feb. 23, 2014
Rosen: Beck’s Morning Phase Is Expertly Made, But a Terminal Bummer It’s not clear what exactly Beck is bummed out about, but he is bummed indeed.
the way i am
Feb. 7, 2014
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Feb. 3, 2014
radio vulture
Feb. 3, 2014
Rosen: Bob Dylan’s Super Bowl Ads Were Protests You can call Bob Dylan’s Super Bowl advertisements whatever you like, but the only accurate descriptor is Dylanesque.
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Jan. 31, 2014
Rosen: Bruno Mars Is No Super Bowl Underdog Mars is a pro, as polished a musician and performer as anyone in pop’s upper echelons.
Jody Rosen: There Was No ‘I’ in Pete Seeger Pete Seeger, who died yesterday at 94, was for many decades the most famous folk singer on earth, although to call him a star seems absurd.
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Jan. 27, 2014
music review
Jan. 26, 2014
radio vulture
Jan. 23, 2014
Jody Rosen: Calm Down About Justin Bieber’s Arrest The most surprising thing about the news of Justin Bieber’s arrest on DUI charges is that it’s surprising at all.
Rosen: Blandings Is the Antidote to Downton Abbey Blandings is the opéra bouffe version of Downton .
radio vulture
Dec. 16, 2013
Jody Rosen on Beyoncé : Close to a Masterpiece Imma let you finish, but Beyoncé just made seventeen of the best videos of all time.
radio vulture
Dec. 13, 2013
Jody Rosen’s Snap Judgments on Beyoncé’s Surprise New Album Expect a full review next week, but our critic’s overall feeling after a couple of listens: on balance, a very fine record.
radio vulture
Dec. 12, 2013
radio vulture
Dec. 12, 2013
Rosen on R. Kelly’s Black Panties : The King of R&B Reclaims His Turf Kelly has Windexed the ceiling mirror and set the oscillating Spanish Fly atomizer on turbo.
year in culture 2013
Dec. 10, 2013
year in culture 2013
Dec. 8, 2013
Jody Rosen’s 10 Best Pop Albums of 2013 Including Brandy Clark, Kanye West, Haim, and more.
radio vulture
Dec. 5, 2013
Rosen on Britney Spears’s DOA Britney Jean Britney Spears may be the most boring person on the planet.
vulture lists
Nov. 30, 2013
10 Great Folk Albums Released This Year Laura Marling, William Tyler, Valerie June, and more.
radio vulture
Nov. 25, 2013
Rosen: Why James Franco and Seth Rogen’s ‘Bound 2’ Parody Sucks The only thing “Bound 3” added to “Bound 2” was Seth Rogen’s man-pelt.
radio vulture
Nov. 22, 2013
radio vulture
Nov. 20, 2013
Rosen on Kanye’s Yeezus Show at Barclays Center The 60-foot LED screen stole the show. Sorry, Jesus.
Platinum Underdog: Why Taylor Swift Is the Biggest Pop Star in the World In 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.
end of culture
Nov. 10, 2013
10 Great Full-Length Concerts Available on YouTube James Brown in Boston, Aretha Franklin in Amsterdam, Run-DMC in New York, and more.
end of culture
Nov. 10, 2013
60 Great Albums You Probably Haven’t Heard From Joni James to Prinzhorn Dance School.
radio vulture
Oct. 30, 2013
radio vulture
Oct. 29, 2013
Rosen on Alan Jackson, the Most Relaxed Star in Country If Alan Jackson has ever broken a sweat, he’s never done it in a recording studio.
Rosen Remembers Lou Reed, a Pop Star for Adults Reed believed that a rock lyric could accommodate ideas as grand and meaty as literature.
radio vulture
Oct. 25, 2013
Jody Rosen’s Songs of the Week: Vic Mensa and Taylor Swift Vic Mensa isn’t as smart as his name suggests, but he’s a clever fellow.
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Oct. 22, 2013
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Oct. 18, 2013
Jody Rosen: Happy 87th Birthday, Chuck Berry! He’s the greatest of rock and roll’s many founders.
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Oct. 18, 2013
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Oct. 11, 2013
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!”
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Oct. 10, 2013
radio vulture
Oct. 8, 2013
Rosen on Miley Cyrus’s Bangerz The “Miley Cyrus controversy” is not a sideshow. It is the show itself.
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Oct. 4, 2013
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Oct. 2, 2013
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Sept. 30, 2013
Rosen on Sleigh Bells’ New Sound This record stands apart from its predecessors, sonically and otherwise.
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Sept. 27, 2013
radio vulture
Sept. 24, 2013
Music Review: Drake’s Nothing Was the Same Before Drake, rappers were like Jay Z: braggarts. Drake is a humblebraggart.
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Sept. 20, 2013
Jody Rosen’s Songs of the Week: Britney Spears, Four Tet, Chrisette Michele Give Britney Spears credit: while rival pop divas shape-shift, she’s holding fast to a crudely effective style.
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.”
Questlove on His New Album With Elvis Costello “Yes, [’Blurred Lines’] is douchey, in a kind of a fun way.”
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