The Year’s Best Music Moments From Movies and TV

Ann Powers

Dec 28, 2016 9:00 AM

The Best Concerts I Saw in 2016—and a Defense of “Best of” Lists in a Year of Worsts

Carl Wilson

Dec 28, 2016 5:45 AM

What Pop Music—and Even Drake’s “One Dance”—Can Do for Us in This Year of Calamities

Jason King

Dec 27, 2016 12:08 PM

Dance Music Is Giving Bros a Pass, While Marginalizing Women and People of Color

Julianne Escobedo Shepherd

Dec 27, 2016 10:17 AM

The Ghost Ship Fire Shows We Need Truly Safe Spaces

Ann Powers

Dec 27, 2016 9:06 AM

The Biggest Mistake I Made as Slate’s Music Critic This Year

Carl Wilson

Dec 27, 2016 7:02 AM

Was 2016 the Worst Year for Pop Hits in History?

Chris Molanphy

Dec 26, 2016 11:55 AM

Black Women Ruled the Conversation, but the Charts Were Ruled by Petulant Men

Ann Powers

Dec 26, 2016 9:13 AM

Black Women Ruled Music in 2016, Whether the Country Was Ready for It or Not

Julianne Escobedo Shepherd

Dec 26, 2016 7:04 AM

The Best Albums of 2016, a Year of Constant Flux

Carl Wilson

Dec 26, 2016 5:48 AM

Grimes Isn’t the Only Female Producer Who Had a Great Year in 2015

Julianne Escobedo Shepherd

Dec 24, 2015 12:43 PM

This Was the Year Pop Producers Became As Big As Pop Stars

Lindsay Zoladz

Dec 23, 2015 6:08 PM

Why It’s Not Helpful to Divide Artists Into Heroes and Villains

Carl Wilson

Dec 23, 2015 1:37 PM

Why Future’s DS2 Might Be the Album of the Year, Whether or Not You Like Future the Person

Jack Hamilton

Dec 23, 2015 9:30 AM

Why Are So Many 2015 Hits Not-So-Secretly About Drugs?

Julianne Escobedo Shepherd

Dec 22, 2015 7:37 PM

It’s Raining Singing, Sensitive, and Half-Naked Men. Hallelujah!

Lindsay Zoladz

Dec 22, 2015 1:38 PM

The One 2015 Song That I Want to Punch in the Face

Carl Wilson

Dec 22, 2015 11:06 AM

Country Radio’s Focus on “Bro Country” Has Sidelined More Than Just Women

Jewly Hight

Dec 21, 2015 5:35 PM

Why Are So Many of 2015’s Biggest Hits So Sad?

Craig Jenkins

Dec 21, 2015 1:00 PM

My Least Favorite Song of the Year Was by Drake

Julianne Escobedo Shepherd

Dec 21, 2015 11:16 AM