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Atlanta hip-hop empire Quality Control remains one of the most significant dynasties in the rap game. Six years deep and their roster still ranges from superstars to…

About halfway through Young Thug’s So Much Fun—the release that is being billed, somewhat arbitrarily, as his debut album—comes a song titled "What’s the Move."

Sleater-Kinney's ninth album opens not with a riff or a yelp, but with ominous clanking—a cacophonous signal that the trio of…

It’s been a long wait for the new Tool album—and it’s been worth it. On Fear Inoculum, Tool’s first album in 13 years,…

This review originally appeared in the November 1999 issue of SPIN. In honor of the album's 20th anniversary, we're republishing it here. "Take these…

Rick Ross has made a career for himself that’s surpassed expectations to the point of being miraculous. He has done so…

Bon Iver, the amorphous collective helmed by Justin Vernon, have only expanded over time. What began in the solitary quiet of…

If the album’s title didn’t give it away, Burna Boy has no use for modesty. With the recent release of his fourth studio album,…

If you don’t like Silver Jews, I’d never try to convince you that you’re wrong. Hell, I hardly like Silver Jews, and I love Silver…

"Best played loud," reads a brief disclaimer for ANIMA, a visual collaboration between Thom Yorke and Paul Thomas Anderson, released on Netflix in…

In addition to being one of hip hop’s most influential sample-based producers, Madlib is also among the genre’s most dedicated archivists. There’s a history lesson in…

It’s never sufficient to say Jack White has irons in the fire. Maybe stipulating that he forged the irons from scrap and split the firewood…

This review originally appeared in SPIN’s July 1994 issue. In honor of Bee Thousand's 25th anniversary, we’re republishing it here. It's no secret that some of…

This review originally appeared in SPIN's August 1994 issue. In honor of Betty's 25th anniversary, we're republishing it here. To borrow the old…

"It’s been such a long time," Bill Callahan begins Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest by singing. "Why don’t you come on in?" It’s a sly…