music

Viewfinder

August 29, 2025

The word "indie" written in different fonts

Family

The Tortured Poet of Love Gets Engaged

Julie Beck

August 27, 2025

Photo illustration of Taylor Swift's face inside a heart

Family

My Father, Guitar Guru to the Rock Gods

Nancy Walecki

September 2025 Issue

photo of man with white hair sitting behind desk and holding acoustic guitar and surrounded by other musical instruments, with large antique portrait of man playing violin in background

Ideas

A Love Letter to Music Listings

Gabriel Kahane

July 27, 2025

Magazine page folded like a map with a holes cut out in the shape of a movie camera, music note and paintbrush

Culture

How Justin Bieber Finally Gave Us the Song of the Summer

Spencer Kornhaber

July 26, 2025

A photo-illustration of Justin Bieber singing

Culture

The Human Side of Music’s Prince of Darkness

Spencer Kornhaber

July 23, 2025

Ozzy Osbourne looks out at viewer with his hand on his head in a living room.

Letters

Is Culture Really Dead?

August 2025 Issue

A color photograph of the Atlantic June 2025 issue, open to the article spread "The Day the Music Died."

Culture

How the Grateful Dead Nearly Solved the Problem With Live Music

John Hendrickson

July 10, 2025

A psychedelic illustration of a man with speakers for eyes

Technology

Nobody Cares If Music Is Real Anymore

Ian Bogost

July 4, 2025

Distorted image of a rock band in silhouette, seen on a monitor

Culture

The Bad Bunny Video That Captures the Cost of Gentrification

Valerie Trapp

July 2, 2025

Culture

The Epitome of First-Person Pop

Spencer Kornhaber

June 27, 2025

a color photograph portrait of Lorde seen through a reflective surface

How to Build a Life

The Ultimate Career Advice: Make Your Work Your Calling

Arthur C. Brooks

June 26, 2025

An illustration of a woman lying across a photocopier with sheets of paper flying around showing happy faces.

Culture

The New Old Sound of Adult Anxiety

Spencer Kornhaber

June 20, 2025

Culture

The Rolling Stones Play Zydeco

Reya Hart

July 2025 Issue

illustration with black-ink sketch of Mick Jagger singing into a mic on left and Clifton Chenier wearing crown and playing accordion on right, with 3 white circles on red background

Culture

Trump’s Least Favorite Words, in One Terrifying Song

Spencer Kornhaber

June 13, 2025

Kim Gordon collage with fragments of text

Culture

He Surfed a Different Kind of Wave

Spencer Kornhaber

June 12, 2025

A color photograph of Brian Wilson in the studio

Culture

Two Paths for the Pop Star

Spencer Kornhaber

June 12, 2025

A colorful collage of pop stars Miley Cyrus and Addison Rae

Culture

The Singer Who Saw America’s Best and Worst

James Parker

June 12, 2025

Culture

‘What If I Don’t Keep Feeling Strident?’

Spencer Kornhaber

May 22, 2025

Photography

Scenes From Eurovision 2025

Alan Taylor

May 19, 2025

A singer performs on a broad stage in front of a huge video image of a burning tree.

Podcasts

The Collapse of Feminism

Jerusalem Demsas

May 6, 2025

A black-and-white photo shows American women in the early 20th century at a protest for women's right to vote. Some women are holding American flags, others hold a banner that reads, "I wish Ma could vote."

Culture

Is This the Worst-Ever Era of American Pop Culture?

Spencer Kornhaber

June 2025 Issue

An image showing guitars melting in a dreamy desert landscape

Poem

Good Lord, These Muscadines

Caki Wilkinson

May 4, 2025

A painting of multiple bunches of gold grapes on the vine, surrounded by leaves

Culture

Who’s Afraid of Gen Z’s Squeaky-Clean, Backflipping Bro?

Spencer Kornhaber

April 29, 2025

A collage of photos of the singer Benson Boone

Time-Travel Thursdays

The Critic Who Translated Jazz Into Plain English

David A. Graham

April 24, 2025

Francis Davis in a suit speaking into a microphone

Culture

Ryan Coogler Didn’t Want to Hide Anymore

David Sims

April 23, 2025

Culture

Do You Actually Know What Classical Music Is? Does Anyone?

Matthew Aucoin

May 2025 Issue

illustration of fanned-open outlined pages of a book with swirling red and blue 5-line musical staves curving throughout, with hands holding black quarter notes

Culture

Why I Played the Kennedy Center

Ryan Miller

April 10, 2025

Culture

Jack Black Knew Best

Esther Zuckerman

April 6, 2025

Culture

How Leonard Bernstein Changed the Canon

David Denby

May 2025 Issue

Black-and-white photo of Leonard Bernstein onstage, arms raised overhead with baton, with theater balcony in background and sheet music and musicians' heads in foreground

Culture

When I’m 84

Mark Leibovich

May 2025 Issue

photo of Ringo Starr wearing sunglasses, blue camouflage jacket, jeans and his hands clasped

Culture

A Rapper for the Ketamine Era

Spencer Kornhaber

March 21, 2025

Culture

Lady Gaga Sounds Like Herself Again

Spencer Kornhaber

March 10, 2025

Lady Gaga performs on Friday, February 14, 2025.

Sections

The Print Edition

For Those About to Mock

What Lisette Model Saw in Jazz

How Did Taylor Swift Convince the World That She’s Relatable?

The Music of Millennial Idealism

The Tortured Poet of Love Gets Engaged

My Father, Guitar Guru to the Rock Gods

A Love Letter to Music Listings

How Justin Bieber Finally Gave Us the Song of the Summer

The Human Side of Music’s Prince of Darkness

Is Culture Really Dead?

How the Grateful Dead Nearly Solved the Problem With Live Music

Nobody Cares If Music Is Real Anymore

The Bad Bunny Video That Captures the Cost of Gentrification

The Epitome of First-Person Pop

The Ultimate Career Advice: Make Your Work Your Calling

The New Old Sound of Adult Anxiety

The Rolling Stones Play Zydeco

Trump’s Least Favorite Words, in One Terrifying Song

He Surfed a Different Kind of Wave

Two Paths for the Pop Star

The Singer Who Saw America’s Best and Worst

‘What If I Don’t Keep Feeling Strident?’

Scenes From Eurovision 2025

The Collapse of Feminism

Is This the Worst-Ever Era of American Pop Culture?

Good Lord, These Muscadines

Who’s Afraid of Gen Z’s Squeaky-Clean, Backflipping Bro?

The Critic Who Translated Jazz Into Plain English

Ryan Coogler Didn’t Want to Hide Anymore

Do You Actually Know What Classical Music Is? Does Anyone?

Why I Played the Kennedy Center

Jack Black Knew Best

How Leonard Bernstein Changed the Canon

When I’m 84

A Rapper for the Ketamine Era

Lady Gaga Sounds Like Herself Again