music

June 26, 2026

Culture

Vanilla Ice Knows When America Was Great

Spencer Kornhaber

June 24, 2026

AI Watchdog

The Millions of Songs Mashed Into AI-Generated Music

Alex Reisner

June 14, 2026

An animated illustration of musical notation being sucked into a vortex

Culture

Don’t Even Try to Play This Album in the Background

Spencer Kornhaber

June 12, 2026

Press Room

The Atlantic Festival Returns to New York City September 17–19; Initial Tickets on Sale

June 11, 2026

Culture

The ‘Battle Hymn’ Can’t Be Ignored

Jake Lundberg

July 2026 Issue

A paper sculpture of Lady Liberty's torch made of strips of the printed “Battle Hymn of the Republic,” with the lines of the poem forming the flames.

Book Recommendations

What to Read to Really Understand Music

Juliet Izon

June 4, 2026

Animated instruments and squiggles coming out of the top of a book

The Atlantic Daily

What Trump’s New Plan for the 250th Reveals

Will Gottsegen

June 3, 2026

Humor

We’ve Made Some Totally Planned Changes to America’s 250th

Alexandra Petri

June 3, 2026

The Atlantic Daily

AI Slop Is Coming for Your Playlists

Will Gottsegen

May 29, 2026

Culture

‘He May Be the Greatest Virtuoso That Jazz Has Ever Produced’

David A. Graham

May 27, 2026

Sonny Rollins playing sax against a blue New York City skyline

Politics

The Most Interesting Part of Trump’s Prayer Rally

Stephanie McCrummen

May 18, 2026

People pray, lifting their hands, sitting and standing in front of the Washington Monument

Books

Rock and Roll Faces the Inevitable

David L. Ulin

May 11, 2026

Illustration with photo of an old man playing guitar and cutouts of two younger faces.

The Atlantic Daily

The “Bad-Good” Genre of Music

David A. Graham

May 8, 2026

Culture

Music’s Next ‘Disco Sucks’ Moment Is Near

Spencer Kornhaber

May 7, 2026

An animation of an opera singer being overlaid with clapping-hand emoji

Books

The Lost Idealism of Heartland Rock

Jack Hamilton

June 2026 Issue

A color collage of illustrations of Bruce Springsteen, John Mellencamp, Bob Seger, Tom Petty, and a series of images evoking the American heartland: a tattered American flag, a suburban home, a worker punching a time sheet, a truck driving along a highway, a couple kissing, and a pair of sneakers strung over a power line.

Culture

Why Justin Bieber Played YouTube Onstage for Thousands of People

Spencer Kornhaber

April 21, 2026

Technology

The Guitar Sounds New Again

Nancy Walecki

April 14, 2026

Illustration of 1970s-style figures running away with a huge VG-8.

Culture

Ye Wants Your Forgiveness. So What?

Spencer Kornhaber

April 10, 2026

Culture

The Album That Made Me Fall Back in Love With Heavy Metal

Spencer Kornhaber

April 2, 2026

Culture

Richard Wagner in the Present Tense

Chris Cohen

April 1, 2026

A split image of a new production of “Tristan Und Isolde” and a photo of Richard Wagner

Books

Sondheim’s Confessions

David Hajdu

March 20, 2026

Collage of three photos of the same man at different ages on a field of mauve with musical notation behind it.

Culture

Raving at the End of the World

Álex Maroño Porto

March 14, 2026

Ideas

AI Isn’t Coming for Everyone’s Job

Adam Ozimek

March 11, 2026

Black-and-white photo of many different hands playing three stacked sets of piano keys.

Culture

February 24, 2026

Podcasts

Is AI Ruining Music?

Charlie Warzel

February 13, 2026

Radio Atlantic

Iran Wants Him Arrested. He’s Going Back Anyway.

Hanna Rosin

February 12, 2026

Culture

What Happened to the Great American Protest Concert?

Spencer Kornhaber

February 11, 2026

The stage for the Artist for Aid benefit concert

The Atlantic Daily

When the Two Sides of the Culture War Meet

David A. Graham

February 9, 2026

Culture

The Big Message of the 2026 Grammys

Spencer Kornhaber

February 2, 2026

Bad Bunny accepting an award at the 2026 Grammys

Books

There Is a Word for What Is Happening in Minneapolis

Gal Beckerman

January 30, 2026

A woman hold a cellphone camera leans out from a car while an out of focus police officer stands in front of her.

Culture

Rage in the U.S.A.

Spencer Kornhaber

January 29, 2026

Culture

Trump’s Golden Age of Culture Seems Pretty Sad So Far

Spencer Kornhaber

January 20, 2026

The Atlantic Daily

Was Infinite Jest Right About Everything?

Will Gottsegen

January 18, 2026

Sections

The Print Edition

The Record Executive Who Understood the Power of Ego

Vanilla Ice Knows When America Was Great

The Millions of Songs Mashed Into AI-Generated Music

Don’t Even Try to Play This Album in the Background

The Atlantic Festival Returns to New York City September 17–19; Initial Tickets on Sale

The ‘Battle Hymn’ Can’t Be Ignored

What to Read to Really Understand Music

What Trump’s New Plan for the 250th Reveals

We’ve Made Some Totally Planned Changes to America’s 250th

AI Slop Is Coming for Your Playlists

‘He May Be the Greatest Virtuoso That Jazz Has Ever Produced’

The Most Interesting Part of Trump’s Prayer Rally

Rock and Roll Faces the Inevitable

The “Bad-Good” Genre of Music

Music’s Next ‘Disco Sucks’ Moment Is Near

The Lost Idealism of Heartland Rock

Why Justin Bieber Played YouTube Onstage for Thousands of People

The Guitar Sounds New Again

Ye Wants Your Forgiveness. So What?

The Album That Made Me Fall Back in Love With Heavy Metal

Richard Wagner in the Present Tense

Sondheim’s Confessions

Raving at the End of the World

AI Isn’t Coming for Everyone’s Job

The Midlife Crisis Comes for Millennial Pop

Misrule Music

Slow Down, Charli XCX

Is AI Ruining Music?

Iran Wants Him Arrested. He’s Going Back Anyway.

What Happened to the Great American Protest Concert?

When the Two Sides of the Culture War Meet

The Big Message of the 2026 Grammys

There Is a Word for What Is Happening in Minneapolis

Rage in the U.S.A.

Trump’s Golden Age of Culture Seems Pretty Sad So Far

Was Infinite Jest Right About Everything?