Photo illustration by Slate. Photos by Getty Images. Dear Ann and Lindsay, Carl Wilson Carl Wilson is Slate’s music critic. So glad you’ve agreed to join me (and our rotation of special guests) to ...

With six months past in 2014, it’s already extremely difficult trying to cobble together a best-of songs list for the year. Seriously, how can the thousands of great songs released since January… By ...

“Feminism” is the second word you think of when you think about pop music in 2014. If “booty” wasn’t first and foremost, then you haven’t been paying close enough attention, no soup for you! Thinking ...

How will we remember the music of 2014? All Songs Considered starts off NPR Music's year-end coverage by discussing themes that surfaced again and again: new discoveries, best live shows, saddest ...