Music
Review: The Dare’s ‘What’s Wrong With New York?’ urges listeners to live louder
Musician and producer Harrison Patrick Smith’s debut album serves up a no-skip, nonstop rager, and we’re all invited.
Review: Sabrina Carpenter’s ‘Short n’ Sweet’ packs a witty punch
She’s been working late ‘cause she’s a singer, but now we finally have the result.
2024’s Gov Ball takes New Yorkers by storm
Post Malone, The Killers and SZA were this year’s headliners at the Governors Ball Music Festival, which took place in Flushing Meadows Corona Park.
ASCAP Challenge looks to the future of music with AI-powered solutions
The annual 12-week program is co-run by the NYU-based NYC Media Lab, and the ASCAP Lab and provides teams with guidance and funding.
Q&A: How 2 first-years found community mixing music in their dorms
WSN spoke to first-year students Christie Brewer and Saima ‘Sai’ Hasan about experimenting musically, finding community and creating NYU Tiny Dorm Concerts.
Review: ‘boy’ is an ethereal recollection of nostalgia
The 5SOS frontman Luke Hemmings released his second solo project as an EP that works through his starstruck past on the stage.
Review: Taylor Swift is back, better and sooner than ever
Released two hours after the original album dropped, Taylor Swift’s “The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology,” proves her mastery in lyricism and a complete understanding of her sound.
Review: ‘The Tortured Poets Department’ is a humanizing and chaotic chronicle of heartbreak
Taylor Swift continues to keep her fans on their toes with an album that peers into her mind as she rises into incomprehensible fame.
Review: girl in red’s ‘I’M DOING IT AGAIN BABY!’ freshly approaches artistic development
In dropping an album both introspective and divergent from her traditional sound, the Norwegian artist paints a journey of self-discovery that cements her creative voice.
Review: J. Cole’s ‘Might Delete Later’ should be deleted
J. Cole dropped a small mixtape with a weak Kendrick Lamar diss and dispassionate bars.
Review: Lizzy McAlpine’s ‘Older’ is an ode to coming-of-age stories
Lizzy McAlpine’s “Older” is the musical equivalent of being an anxious 20-year-old.
Review: Olivia Rodrigo spills her ‘GUTS’ at MSG
The singer-songwriter’s “GUTS World Tour” radiated energy that made teenagers and 8-year-olds alike scream the ballads with the same fervor as the rock songs.
