Evan Rytlewski's posts

“I swear to God I’m moving on!” Chris Brown shouts midway through the opening title track of X, backed by a massive…

Between Magic!’s “Rude” and Nico & Vinz’s “Am I Wrong,” reggae has been in vogue this summer. So, naturally, the new…

A quick exercise: Take 10 seconds or so and list as many of the most popular rap stars of the moment as you can.…

In We’re No. 1, The A.V. Club examines an album that went to No. 1 on the Billboard charts to get to the heart of…

If 2013’s crop of albums made for an embarrassment of rock riches, 2014 has been a bit more sedate. Plenty of good…

Welcome back to AVQ&A, where we throw out a question for discussion among the staff and readers. Consider this a…

Though Tom Krell is working to ensure How To Dress Well remains an ongoing concern, his project’s legacy has…

Saturday Night Live wrapped up its 39th season this month with a reminder of what it’s been missing as Andy Samberg…

In 2014, The Roots are at once closer to and further removed from the pop culture mainstream than they’ve ever been.…

1. MeowMeowBeenz, Community
In one fifth-season episode of Community, an app that seems like a strange cross between…

Waffles anyone? Here are 14 characters with a passion for breakfast food.

In rap, nothing is proprietary. Be it a unique production choice or a novel flow or inflection, every stylistic…

These 10 bands can take you higher—and not like Creed. Ugh. Creed.

On her second album as EMA, Erika M. Anderson makes an impassioned case against oversharing. That may seem like an…

Few programs can claim less of an impact on hip-hop than the British children’s series Thomas The Tank Engine, and…

1. The Smiths
If the passion of a fan base was enough to get a band back together, The Smiths would’ve toured every…

Pharrell Williams never disappeared after his remarkable early-’00s run with The Neptunes. He continued working at a…

Rick Ross remained a fixture on rap radio in 2013 thanks to guest spots on gangbuster singles from Ace Hood, DJ…

Midway through Good Kid, M.A.A.D. City, Kendrick Lamar tests his audience’s sympathy: “If I told you I killed a…

When musicians re-imagine the sounds of the past, it’s almost always through a romanticized lens. For artists like…