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Essays Vampire Weekend’s Timeless ‘Modern Vampires of the City’ The New York band’s third album isn’t exactly lively, but it’s definitely undead. 05.14.13Katherine St. Asaph
Mutant Dance Moves Maurice Fulton’s Exhaustive, Exhilarating New Album as Syclops Making sense of the prolific producer’s many-sided output. 04.08.13Andy Beta
Spitz Take Decoding Mamet’s ‘Phil Spector’ Through a Lil Wayne/Strokes Lens Eric Spitznagel tries a new ‘Dark Side’ meets ‘The Wizard of Oz’ experiment. 03.26.13Eric Spitznagel
Essays 2012: The Year We All Got Ratchet Jeff Weiss recounts hip hop’s ratchet renaissance. 12.28.12Jeff Weiss
Best of 2012 Hive Asks: What’s Your Favorite Album of 2012? 11 critically acclaimed musicians tell us what their favorite of the year. 12.17.12MTV Hive
Essays Making the Macabre Into Music: The Scott Walker and Kubrick Connection Andy Beta on the career parallels of two idiosyncratic artists. 12.07.12Andy Beta