Pop and Rock Music

June 21, 2022

Inside New York’s Throwback Roller-Skating Extravaganza

Music is the key to a summertime experience for pros and amateurs called DiscOasis in Central Park. Its curator: the funk-disco guru and lifelong skater Nile […]
May 23, 2022

The Horror and Happiness of Oliver Sim

The xx singer on going solo, disclosing his H.I.V. status and learning that he actually likes people. LOS ANGELES — Oliver Sim was happy to be […]
May 23, 2022

The Horror and Happiness of Oliver Sim

The xx singer on going solo, disclosing his H.I.V. status and learning that he actually likes people. LOS ANGELES — Oliver Sim was happy to be […]
May 12, 2022

Martha Wainwright Tells a Few Stories She Might Regret

With a new memoir, the singer-songwriter from a famous musical family says she is happy to be “letting go of this story of being No. 4 […]
April 28, 2022

Reconsidering the Spice Girls: How Manufactured Girl Power Became Real

In a scene from the 1997 film “Spice World,” the Spice Girls are rehearsing for the movie’s climactic performance at the Royal Albert Hall. Dressed in […]
April 10, 2022

Jordan Mooney, an Avatar of Punk Style, Dies at 66

Swathed in rubber and glowering from spiked heels, she was a fearsome figurehead for a generation of disaffected English teenagers. Jordan Mooney, better known as simply […]
April 4, 2022

Grammys 2022 Best-Dressed

The Vegas evening was an exuberant reminder of why red carpets can be fun for both stars and fans. Ah, Las Vegas: It provides inspiration in […]
March 22, 2022

How Charli XCX, Caroline Polachek and Christine and the Queens Navigate Pop

As she was preparing to release “Crash,” the glossiest album of her career as a solo pop artist, Charli XCX was in the doldrums. In December, […]
February 10, 2022

Hollywood’s First Family of Putting It Out There

On the first page of Will Smith’s recent memoir “Will,” the global superstar recounts a gruesome story of watching his father strike his mother in the […]
January 13, 2022

Alex Ebert, a Neo-Hippie Pop Star, Becomes a Guru

Alex Ebert, the lead troubadour of Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, flips to the B side of his career: philosopher. “No matter what any rock […]