Music

Interviews

Colson Whitehead Talks About Embracing Change, Pulling Off A Heist, And Finding A Good Coffee Table

By Natalie Weiner

July 22, 2026

45Comments

Funbag

What’s The Riskiest Thing You’ve Survived Eating?

By Dave McKenna

March 31, 2026

389Comments

Capital

Live Nation Gets To Keep Its Monopoly Thanks To Trump’s Department Of Justice

By Patrick Redford

March 12, 2026

131Comments

Podcasts

Associated “Association Update” Update, With Will Anderson Of Hotline TNT

By Patrick Redford

March 11, 2026

15Comments

Funbag

The Kindness Of Familiar Faces

By Drew Magary

March 10, 2026

467Comments

Year In Review

The Best Things We Heard In 2025

By Defector Staff

December 26, 2025

223Comments

Mods Asleep

The Cringiest Love Songs That Make Us Cry

By Puja Patel

August 15, 2025

392Comments

Funbag

OK But What If The Billionaire Is A Cool Guy?

By Albert Burneko

July 29, 2025

509Comments

Funbag

I Listen To Music Wrong

By Drew Magary

July 8, 2025

580Comments

Defector Music Club

Defector Music Club Really Really Really Really Really Really Likes Carly Rae Jepsen

By Kelsey McKinney, Luis Paez-Pumar, Lauren Theisen, and Kathryn Xu

May 23, 2025

98Comments

Music

Can You Do Racism Against Italians? A Eurovision Roundtable

By Sabrina Imbler, Kelsey McKinney, Dan McQuade, and Ray Ratto

May 16, 2025

114Comments

Funbag

The Only Spaghetti Eating Lesson You’ll Ever Need

By Drew Magary

March 25, 2025

676Comments

Defector At The Movies

Is My Most Loathed Enemy A Song From The Score Of ‘Challengers’? Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah-Yeah-Yeah Yeah Yeah-Yeah-Yeah

By Chris Thompson

January 23, 2025

155Comments

Arts And Culture

I Believe In Ethel Cain

By Kelsey McKinney

January 15, 2025

76Comments

Funbag

Why Didn’t Orchestra Musicians Choose To Learn Cooler Instruments?

By Rachelle Hampton

January 2, 2025

501Comments

Defector Music Club

Defector Music Club Talks TV On The Radio On The Internet

By Lauren Theisen, David Roth, Patrick Redford, and Giri Nathan

December 10, 2024

102Comments

Arts And Culture

When Will The ‘Wicked’ Press Campaign End?

By Rachelle Hampton

November 21, 2024

237Comments

Defector Music Club

Defector Music Club Blows Up The Chicken Man

By Lauren Theisen, David Roth, Dave McKenna, and Luis Paez-Pumar

October 23, 2024

166Comments

Funbag

Oasis Is Back, You Wankers!

By Drew Magary

September 3, 2024

694Comments

Arts And Culture

Chappell Roan Confronts The Sickness Of Modern Fandom

By Kelsey McKinney

August 21, 2024

431Comments

Olympics

Explain To Me Your Music Choices, Now

By Heather Wei-Xi Chen

July 30, 2024

148Comments

Arts And Culture

‘Illinoise’ Carries The Spirit That Makes Sufjan Stevens Special

By Lauren Theisen

July 14, 2024

41Comments

Arts And Culture

The Year’s Best Rap Album Wants To Take You To The Future

By Israel Daramola

July 9, 2024

64Comments

Mods Asleep

In Defense Of That Whole Weird ’90s Rock Marble-Mouthed Thing

By Mitch Therieau

May 29, 2024

781Comments

Arts And Culture

The Myth Of An Apolitical Eurovision

By Sabrina Imbler

May 12, 2024

109Comments

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