By Matthew Kauffman Smith
The fourth installment of the confusing album tournament. (Pictured: Lizzo)
All in Music
By Matthew Kauffman Smith
The fourth installment of the confusing album tournament. (Pictured: Lizzo)
By Matthew Kauffman Smith
The third installment of the confusing album tournament. (Pictured: Kaytranada)
By Matthew Kauffman Smith
The second installment of the confusing album tournament. (Tacocat photo by Helen Moga)
By Matthew Kauffman Smith
In the midst of a global pandemic and economic meltdown, Matthew Kauffman Smith writes an “album tournament” no one wants.
By Matthew Kauffman Smith
When compared to current and future Rock and Roll Hall of Fame members, Weird Al Yankovic's résumé stacks up. So why isn’t he in?
By Matthew Kauffman Smith
The double elimination album tournament published without editorial oversight names a champion.
By Matthew Kauffman Smith
The double elimination album tournament resumes, with little to no editorial oversight.
By Matt Hartman
If the essential challenge of criticism is to get others to see what you see in an object, the challenge today is to resist the critical landscape that shapes how we approach art in the first place.
By Matthew Kauffman Smith
The double elimination album tournament continues, though the intern assigned to design the articles has become increasingly upset by the content and is now attempting a kind of interventionist design.
By Matthew Kauffman Smith
The double elimination album tournament nobody asked for continues with a vague anecdote about cleaning microwaves at ABC News and impenetrable references to virtual tournaments in parallel universes. Well-designed, though.
By Matthew Kauffman Smith
The double elimination album tournament nobody asked for returns while the editorial staff is away on spring break.