Best of 2016
What Celebrities Taught Us About Food in 2016
We made sausages with Seth Rogen, tasted spices with Padma Lakshmi, and tried Dexter Holland's and Danny Trejo's hot sauces, among other things.
The Best Electronic Music Writing of 2016
30 of our favorite pieces of journalism and criticism from on and around the dance floor.
Best Live Act: Elysia Crampton Turns CDJ Shredding Into a Work of Theater
The California composer made her multimedia live sets into moving documents of endurance.
Festival of the Year: Movement Detroit's After-Parties Were Even Trippier Than the Real Thing
The annual weekender is always a wild time—but what happens when the sun goes down is impossible to forget.
Everything We Learned About Hangover Cures This Year
The only real hangover prevention tool is to avoid booze, but that hasn’t stopped human ingenuity from fighting against a condition as old as alcohol itself.
The Stories That Made Us Say 'WTF' This Year
Here are the weirdest, coolest, and grossest stories we published this year.
DJs of the Year: Beautiful Swimmers Demonstrate the Power of Collaboration in Club Culture
The DC-based duo embraces an anything-goes approach to two-heads-are-better-than-one mixing.
Our Staff's Favorite Stories from 2016
We had one hell of a year—hunting reindeer and frogs, visiting underground restaurants in Compton, making frenemies at the Trump Tower bar. Here are our editorial staff’s favorite articles published in 2016.
Why Did Some of 2016's Weirdest Moments Involve Beer?
Squirrels, urine, Donald Trump, and beer spas all found their way into the epicenter of 2016 beer culture. This is our attempt to answer why.
Are You High? Read Our Best Weed Stories of 2016
With the herb legalized in certain US states, this year has shown that weed can and should be more than an addition to brownie batter.
Why Pizza Was the Hero of 2016
2016 was weird, but here are all of the ways that pizza was the greatest thing that happened this year.