You could fill a book with all the shady characters you meet in Steely Dan songs. Quantum Criminals is that book. Journalist Alex Pappademas and artist Joan LeMay take a deep dive into the genius of ...

Steely Dan’s songs of monied decadence, druggy disconnection and self-destructive escapism seemed satirically extreme way back when. Now they just seem prophetic. May 4, 2023 For us, this book is a ...

Steely Dan nominally kept that lineup intact for Pretzel Logic, but their 1974 album began the shift from a five-piece band to a band in name only. From Pretzel Logic on forward, Steely Dan was a ...

The FADER’s “Songs You Need” are the tracks we can’t stop playing. Check back every day for new music and follow along on our Spotify playlist. “Third World Man,” the last song on Steely Dan’s 1980 ...

20 years ago today, Steely Dan—the godfathers of yacht rock and ancestors of sleaze—released Everything Must Go, a project that would become their ninth and final album. Donald Fagen and Walter Becker ...

Glance at the credits of any Steely Dan album, and you’ll see the names of some of the best musicians of the last six decades. You’ll also see numerous musicians who became famous outside of their ...