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On March 29, 2019, Janet Jackson was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame by fellow performer Janelle Monáe.…
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Is the clock ticking on TikTok? While the video-sharing social platform has been enjoying a banner 2020—having…
Aug 15
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Perusing the lists of hit songs from years gone by can be an illuminating experience—not just to be reminded of what…
Jul 30
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Earlier this year, in the before times of ancient February, The Decemberists announced that they’d be hitting the…
Jul 23
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On July 23, 2010, there was a ripple across the pond. During production of the seventh series of the U.K.’s The X…
Jun 13 2019
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Alex McLevy & Kelsey J. Waite
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Madonna is modern pop’s original icon, someone whose music and influence will be shared, enjoyed, and debated for…
May 30 2019
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Elton John has assumed many guises throughout his more than 50 years in music. Campy, glammy pop star. Earnest piano…
Jan 3 2019
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There’s a certain vintage of mainstream country music that still widely resonates: Merle Haggard, Dolly Parton,…
Oct 27 2018
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Halloween is on a Wednesday this year, which means that all but the most dedicated creeps will be throwing their…
Oct 12 2018
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A 2013 article in The Atlantic asked a very good, non-rhetorical question: “Why is Sweden so good at pop music?” The…
Sep 19 2018
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De La Soul is one of the most culturally significant and musically influential hip-hop groups from the late ’80s and…
Jul 16 2018
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A couple of years ago, a strange blip appeared on the music-sales matrix. Jimmy Eat World’s “The Middle,” an…
Jun 19 2018
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When PSY’s “Gangnam Style” dropped in 2012, everything about it felt ephemeral. Funny enough to warrant attention…
May 22 2018
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The various mass-extinction events in pop music history are greatly overstated. Hair metal wasn’t wiped from the…
Apr 23 2018
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Punk bands love to cover pop songs. If there’s a universal thread running through the genre from practically the…
Mar 13 2018
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Sean O'Neal and Katie Rife
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Guided By Voices packs more musical ideas into a single album than most bands do into their entire careers, and it…
Oct 17 2017
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Few soundtracks feel as perfectly wedded to their films as the one for Baby Driver. The story of a getaway driver…
Aug 16 2017
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Film has been used as a vehicle to increase the popularity of particular songs as far back as the black-and-white…
May 22 2017
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A lot of people organize the mysterious history of MF Doom around Madvillainy, his 2004 album-length collaboration…
May 2 2017
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Many original stories were first delivered in song format, as medieval minstrels with lutes wandered about various…