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“Flowers” and the art of the response song
“Flowers” by Miley Cyrus is spending another week on top of the Billboard 100 – quite fitting for Valentine’s Day.
The disco-country track has gotten …
3 years, 1 month ago
Rihanna Party! ICYMI
In case you missed it, “Rihanna Is The 21st Century’s Most Influential Musician” according to NPR. Millions and millions of fans the world over agree…
3 years, 1 month ago
The L.A. guitar shop that reinvented indie folk
In 2010, a photographer named Reuben Cox moved to Los Angeles to start Old Style Guitar Shop. In the years since, the instruments that he continues t…
3 years, 1 month ago
A History of Whammies at the Grammys - Into It with Sam Sanders
It's Grammys weekend and Sam Sanders, host of Vulture's Into It podcast, is ready for disappointment! Sam is joined by Switched on Pop's Charlie Hard…
3 years, 1 month ago
Wonders: Bobby McFerrin
In 1988, Bobby McFerrin recorded a song a cappella with a simple message: not to worry, and just enjoy life. That song, aptly titled “Don’t Worry, Be…
3 years, 1 month ago
The New Wave of Paramore
Six years after their last record, Paramore is back with new music, and their upcoming record seems to have an uncanny connection to the era of new w…
3 years, 1 month ago
Taylor Swift and the music industry's next $20
Streaming feels like it's both at its height and on a precipice. Musicians are fed up at getting paid fractions of a penny, and the whole business mo…
3 years, 1 month ago
SZA's Endless Melody
Why does SZA's latest album SOS hit different? It's the way her melodies don't repeat where you expect them to, defying all the rules of pop songwrit…
3 years, 2 months ago
Too Fast? We’re Curious: The sped-up remix phenomenon
Over the past few months, you may have heard your favorite song pop up on the Internet – just slightly faster. You’re not alone: the phenomenon of th…
3 years, 2 months ago
ICYMI 90s Music Canon
Matt Daniels, editor of the publication The Pudding, wanted to find out what songs from his youth would last into the future. So he designed a study …
3 years, 2 months ago