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Lady Gaga Is A Perfect Illusion
Lady Gaga's new single "Perfect Illusion" is the apotheosis of her artistic statement. She is well known for her visual style that too often overshad…
9 years, 8 months ago
How Beyoncé to The Beatles Modulate Your Emotions
Certain pop songs have that moment, when everything seems to change but still remain the same, when the drama gets ratcheted up, when the tension inc…
9 years, 8 months ago
Pop Drops and Chipmunk Soul
A strange syndrome is wreaking havoc on the voices of our biggest pop stars. From Rihanna to Justin Bieber, no one is safe from having their beautifu…
9 years, 9 months ago
The Gideon and Hubcap Show
This episode marks something of a departure from the norm. With Charlie away, host Nate, aka "Hubcap," takes us on a home-show tour of the Scottish H…
9 years, 9 months ago
Breaking Down The House
The fingerprints of house music are all over mainstream pop, but much of its sound has been whitewashed. That ubiquitous four-to-the-floor kick and s…
9 years, 10 months ago
Around The World With Drake
How do you create a hit that both breaks sound barriers and chart records? Drake has done this with a unique mix of international sounds from Africa,…
9 years, 10 months ago
When Good Music Happens To Bad People
We have more information about pop stars lives than ever before, but this transparency is not always uplifting for music lovers. Just as we may enjoy…
9 years, 11 months ago
Justin Timberlake Goes Medieval
Summer heat is upon us and so are the jams. Our ears are hooked on Justin Timberlake's "Can't Stop The Feeling." What you may not know is that this s…
9 years, 11 months ago
All About Those Baseline Assumptions About Femini$m in Pop
With Meghan Trainor's new singles "No" and "Me Too" ubiquitous on the radio dial, a larger discussion about the uneasy relationship between social mo…
9 years, 11 months ago
Jonas vs. Jonas: Or How We Learned to Stop Worrying and Love a Boy Band
A battle between brothers is playing out on the pop charts, a sibling rivalry the likes of which the music industry hasn't seen since 1987, when Mich…
10 years ago