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Track of the Day: 'Sonsick'
San Fermin's debut, eponymous album is a self-aware "pastiche post-rock, chamber-pop and contemporary classical composition." It comes out today.
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Lady Gaga's Scandalous Attempt to Rally Fans, J-Pop Style
She's not the first to coax diehards into buying multiple copies of the same song. The practice is standard in Japan, for reasons that increasingly apply in U.S. pop music.
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Track of the Day: 'Bitter Rivals'
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Associated Press Track of the Day: 'Friday the 13th'
A triskaidekaphobe's anthem by Thelonious Monk
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The Arcade Fire The Sneaky, Subversive, Anti-Internet Moral of Arcade Fire's 'Reflektor' Video
The band's Google-helmed interactive project critiques technology's seductive pull by telling viewers to "break free" from their devices—even as it asks them to plug in.
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Morris MacMatzen/Reuters Finding Happiness in Angry Music
Shiny happy heavy metal people: There’s something cleansing about engaging with emotions we might not usually let ourselves feel.
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What Does the Fox Say?
New "song of the summer" explores ancient Norwegian mystery.
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AP Miley Cyrus and Janis Joplin, Cont.: How Racism Subverts Good Intentions
Equating clueless VMAs twerking with virtuoso blues singing doesn't cheapen the word "racism"—it shows we need to use it more.
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Crazy Talk: How One Direction’s Movie Defends Boy Bands' Female Fans
The Morgan Spurlock-directed documentary One Direction: This Is Us skirts the sexism often plaguing conversations about the act's global following.
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If Miley Cyrus's Twerking Is Racist, Isn't Janis Joplin's Singing Also Racist?
Well, in fact, yes. But Janis's talent distracted from her minstrelsy.
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Fall Music Preview: 21 Albums to Watch
From M.I.A. to N.I.N., 2013 wraps up with some big names.
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The Inimitability of Sly Stone
Today's R&B stars borrow liberally from their predecessors, but Sly Stone's production quirks and messy rhythms have rarely been duplicated.
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Charles Sykes / AP Was Miley Cyrus's VMA Performance a Failed 'Blurred Lines' Criticism?
Last night wasn't all about shock value—there was commentary, too.
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How 'Hey Jude' Marked a Change for the Beatles, America, and Music
When the song arrived 45 years ago, it offered a hopeful message during a summer of national despair.
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The Secretly Conservative MTV VMAs
Even Miley Cyrus's twerking felt part of a paean to pop's one-percenters.
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Enjoying John Mayer's New Album Does Not Make You a Bad Person
Mayer's sixth studio album Paradise Valley is out today. It's good, and separable from the artist.
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'Applause': Is Lady Gaga Parodying Weird Al Parodying Lady Gaga?
Mother Monster subverts her image in nearly the same way Yankovic did two years ago.
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Tremolo Productions The Tough, Unanswered Questions About Backup Singers
The documentary 20 Feet From Stardom showcases an oft-ignored part of the music industry while still minimizing issues of race and gender.
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AP The Elvis Presley Recording That Elvis Himself Never Heard
In 1994, The Atlantic published a tribute to Presley and his version of "Don't Be Cruel," which combined the styles of his influences with his enthusiastic personality.
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Jazzbros: A Force for Jazzgood or Jazzevil?
Young, mostly white, and convinced of their superior taste, this breed of fan could be a sign of jazz's decline or a force for its renewal.
