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• The Reviews for Katy Perry's New Album Are Brutal
• Renaissance Women: The 2024 VMAs
• Move Over Brat Summer, It's Time for Demure Autumn
• Oasis to Reunite for UK Tour in 2025, 15 Years After Splitting Up
• Charli XCX On Defining 'Brat': 'Lying Is So Fun'
• Please Stop Stalking Chappell Roan
• 'Brat' Power: Charli XCX and Lorde Turn the Tables on Feud Obsessed Fans
• What's the Beef Between Charli XCX and Lorde?
• It Should Not Cost This Much To Go To a Concert
• A Non-Fan Takes Aim at 'Cowboy Carter'
• Beyoncé Reveals Tracklist for 'Cowboy Carter' and 'Jolene Is On It
• Why It's Easier Than Ever to Get a Billboard Number One Hit
• Fashion at the Grammys: 'New Romantics'
• Finnish Symphonic Metal Group Nightwish Delivers a Powerful Live Performance
• A Far Too Deep Dive Into Michael Bublé's Hilariously No-Homo Cover of 'Santa Baby'
• Sorry, Haters: Taylor Swift Is TIME's Person of the Year
• André 3000 Drops Some New Music And Exchanges His Microphone For A Flute
• A Decade Ago, Lorde Became the Music Hero We Needed with 'Pure Heroine'
• Taylor Swift Reveals '1989' Vault Track Titles (Most of Them)
• Country Music Chose a Small Town When It Could've Had the World
• Maren Morris Is Burning It Down
• Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion Team Up Again For 'Bongos'
• Life Lessons From Miley Cyrus's 'Used To Be Young' TikTok Series
• Taylor Swift Announces '1989 (Taylor's Version)'
• The Eras Tour Friendship Bracelets Explained
• Kyle Richards Tries to Shut Down Morgan Wade Romance Rumors
• Kelly Clarkson Savages Ex-Husband During Concert
• Seattle Swifties Caused An Earthquake
• Taylor Swift Cackles At Kanye West
• Taylor Swift Is Number 1 of the Number 1s
• Move Over, Rupi Kaur: Drake Writes Bad Poetry Too
• Kyle Minogue Wanted to Be in America for the 'Padam Padam' Video
• How Kylie Minogue's 'Padam Padam' Became the Song of the Summer
• Matty Healy from The 1975 Is On His Dumb Rockstar Era
• Beyonce, Adele, Harry Styles, and More: Best Dressed at the 2023 Grammys
• Three Albums for Winter: SZA's 'SOS'; Christine and the Queens 'Redcar les adorables étoiles' and Weyes Blood 'And in the Darkness, Hearts aglow'
• Clutch: The Artist You Probably Don't Know Making the Best Music Videos Today
• Pablo Milanés 1943-2022: The Heart Beats on the Left
• Pop Divas vs. The Pandemic: Carly Rae Jepsen, Taylor Swift, and Rina Sawayama
• Why Is Ticketmaster Still Terrible?
• Dissing Pitchfork's List of The Top 250 Songs of the '90s: These Are Not the Latinos You Were Looking For
• The Synth Wave Perfection of 'Never Have I Ever's' Soundtrack
• Important New Album Reviews: 'Bronco' by Orville Peck; 'Dance Fever' by Florence And The Machine & 'Avec Les Yeux' by Fishbach
• The Best Damn Live Music Clip Of All Time: Iron Maiden Soaring With 'The Talisman' Live in 2011
• Stranger Things: A Definitive Ranking of Kate Bush's 'Running Up That Hill' Covers
• 'Crash' by Charli XCX: Pop's Head Scientist Brings Us a Chaotic But Rich Album
• Taylor Hawkins, Foo Fighters Drummer, Dies at 50
• Stromae Gives Us The First Masterpiece Of the Pandemic With 'Multitude'
• Neil Young Is Actually Taking His Catalogue Off Spotify to Protest Joe Rogan's Anti-Vaxxerism
• 'Dawn FM' by The Weeknd Is Hard to Review Rationally
• It's Been Five Years Without George Michael
• Bond Week: Not Another Ranking of the Best James Bond Theme Songs
• The Metallica Tribute Album 'Blacklist' Approaches but Never Attains Greatness
• 'Solar Power' Review: Can We Let Lorde Just Be Great?
• A Look Back At 'The Blueprint' By Beyoncé's Husband In Honor Of Its 20th Anniversary
• Was This the Best Music Year of All Time?
• The Greatest Stage Entrance Of All Time: A Tribute to Rob Halford of Judas Priest
• The Best Damn Music Video of All Time: 'Jump' by Van Halen
• The Best Damn Music Video of All Time: 'Carry On Wayward Son' by Kansas
• Review: David Byrne and Spike Lee Team Up for the Jubilant 'American Utopia'
• A Cover You Didn't Know You Needed: Radiohead's 'Creep' Re-Imagined As a Medieval Ballad
• Why is Outkast's 'Bombs Over Baghdad' Used in Scoob!?
• 'Beastie Boys Story' is a Love Letter to Moral Compass Adam Yauch
• 'Patches' by Dickey Lee is the Best/Worst Song You've Probably Never Heard
• Review: Riz Ahmed's Short Film 'The Long Goodbye' Follows in M.I.A.'s Footsteps
• Let's Pour One Out For Eurovision 2020 Songs We Won't Get To See Be Performed
• Katy Perry Cosplays 'Midsommar,' Announces Pregnancy In Music Video "Never Worn White"
• Did Bernie Sanders Get Flavor Flav Fired From Public Enemy?
• Your Explainer of All the Middle-Eastern Stuff Shakira Did During the Super Bowl Halftime Show
• 3-Year-Old Girl's Song 'Dinosaurs In Love' Goes Viral
• Train Probably Had the Best Song of the Decade. Which One? Dunno, Your Choice!
• Liam Payne's Solo Album Gets Slaughtered by Critics
• 2020 Grammy Award Nominations Include Lizzo, Lil Nas X, Billie Eilish
• Why Doesn't 'Last Christmas' Let Henry Golding and Emilia Clarke Get Down?
• Lo-Fi Anime Hip-Hop To Study To: My Obsession With The Internet's Background Music of Choice
• A Pair Of Musical Playlists For Your 2019 July Fourth Celebration
• 'Rocketman' and 'Bohemian Rhapsody' Share a Sex Scene That Ties Queer Desire to Self-Destruction
• Songs to Get Drunk to: Graduated in 1997 Edition
• Review: Beyoncé's 'Homecoming' is Peak Self-Mythologization
• David Lynch, Flying Lotus And 'Salad Fingers' Creator Team Up For "Fire Is Coming"
• Denzel Curry Covers Rage Against The Machine, Registers On the Richter Scale
• The Best Performances From "I Am The Highway: A Tribute To Chris Cornell"
• The Homophobic Lyrics of The Weeknd's Single 'Lost in the Fire'
• Celebrate David Bowie's Birthday By Listening To His Top Ten Billboard Hits
• Review: 'Surviving R. Kelly' Gives Women a Voice, But the Complicit Need to be Held Accountable
• Soundtracks That Aged Better Than The Movie
• I Didn't Think it Was Possible To Cover Pink Floyd This Well
• Dolly Parton's 'Jolene' Slowed Down to 33 BPM is a Revelation
• What's Your Favorite Underrated Holiday Song?
• These Two Girls Playing Slayer is the Best Cover Version Ever
• What Was Your Favorite Soundtrack Growing Up?
• NPR Music Names MIA's 'Paper Planes' the Best Song by a 21st Century Woman, Which is Fine
• What Is the 2018 Song of the Summer?
• North Korea Criticizes Trump Camp's "Unilateral And Gangster-Like" Demands Over Nukes
• America: A Playlist
• On The 20th Anniversary Of 'Version 2.0,' Garbage Is Still Here With The Noise That Keeps You Awake
• Stop Trying to Meme 'This is America,' White People
• Obituary for Scott Hutchison of 'Frightened Rabbit'
• With 'Nice for What,' Drake Finally Puts Away His Emotions and Lets the Women He Adores Shine on Their Own
• How Has Mr Brightside Stayed In The Charts For So Long?
• It's Time To Make A Valentine's (Or Galentine's) Day Mixtape
• Review: Justin Timberlake's 'Man of the Woods' is a Disjointed Mess With No Identity or Beats
• Changes: What I Learned From Listening To Every David Bowie Album
• Christmas Songs: The Best, The Worst and the Oh Dear Lord It'll Never Go Away
• Kristen Bell Lip Sync's To Sia For 'Santa's Coming For Us' Video
• What Pop Culture Cheers You Up Without Fail?
• Here's a List of Men Accused of Assault Whose Careers Turned Out Just Fine
• The Overlords Discuss Loving Songs From Genres They Generally Hate
• Dave Grohl Puts Himself Into the Race for Best Chris...and Is Winning
• Taylor Swift and Her Amazing Technicolor Bullsh-t
• Taylor Swift Is Team Arya, Obviously
• International Travel and Tribalism and A Playlist To Just Shrug It All Off and Dance
• Open Mike: What Is the Difference Between a Mixtape and a Playlist?
• Hidden Treasure - Carly Rae Jepsen's "Cut To The Feeling"
• R.I.P. Chris Cornell
• Betsy, Britain's Next Musical Smash, is a Welsh Goose Girl Taking Flight.
• 2017 Eurovision Song Contest
• Blackness isn't a Fashion Statement, Miley
• Could DNCE's 'Kissing Strangers' be the 2017's Summer Earworm?
• So, Harry Styles Is Kind of Great
• Fantastic Earworms and Where to Find Them: A Pajiba Comment Diversion
• Ben Folds on the Demise of Ben Folds Five
• Now That's What I Call Protest and Political Music: 90s Edition!
• Et tu, Slayer?!?! Get F*cked, Slayer?!?!
• British Rapper Akala Is Exactly Who We Need In The Era Of Trump
• Green Day Delivers A Powerful Protest Anthem In Time For The Inauguration
• Young Thug's Music Video for 'Wyclef Jean'
• Carrie Fisher And Paul Simon Were A Great Terrible-Couple
• George Micheal Has Passed Away At 53
• Soundtrack of 2016
• Probably The Greatest Video Game Theme Tune Of All Time
• The Magical Christmas Songs of 1990's Pop Stars
• Kristen Stewart's Rolling Stones Video is Old-School Sexy AF
• Green Day Launches Into an Anti-Trump Chant During the American Music Awards
• Mainline Lin-Manuel Miranda With The 'Moana' Soundtrack On Spotify
• R.I.P. Leonard Cohen
• Leslie Odom, Jr. Will Heal this Nation with Some Christmas Spirit
• Your Post Election Recovery Playlist
• Top 100 One Hit Wonders of the 80's
• Someone Dared To Cover Beyoncé's "Sorry," And...It's Pretty Rad
• Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake Might Collaborate--Let's Look Back at their Beautiful Ridiculous Love
• This Song is Tight as Sh*t, But More Importantly, the Video - A Bonkers Microcosm Of The Election - is Fantastic
• Stare at Cate Blanchett's Face in the New Massive Attack Video
• 20 Years Ago Today, This Song Was Number One. Ay Dios Mio.
• Music Videos That Failed Miserably In Their Quest To Be Harbingers Of Sexy Times
• A Realtime Meltdown Reaction to the Horrific New 'Ghostbusters' Theme Song
• Hottest Children of Glam Metal Stars
• The Song Of The Summer Is About Popcorn And Befriending A Corpse
• Game Time: Guess Which '90s Band Is Having A Comeback Moment
• 8 Songs Inextricably Tied To 90s Teen Horror Flicks
• Meet Alexandra Patsavas, The Woman Who Soundtracked Your Favorite TV
• The Musical Career Of 'Game of Thrones' Jacob Anderson/Grey Worm
• Comfort Food Entertainment: It's Like Bananas Foster Gelato For Your Senses
• Radiohead Disappear Themselves From The Internet
• Underappreciated Musical Masterpieces: 'Blast Tyrant' by Clutch
• What Music Have You Lived With?
• This Week's Been Rough, Let's Jam Out Together To Tegan And Sara's 'Boyfriend'
• In This Life, You're On Your Own: Prince is Dead at 57
• Gene Simmons Thinks Rap Has No Place in the Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame. Here Are Its Most Rockin' Inductees
• On This Day 15 Years Ago, Earworm History Was Made
• Prince Now Setting Out to Conquer Books
• Is Dr. Luke Goin' Down? We're Yelling TIMBER!
• Assigning Campaign Songs For This Year's Republican And Democrat Presidential Hopefuls
• Did Lin-Manuel Miranda Sneak a Reference to His Favorite Podcast Into the Hamilton Grammy Performance?
• Liveblogging the 2016 Grammys: The Awards Show that Openly Hates Being an Awards Show
• How the Music Video Survived the Death of Music Video Television
• Songs To Play When You Hunka Chunka With Your Valentine This Weekend
• A Too Little Too Late Farewell To Glenn Frey
• 'Hamilton' Celebrations By Fans Who Aren't Willing to Wait For It
• What Were All The Songs in 'American Horror Story: Hotel's' Premiere
• The Best Scenes Featuring David Bowie Songs
• David Bowie Had Died, and the World Now Makes Far Less Sense
• Original Guns N Roses Line-Up Set To Reunite, Gouge Your Wallet
• Rest In Noise, Lemmy Kilmister. 1945-2015
• Bummer X-Mas: The Horrible Stories Behind Your Favorite Christmas Songs
• The Wu-Tang Clan, Bill Murray, Martin Shkreli: The Story Of A Future Heist
• When Only Douchebags Pay for Art, All Art Will Be Made for Douchebags
• All Your Favorite Stars Sing Adele's "Hello" In This Smashing Mash-Up
• Psy Returns With The Dadbod Anthem No One Asked For
• Witness The Feminist Remix Of Drake's Misogynistic "Hotline Bling"
• Smolder Alert! Check Out Three New Songs From The Live-Action 'Tangled: The Musical'
• Is Lucious Lyons the First Rapper to Drop a Single From Prison?
• The Best Halloween Album You've Never Heard
• 'Hamilton' Cast Remains Perfect, Tickets Remain Unavailable
• Adele is Queen of YouTube, Demands All Your Tears as Tribute
• What's Worth Knowing About 'Hamilton'?
• Science Has Determined The World's Most "Feel-Good" Jam
• The 'Happy Birthday' Copyright Is Nonsense
• Ryan Adams' 1989: Five Other Artists Some Sad Bastard Should Cover
• Ansel Elgort Edges Ahead of Miles Teller in Douche-lympics
• Let the #1 Song In Italy Stoke Your Wanderlust
• The Foo Fighters are Masters at Counter-Trolling Westboro Baptist Church
• Dr.Dre to End 16-Year Long Dre Drought with 'Straight Outta Compton' Soundtrack
• The Tyranny of Off-Brand Happy Birthday Songs Will Soon Come to an End
• Dave Grohl Rocks So Hard He Breaks a Bone and Keeps Rocking
• Everything To Know About Taylor Swift's 'Bad Blood' Video
• Today Is Riot Grrrl Day, Thanks To Kathleen Hanna
• GIF Reaction: The Asshats Of "Black Pussy" Defend Their Band Name
• Tom Hanks Really Really Really Likes You
• Jack White's Interactive Music Video May Melt Your Mind
• Missy Elliot Won the Super Bowl
• Sia Makes It Weird On 'Ellen' With "Elastic Heart" Performance
• The Galavant Cast Album You've Asked For Has Arrived...Almost
• Two Songs Released From 'The Last Five Years' Soundtrack
• Shazam Reveals Which Songs Get The Most "What The H*ll Is This?" Responses
• RuPaul's Drag Race Stars Have Us Gagging On Eleganza With New Christmas Anthem
• Taylor Swift's Next Unescapable Hit Comes Courtesy Of Screeching Comedian Billy Eichner
• Beyoncé Cuts Loose, Releases New Video, Remains Flawless
• Pope Francis is Apparently a Patti Smith Fan
• The Business of Pop Music, and The Women Who Are Dominating It
• We Can Tell How Smart (or Dumb) You Are Based On Your Favorite Band Now
• Dear NFL: F*ck You, Pay Artists
• They're Gonna be Bigger than Yeezus
• Colbie Caillat Likes You For You
• Last Surviving Member of the Original Ramones Dies
• 6 TV Theme Songs That Were Played on the Shows
• This Real Life Scooby Gang Tracked Down and Helped Return a Stolen Newborn Baby
• 20 Years Ago Today, This was the Number One Song in America. Never Forget What You Did.
• How the Internet Tricked You Into Believing Lady Gaga Made a $25 Million Dollar Mistake
• The Darkness is Nigh. The End is Near. Ark Music Factory Strikes Again.
• Pajiba Projects a Surprising Winner as Next President of the United States
• 7 Movie Soundtracks That Deserved So Much Better Than Their Films
• Real or Fake? Who the F**k Cares? Get Over Yourself | Christina Hendricks 1999 "Playboy" Photos Surface
• Pajiba Music Goodbye Playlist
• The Best Tribute Albums
• Arctic Monkeys - Humbug Review
• Music News 08/31/09
• Imogen Heap - Ellipse Review
• fun. - Aim & Ignite Review
• Citizen Cope Retrospective
• Music News 08/24/09
• Cobra Starship - Hot Mess Review
• Speech Debelle - Speech Therapy Review
• Lollapallooza 2009 Review
• Music News 08/17/09
• Patterson Hood - Murdering Oscar (And Other Love Songs) Review
• Regina Spektor - Far Review
• The Dodos - Time To Die Review
• Music News 08/10/09
• Alexa Woodward - Speck Review
• Wilco The Album Review
• Clutch - Strange Cousins From the West Review
• Depeche Mode Concert Review
• Music News 08/03/09
• The Best Record Labels Volume 5
• Billy Talent - Billy Talent III Review
• Mayhem Festival Review
• Maylene & The Sons of Disaster - III Review
• Music News 7/27/09
• Christian Hansen & The Autistics - Power Leopard Review
• Son Volt - American Central Dust Review
• Cass McCombs - Catacombs Review
• The Hip Hop Defense Playlist
• Music News 07/20/09
• The Best Record Labels, Volume 4
• The Mars Volta - Octahedron Review
• CunninLynguists - Strange Journey Vol. 1 Review
• Dream Theater - Black Clouds & Silver Linings Review
• Our Last Word on Michael Jackson
• Music News 7/13/09
• Favorite Record Labels Part 3
• Mos Def - The Ecstatic Review
• Freeland - Cope Review
• Street Sweeper Social Club Review
• Music Mid-Year Review
• Music News 07/06/09
• Favorite Record Labels, Part 2
• Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca Review
• Black Eyed Peas - The E.N.D. Review
• Butterfly Boucher - Scary Fragile Review
• Funeral Songs
• Music News 6/29/09
• R.I.P. Michael Jackson
• Favorite Record Labels, Part 1
• Armin Van Buuren - A State of Trance Review
• Gene Dante & The Future Starlets Review
• Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix Review
• Living Colour Retrospective
• Music News 6/22/09
• Kings of Leon Concert Review
• IAMX - Kingdom of Welcome Addiction Review
• Eminem - Relapse Review
• Peaches I Feel Cream Review
• Music Video Roundup 5-16-09
• Music News 6/15/09
• Top 10 Songs by Terrible Singers Saying "I Love You"
• Jarvis Cocker - Further Complications Review
• Conor Oberst - Outer South Review
• Marilyn Manson - The High End of Low Review
• Asher Roth Concert Review
• Roots Picnic Recap
• Music News 06/08/09
• The 10 Best Hair Band Videos
• The 10 Best Music Videos of the 80s
• 11 Worst Music Artists of the Aughts
• Susan Boyle Loses "'Britain's Got Talent"
• The Top Ten Pansy White Boy Bands
• Best U2 Songs
• Grizzly Bear -- Veckatimest
• Music News 05/26/09
• Race and Gender in Music
• Ben Folds Presents University A Cappella! Review
• Music Video Roundup 5/19/09
• Music News 05/18/09
• Bands That Still Have The Benefit of the Doubt
• Wednesday Music Reviews 05/13/09
• Music Video Roundup 5/12/09
• Music News 05/11/09
• Bands That Need To Stop
• Radio Moscow Brain Cycles Review
• Video Roundup 05/05/09
• Music News 05/04/09
• I Need That Record! Review
• Bob Dylan Together Through Life Review
• Johnny Cash At Folsom Prison
• Music News 04/27/09
• Spring Break Live Reviews
• Wednesday Music Reviews
• Pump Up The Volume Review
• Music News 04/20/09
• Today's Best Young Drummers
• Micachu Review
• Singing In Tongues
• Music News 04/13/09
• 2009 Anticipated Releases, Part 3
• Music News 03/06/09
• 2009 Anticipated Releases Part 2
• SXSW Music
• 2009 Anticipated Releases Part 1
• Music News 03/29/09