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2020 Grammy Award Nominations Include Lizzo, Lil Nas X, Billie Eilish, Lots of Young People

A Question for Our Time: Why Doesn't 'Last Christmas' Let Henry Golding and Emilia Clarke Get Down?

Lo-Fi Anime Hip-Hop Beats To Study To: My Obsession With The Internet’s Background Music of Choice

A Pair Of Musical Playlist For Your 2019 July Fourth Celebration

'Rocketman' and 'Bohemian Rhapsody' Have Little in Common, Except for 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, an Astonishing Accomplishment That Centers the Personal as Political

From The Twisted Mind Who Brought You 'Salad Fingers' Comes Fresh Nightmare Fuel

Holy S**t, Now THIS is a Cover

The Best Performances From "I Am The Highway: A Tribute To Chris Cornell"

In Our Latest Edition of 'I Am Tired of Men': The Weeknd and His Homophobic Song '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 All the Other People Complicit Alongside R. Kelly Need to Be Held Accountable

Five 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 Girls Take Absolutely No Prisoners

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 Clearly Did Not Enjoy The Elton John Gift

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

Scott Hutchison of 'Frightened Rabbit' Is Gone And We Are The Smaller For It

With 'Nice for What,' Drake Finally Puts Away His Emotions and Lets the Women He Adores Shine on Their Own

As Mr Brightside Spends Its 200th Week In The Charts, We Ask: Which Other 2004 Hits Deserve A Comeback?

It's Time To Make A Valentine's (Or Galentine's) Day Mixtape

On 'Man of the Woods', Justin Timberlake Can't Decide Whether He Wants To Be a Lumbersexual or a F*ck Robot

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 Synchs To Sia For 'Santa's Coming For Us' Video

What Pop Culture Cheers You Up Without Fail?

'But These Allegations Could Ruin a Man's Career!' Right. 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”

Today We Fall On Black Days: Chris Cornell, 1964-2017

Betsy, Britain’s Next Musical Smash, is a Welsh Goose Girl Taking Flight.

Happy Eurovision Week!

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

'Steven Universe' FINALLY Promises Fans A Soundtrack

Ben Folds on the Demise of Ben Folds Five

Now That's What I Call F*ck You, Jabba Music: 90s Edition!

UPDATE! Et tu, Slayer?!?! Get F*cked, Slayer.

Racism, Imperialism, Unfettered Capitalism. 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 'Wyclef Jean' is Meta AF

Carrie Fisher And Paul Simon Were A Great Terrible-Couple

George Michael Has Passed Away At 53

Our 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, Oh To Sweep Up The Jokers You Left Behind

Leslie Odom, Jr. Will Heal this Nation with Some Christmas Spirit

Your Day After The Election Recovery Playlist

Which Bob Dylan Song and Album Means The Most to You and Why?

In Honor of National One Hit Wonder Day, Here Are VH1's 100 Greatest One Hit Wonders Of The 80s

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

The Children of 80's Glam Metal Stars Are No Longer Children

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

You'll Never Guess What Grey Worm's Other Job Is

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: Legendary Singer 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

A Running List of 'American Horror Story: Hotel' Songs

I'm An Instant Star: The Best Scenes Featuring David Bowie Songs

David Bowie Has 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

Bummer X-Mas: The Horrible Stories Behind Your Favorite Christmas Songs

The Wu-Tang Clan, Bill Murray, Martin Shkreli: The True 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

Happy F***in' Birthday!

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

'The Last Five Years' Gives You More of Anna Kendrick Singing

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 Leading 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

So I'm Sailin, Yeah I'm Sailin' On

Do It Again

Journeys Veer This Way And That

You Kids And Your Sparkly Vampires... Musical Edition

Quirky Songstresses, Take 2

The Truth Is That I Feel Better Because I've Forgiven Everyone

Son's Gonna Rise

Could It Be? An Actor's Musical Project That Doesn't Suck?

The Apocalypse Sure Is Catchy

SPEECHIFYING

And Out Of The Beats Of Tomorrow, Tell Me What Beat Fills The Night

The Day The Music Died

I Do Believe I Understand Now

Variety Is The Spice Of Life

Hey Bands I Like, Don’t Listen To Me

Peace and Love Goes Broke

A Gentle Urban Folk Explosion

Wilco (The Review)

Hands Down, the Illest Ventriloquist...

Though We May Deserve It, It Will Be Worth It

Here Comes Your Man

To Die Unsung Would Really Bring You Down

Rusted From the Rain

Disorder, Chaos, Anarchy: Now That's Fun!

The South Rises Again

Get Well Soon

Simplicity Is Beautiful

Alt-Mellow

A Catacomb Is A Dusty, Barren Graveyard

Hip Hop Started Out In The Heart

Drink Up Me Hearties, Yo Ho

From Rhythm and Blues to Death Metal

Don't Stop Dragging the Lake

Whatever Doesn't Kill You Simply Makes You Stranger

Rocking Your Face Off. Now That's Progressive

The Kid Is Not My Son

The Baffled King Said No More Hallelujah

Welcome To Music Town, May I Service You?

Delicate Hearts, Diabolical Minds

Motley Crue, Marilyn Manson, The Pixies, and Devo?!?

Radical Rock Meets Revolution Rap

The Best Albums of the Last Six Months

Trent Reznor Will Save Your Life

From the First to the Last of It, Delivery is Passionate

Don't Confront Me With My Failures

Please Refine Your Search For Hip Hop

Tell Me I'm A Keeper

I swear I Want 'Em to Play That Song on the Pipes At My Funeral When I Die

There Is Some Weird S**t Going Down

No One Wants To Be Defeated

Give the Coasts a Rest, the Midwest is Truly the Best

I’ve Had a Good Time But This Wasn’t It

Grab a Glass and Shake Your Ass

Rise Up, With or Without Fists

Everything Is Possible and Nothing Is Real

I've Seen A Million Faces, And I've Rocked Them All

In the Court of Kings

Take a Look at Your Life, You Kneel Before Your Heroes - You're Nothing Till the Weekend

I'm Wondering Why I Got Out Of Bed At All

Got the Cure if You Love Cats Are Feelin' Depressed

Playing For Change - Now Featuring Zombies!

I Never Meant To Cause You Any Sorrow

Top 10 Songs by Terrible Singers Saying "I Love You"

Superficially Deep

You Who Quote the Legends, You Who Poisoned All of My Dreams

You Should Have Killed Me When You Had the Chance

Your College Tastes Like Dogs**t.

Once Again Back Is The Incredible

Sh!t Just Got Weird

The Ten Best Hair Band Videos

The 10 Best Music Videos of the 80s

The 11 Worst Music Artists of the Aughts

Susan Boyle Proves That Frumpy Only Gets You So Far

The Top Ten Pansy White Boy Bands

The Five Best U2 Songs of All Time

Grizzly Bear's Veckatimest

Enjoy The Silence, WalMart

George W. Bush Doesn't Like Black Music

Ben Folds' Grand Experiment

People Are Turning Into Pigs. War Pigs, That Is.

Watching the Mighty Fall

Bands That Still Have the Benefit of the Doubt

Disorder. Chaos. Anarchy: Now That's Fun.

Genius and Beauty in Music

Reznor Slaps Prince and Weezer Around A Bit

Bands That Need To Stop

You Can't Stop The ROCK

There Is Nothing Zoe Can't Do

Beastie Boys Storm Texas and More

If Music Is The Victim, Then So Am I

I'm Not the One You Want, Babe, I'm Not the One You Need

On A Thursday Lord I Begged 'Em Not To Knock Me Down Again

Here Comes Your Man

Bees, Castles, and Boris Yeltsin

Doom and Theatre and mmm... Karen O

Talk Hard

Drink Up Me Hearties, Yo Ho

Music Has A Pulse

Echos, Storms and Tough Girls

English, Motherfu**er, Do You Speak It?

Getting So Much Better All The Time

Late For The Future

Because There Can Never Be Enough Trent Reznor News

My Time's Like Water Down a Drain

Hoboing It at the 2009 SXSW Music Conference

You Wait For Someone That'll Make the Waiting Worth the Wait

PajibaCon East Update and More!