Category: Music Features

How Bob Geldof Resurrected the Boomtown Rats After a 36-Year Break
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By Andy Greene
“We made this album for 2020,” says Geldof of the band’s new ‘Citizens of Boomtown’ LP. “But I have doubt if anyone who loves Billie Eilish is going to want to come see us”
Bikini Kill Is the Band the World Needs Now
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By Brenna Ehrlich
Kathleen Hanna, Tobi Vail, and Kathi Wilcox on why they’re bringing their pioneering riot-grrrl act back for the era of Donald Trump
The Three Major Publishers Generated More than $3.2 Billion in 2019 — That’s $369,000 Per Hour
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By Tim Ingham
Including those publishing figures, the three major labels earned more than $18 billion among them in 2019
Flashback: Willie Nelson, Ray Charles Team Up for ‘Georgia on My Mind’
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By Stephen L. Betts
Nelson’s version of the Hoagy Carmichael standard was released as a single 42 years ago today
Bad Bunny Just Released the Best Album of the Year (So Far): Here’s Where to Start
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By Elias Leight & Charles Holmes & Brendan Klinkenberg
On ‘YHLQMDLG,’ the Puerto Rican star turned in a tour de force performance; these are the songs that best demonstrate his newly displayed range
Song You Need to Know: Polvo, ‘Channel Changer’
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By Jon Dolan
A great moment from a new vinyl reissue from the great Nineties guitar surrealists
Song You Need to Know: Lila Drew, ‘Locket’
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By Brittany Spanos
The 19-year-old singer-songwriter is currently working on her debut album
Song You Need to Know: Phoebe Bridgers, ‘Garden Song’
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By Angie Martoccio
The singer’s first solo material in three years is peak Bridgers-core
Jackson Browne Finally Comes Clean About Those Missing ‘Late for the Sky’ Lyric Sheets
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By David Browne
A note on the singer-songwriter’s 1974 classic promised “lyrics available upon request.” Forty-six years later, he explains why they never actually showed up
Danger Mouse’s ‘Grey Album’ Could Never Happen Today. Here’s Why That’s a Shame
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By David Browne
The producer’s audacious blend of Jay-Z and the Beatles, released online 16 years ago this month, still startles — but would anyone even think of attempting something like it in the current climate?