Amid the anxieties of recent times as well as potential concerns about the well-being of…
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Kiwi jr.’s Playlist
Toronto-based jangle-punk combo Kiwi jr.’s debut album, Football Money, received a U.S. release in January…
Androgyny at Its Best
In the songs that bookend this playlist, which are separated by a decade, Prince cheekily…
The Other Sides of Little Richard
No sentient human needs to be informed about Little Richard’s place in the rock ’n’…
Children of Kraftwerk
When Florian Schneider and Ralf Hütter—two denizens of Germany’s musical underground—founded Kraftwerk in 1970, nobody…
Pitchfork’s Recommended if You Like Dua Lipa’s Future Nostalgia Playlist
What’s This Playlist All About? The music-history scholars over at Pitchfork sift through Dua Lipa’s…
The Beatles’ Influence on Modern Pop
In 2009, a viral video made the YouTube rounds called “Beatles 3000,” a short mockumentary…
Tame Impala’s Road to The Slow Rush
Even though five years separated Tame Impala’s surprise commercial juggernaut Currents and the arrival of…
The Most Significant Soundtrack Songs of the Last Decade
The storied songwriting team of Elton John and Bernie Taupin won their first joint Oscar…
The Unawarded: Beloved Artists Who’ve Never Won a Grammy
Welcome to a history of the Grammys’ greatest misses. The first Grammy Awards were given…