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Learning to Love Rihanna’s New Album in Five Easy Steps
Rihanna’s new album, ‘Unapologetic’, is not her best album, but here’s why it’s worth listening to anyway
One Direction’s Success: Pop-Music Expert Simon Napier-Bell Weighs In on Their Staying Power
The man behind Wham! puts the boy band’s evolution in context
Seven Things Adults Can Love About One Direction
One Direction’s sophomore album ‘Take Me Home’ is in stores today. Here’s why the over-18 crowd should be excited
You Didn’t Write That: A Brief Guide to (Alleged) Pop Plagiarism
A lawsuit filed against the writers of Owl City and Carly Rae Jepsen’s current smash “Good Time” calls to mind other examples of lift-and-tuck procedures in the songwriting process
Musician Health Care Crisis: Rapper P.O.S. Crowdfunds New Kidney
The under-insured Minneapolis artist is reinventing the benefit-concert model with online fundraising efforts
What Are the Best Songs for Seduction? The Results Will Surprise You
The Dirty Dancing soundtrack is just one of the unexpected choices on the bedroom playlist
Jason Aldean Rides Night Train to Glory As He Tops Country-Heavy Billboard Chart
Why country music had a big week, and Journey scores with a years-old greatest-hits compilation
World Music: The Next 10 Artists Poised for U.S. Stardom
Nothing against Psy, but music from beyond the English-speaking world doesn’t stop at “Gangnam Style”
Taylor Swift on Going Pop, Ignoring the Gossip and the Best (Worst) Nickname She’s Ever Had
At 22, Taylor Swift has the kind of career most artists chase for decades: six Grammys, countless chart-topping singles and more than 22 million albums sold. Here, the Nashville dweller—whose new album Red drops Oct. 22—lets …
An Open Letter to Rihanna: Please Use More Words
Dear Rihanna,
We’re worried about you. Not because of your tumultuous romantic life, and not because the makeup artist for your latest Vogue cover shoot appears to have had a vendetta against you. No, our concerns are purely …
Death Cab for Cutie’s Benjamin Gibbard on Striking Out on His Own
Benjamin Gibbard will release his highly anticipated solo debut, Former Lives, on Oct. 16th. As the frontman for Death Cab for Cutie and the Postal Service, Gibbard has earned himself a reputation for a certain melancholic …
Lady Gaga, Prince on Baz Lurhmann’s Great Gatsby Soundtrack?
If you are bummed that Baz Luhrmann’s 3-D film adaption of the F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic The Great Gatsby has been pushed back from Christmas Day to May 2013, then exciting news about its soundtrack will cheer you up. Lady …
