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Good music longreads

Articles featured in our weekly Stack newsletter.

Inside the Booming Business of Turning Hit Songs into Lullabies

There is not one, nor two, but at least three albums of Tool songs transposed into lullabies.
Thrillist

East Side story: LA's backyard party scene

In East LA during the early '90s, Latino neighborhoods were home to a thriving party circuit that laid the foundations…
Resident Advisor

Why Do So Many Figure Skaters Choose the Same Music?

The Pyeongchang Olympics will include five routines set to ‘Moulin Rouge!’ and three to Barbra Streisand’s ‘Papa, Can You Hear…
The Ringer

In Conversation: Quincy Jones

The music legend on the secret Michael Jackson, his relationship with the Trumps, and the problem with modern pop.
Vulture

The Fascinating Rise of YouTube Music Reaction Videos

Popular music reaction channels are racking up millions of views, forcing the rest of the industry to pay attention.
Pigeons & Planes

Guilty Pleasures: Female Fans on Music’s Misogynist Icons

At a time of #metoo fearlessness, a collection of female critics interrogate their own fandom for music’s most celebrated sexists
Frieze

Too Much Music: A Failed Experiment In Dedicated Listening

I concocted a bold experiment: For the entirety of 2017, I would listen to just one album a week.
NPR

The Year “Indie Rock” Meant Something Different

The old guard returned, but a new generation reigned
Pitchfork

The Problem with Muzak

Spotify’s bid to remodel an industry
The Baffler

He Sings Sea Songs By The Sea Shore

I collect folk songs about shipwrecks and other maritime disasters, so it was with great excitement that I queued up…
The Awl

The Rewiring Of Our Relationship To Music

You've probably been surprised to hear a remarkable song you've never heard pop out of nowhere sometime recently...
NPR

The Unlikely Resurgence of Rap Rock

A new generation is rethinking the much-maligned genre in its own progressive image.
Pitchfork

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