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How One Of Music's Biggest Stars Almost Disappeared
How does one of the biggest stars in American popular music go missing?
— NPR
The Unsolved Case of the Most Mysterious Song on the…
Inside the question that’s been driving the internet crazy for years.
— Rolling Stone
‘Taaaake onnn meee!’
The unkillable, oh-so-profitable afterlife of a-ha’s ’80s classic
— Los Angeles Times
The Hardest Song I Ever Chased
Today, selecting the appropriate scores or songs to accompany everything from blockbuster movies to indie-film trailers remains an art form…
— Vulture
The story behind the best-known local jingle in America
The mysterious power of local jingles, like the famous Cellino & Barnes ad, explained.
— Vox
Remembering Daniel Johnston, the Godfather of Bedroom Pop
When Daniel Johnston was about 19, he spent a lot of time making things in his parents’ West Virginia basement.
— Pitchfork
The Graphic Design Duo That Helped Bling Hip-Hop
Strictly abiding by a “more-is-more” philosophy, the Brauch brothers shaped the visual aesthetic of Southern hip-hop’s flashiest era
— Red Bull Music Academy Daily
The changing economics of electronic music
Avalon Emerson, Mat Dryhurst, Marta Salogni and others on the impact of streaming services on artists.
— Resident Advisor
Chillwave: a momentary microgenre that ushered in the age of…
It was the first sign of a generation fleeing to the past to escape a bleak future.
— The Guardian
The Prehistory of Music
A conversation on the deep history of humans and music with Gary Tomlinson, author of A Million Years of Music.
— Lapham's Quarterly
How Long Does It Take to Make a Classic Album?
From D’Angelo’s infamously slow creative pace to Frank Sinatra’s rapid-fire release schedule, our expectations of artists’ output have always been…
— Pitchfork
When major labels were releasing witchcraft rituals
During the 1960s, labels capitalised on the witchcraft phenomenon with spoken-word albums of occult incantations
— Dazed