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Quitting Spotify (ft. Deerhoof)
Nov 25, 2025In June 2025, indie veterans Deerhoof scrubbed their entire catalog from the world’s dominant streaming platform. The catalyst wasn't low royalties, but Spotify co-founder Daniel Ek’s investment in AI...
Is there a Disney curse?: Demi, Selena, and Miley
Nov 18, 2025This year, there were a few records that delivered less-than-optimal returns on either the Hot 100 or the Billboard 200 – and they all came from former Disney pop stars. Demi Lovato’s latest album p...
Rosalía's 'LUX' brings the symphony to the club
Nov 11, 2025Spanish pop star Rosalía is back with her new album, Lux. Over eighteen tracks, she trades in the dembow beats that filled her last record Motomami for maximalist orchestral sounds more in line with B...
Lily Allen and Tate McRae revive the revenge anthem
Nov 04, 2025They say the best revenge is living well, but if you’re a pop star going through a break up, that’s false. The best revenge is releasing a searing scorched-earth revenge banger that calls out your ex ...
Can “professor” Charlie Puth pass our qualifying exam?
Oct 28, 2025Charlie Puth breaks down his new single "Changes," a maximalist eighties production hiding a melancholy story about drifting friendships. As he prepares for fatherhood, the singer-songwriter reflects ...
How D'Angelo changed music, in three songs
Oct 21, 2025On October 14th, the visionary musician D’Angelo passed away at 51 years old. Only releasing three albums during his lifetime, he synthesized influences from gospel, jazz, rock, and hip-hop to create ...
What do John C. Reilly and Taylor Swift have in common? The Great American Songbook
Oct 14, 2025John C. Reilly joins to discuss Mr. Romantic, his theatrical tribute to the Great American Songbook that treats Irving Berlin and Tom Waits as equals in the canon of timeless American song. Reilly rec...
Taylor Swift’s Showgirl Sound: How to actually listen to the album
Oct 07, 2025Taylor Swift's twelfth album has sparked endless speculation about who each song is "really about," but that might be the wrong question entirely. The Life of a Showgirl isn’t biography, it’s polyphon...
The Power of the Trio (ft. Trousdale live at USC)
Oct 03, 2025There's no lead singer in Trousdale. The trio of Quinn D'Andrea, Georgia Greene, and Lauren Jones, has shared vocal duties equally since they started singing together as students at the University of ...
Doja Cat is the new Janet
Sep 30, 2025This summer, one singular artist could be heard everywhere from the new Cardi B album to the TikTok charts: Janet Jackson. The incomparable Queen of Pop has had her fingerprints all over pop music for...