Stray Kids’ nearly 3-hour set sends T-Mobile Park into a frenzy
For nearly three solid hours, the superstar Korean boy band delighted with an overwhelming parade of hits that sent the young crowd into a sustained frenzy. Read More
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Smerz Are the Norwegian Duo Making the Off-Kilter Pop Music of Your Dreams
On their killer new album “Big City Life,” Catharina Stoltenberg and Henriette Motzfeldt take their signature wonky pop sound to new heights. Read More
Music Review: Cautious Clay’s dreamy R&B-pop ‘The Hours: Morning’ is an exploration in time
Cautious Clay, the multi-instrumentalist whose dreamy R&B and indie-pop sound has earned him the attention of everyone from Arooj Aftab and John Mayer to Taylor Swift, embraces the passing of Read More
Defector Music Club Really Really Really Really Really Really Likes Carly Rae Jepsen
Welcome to Defector Music Club, where a number of our writers get together to dish about an album. Today, Kathryn Xu, Lauren Theisen, Luis Paez-Pumar, and Kelsey McKinney reminisce over Carly Rae Jepsen’s underappreciated pop classic Emotion, which is about to turn 10 years old. Lauren: Ten years ago, Emotion was the most important record […] Read More
“I liked Bad Company and Free. Those bands, like David Bowie and Roxy Music, were all pop. But their albums had deeper cuts. That’s what I hoped we could pull off”: Billy Duffy on the making of The Cult’s 1985 breakout album – and why Rain made him sweat
Led by the stunning She Sells Sanctuary, Love was the sound of a band experimenting at scale, finding the great enabler in producer Steve Brown, and it just so happens to be Duffy's favorite Read More
Where have all the great pop hits gone?
Last spring, the charts were full of monster hits. But they’re all still there, with few new hits replacing them. Is Gen Z to blame? Read More
A Guide To Southeast Asian Psych: From The ’60s To ’70s & Beyond
If the soundtrack to season three of "White Lotus" and the ethereal vibes of Khruganbin caught your ear, you've just scratched the surface. From Vietnamese artist Phuong Tam to Sinn Sisamouth, the "Elvis of Cambodia," Southeast Asia's musical history is rife for exploration. Read More
Christie Lenée Brings Her Transcendental Folk-Pop Music To Songbirds This Friday
“Acoustic Guitarist of the Year” and celebrated singer/songwriter Christie Lenée is more than a musician: she’s an experience. Symphonic compositions flow from her fingertips effortlessly, with sound ranging from transcendental folk-pop to ... Read More
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