- Blogs, Bleader, Apr 16, 2013
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Future, Drake, Lil Wayne, and pop's fluid identity
How features, collaborations, and various team-ups are reshaping the pop charts
- Blogs, Bleader, Mar 21, 2013
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Best shows to see: Local Natives, Howl, Ana Moura, Martha Wainwright
Indie darlings moving on up, a metal band pushing the boundaries of doom, and two singer-songwriters worth paying attention to
- Music, Music Feature, Dec 19, 2012
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People Issue 2012:
Teen Witch, the DJ"The whole reason of going to school is networking, but I realized I could do that with partying."
- Blogs, Bleader, Dec 18, 2012
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Bruno Mars locks Rihanna out of number one
A retro-fied pop star takes on a new decade and finds success
- Blogs, Bleader, Nov 27, 2012
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On the charts: Taylor Swift goes dubstep
The leading edge in pop's love affair with EDM
- Music, Music Feature, Nov 20, 2012
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Who owns trap?
Does music born of Dirty South drug wars have any place in squeaky-clean dance clubs?
- Blogs, Bleader, Nov 15, 2012
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The seapunk response to Rihanna's swagger jack
Ultrademon and Teen Witch snap on a superstar
- Blogs, Bleader, Oct 16, 2012
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On the charts: Mumford & Sons are our new rock overlords
One self-consciously old-timey quasi-bluegrass band to rule them all
- Blogs, Bleader, May 17, 2012
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Now playing: Battleship, which isn't quite terrible
A capsule review of the latest Transformers knockoff
- Blogs, Bleader, Mar 30, 2012
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Spotify playlist: Rock with a 70 percent chance of keyboards
The past, the future, and nine songs to hear on Spotify
- Music, Music Feature, Feb 29, 2012
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Rihanna, Chris Brown, and pop music's female trouble
Whether the subject is contraception or M.I.A.'s middle finger, America wants to keep women in line
- Music, In Rotation, Oct 6, 2011
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In Rotation: Sound artist Olivia Block on Nollywood's Beyonce
Plus: Reader critic Peter Margasak on saxophonist Colin Stetson, Joseph Clayton Mills of Haptic on the return of Jeff Mangum, and more
- Blogs, Bleader, Aug 1, 2011
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Correction: Soulja Boy did not spend $55 million on a jet
He's still blowing my mind, though.
- Music, Music Review, Jul 28, 2011
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DJ Khaled and the hip-hop illuminati vs. Danny Brown
The Miami-based producer has a team of crazy millionaires, but the Detroit MC only needs himself
- Music, Soundboard, Jun 9, 2011
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Soundboard, June 9-15
Alela Diane, Vee Dee, Tombs, Rihanna, the Neon Marshmallow fest with Spiral Joy Band, Pelt, and Mike Shiflet, and other notable shows
- Blogs, Bleader, Nov 16, 2009
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Why I Hate "I Love Women"
Why the phrase "I love women" is so popular among misogynists.
