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Soundbytes: Pop Music’s 5 Best Vampire Songs
This really sucks. Enjoy the Halloween season with a selection of songs that celebrate all things caped and blood-thirsty, vampires. Continue reading
Soundbytes: Halloween’s Top 5 Songs Celebrating Frankenstein
Ready to be shocked? Enjoy the Halloween season with a selection of songs that hearken back to one of horror movies’ most popular characters, Frankenstein. Continue reading
Remembering Otis Redding, 50 Years After Plane Crash Death In Wisconsin
Half a century after his death in a plane crash in Wisconsin, singer Otis Redding still has an uncanny power to move people. Here’s a compilation of songs that offer ample evidence of why Redding deserves a treasured place in pop-music history. Continue reading
2017 / Live Reviews / Other
Concert Review: With Attention To Detail, King Crimson Embraces Its Long History
Nearly 50 years after they helped usher in the era of progressive rock, King Crimson is continuing to evolve — exploring new musical boundaries, adding new members. At a concert Sunday night in Milwaukee, the band demonstrated just how this combo continues to thrive. Continue reading
2017 / Live Reviews / Music
Concert Review: George Clinton, Parliament-Funkadelic Usher In Party Atmosphere To Weekend Festival
George Clinton and the latest lineup of Parliament-Funkadelic headlined Friday night’s beginning of Madison’s annual Brat Fest celebration, demonstrating to those who attended why Clinton and his merry band of funkateers are both beloved and essential in the evolution of pop music despite offering a truly conflicting, confusing performance. Continue reading
Soundbytes: Top Albums Of 2016
With a new year upon us, it’s time to reflect on all that the year 2016 gave — and a little that it took — from our collective listening. Continue reading
Remembering George Michael: ‘Freedom’ Was Rare Fusion Of Pop Hit With Artistic Purpose
George Michael never looked the role of a musical freedom fighter. Between his Adonis-like features, his stylish, camera-ready wardrobe and his devotion to dance music made him appear as a pop star keener to keep the party going than in tearing the whole proceeding down. And yet, Michael once stood up for artistic purpose and threatened to dismantle the pop-music machine that had built him into a global superstar. And he did it with the most unlikely of tools: a hit song. Continue reading
Soundbytes: Pop Music’s 5 Most Spook-tacular Halloween Songs
As a treat for all the ghosts and goblins you love, here are a few songs that are worth adding to your Halloween playlist in time for the costume parties to come. Continue reading
Soundbytes: Top Albums Of 2015
At the precipice of a new year, there’s only ever one important question to be asked at this moment in December: What will we remember? Continue reading
Remembering Scott Weiland: 6 Songs That Reveal Lasting Musical Contributions
Although sometimes seen as a divisive figure among music fans and the industry in general, former Stone Temple Pilots singer Scott Weiland had an undeniable impact with a steady string of alternative-rock hits in the 1990s and early ’00s. His death on Thursday offers a chance to reflect on those contributions. Continue reading
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