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To twangy Chicago indie rockers Ratboys, making music is all about good, honest fun. Their new song, “Black Earth, WI,” lives up to that…
In the summer of 1969, thousands of music fans gathered for a once-in-a-lifetime show that would change the course of rock history. Bona fide…
“It’s a cracked-screen world,” sings Damon Albarn on Cracker Island, the eighth studio album from everyone’s favorite cartoon band. Since 2001, Damon Albarn and…
A pop star has to store a number of secret weapons in her utility belt. Lots of people can sing and dance, but what…
“I have a secret life. You’re looking at me but what you see is not what I am.” Who was Donna Summer? This is…
Country music has a dark history of songs about killing your lover. Men want to kill their wives for cheating. Women want to kill…
“I’m bout to explode!” Big Freedia first called for a “release” back in 2014 on her incendiary track “Explode.” “Release your anger, release your…