There comes a time in every young pop vixen’s career — usually, after her third or fourth album has dropped and sales slowly start waning…
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Brian Eno will always be best known for his invention of ambient music (or at least its coinage) and for his work as the producer…
The Last Word from Your Editor, Sam C. Mac: With the 2010s officially over, the time seems right for another departure: after 12 years (with…
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Midland have drawn the ire of authenticity fetishists who take issue with the trio’s having invented a hardscrabble origin story when, in reality, the group…