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Trap: The Production Style That Became a Genre Before Anyone Agreed on the Definition
Trap is a production style before it is a genre, and the distinction matters because it explains why so much music that does not share obvious aesthetic sensibilities...
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Phoebe Bridgers Announces Fall 2026 Headline Shows, First Solo Dates in Years
Phoebe Bridgers has announced a run of headline shows for fall 2026, her first substantial solo touring since wrapping the Punisher cycle. The shows include several outdoor venues...
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Alternative Rock: The Genre That Became What It Was Supposed to Be Against
Alternative rock is a category that described a commercial position before it described a sound, and the confusion between those two definitions runs through every argument about what...
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Vampire Weekend Announces 2026 North American Tour, First Dates Since 2019
Vampire Weekend has announced tour dates for summer 2026, returning to North America for the first time since the Father of the Bride cycle wrapped in 2019. The...
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Indie Rock: The Genre That Named Itself After a Business Model and Then Forgot
Indie rock is not a sound. It never was. The term described a distribution model before it described a genre, and the confusion between those two definitions has...
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Billie Eilish Extends the Hit Me Hard and Soft Tour Into Stadiums for 2026
Billie Eilish has announced an extension of the Hit Me Hard and Soft tour into late 2026, adding stadium dates across North America and a return run through...
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Taylor Swift Turned a Fan Edit Into the Official Music Video for Elizabeth Taylor and It Works
Taylor Swift dropped the music video for “Elizabeth Taylor” on Tuesday, and it is exactly what it sounds like: a fan edit she made herself and decided was...
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Ambient Music: The Genre That Turned Patience Into a Listening Skill
Brian Eno coined the term ambient music in 1978 with Ambient 1: Music for Airports, but the idea had been building for decades. Erik Satie had written furniture...
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Charli XCX Announces the Brat World Tour Expansion Into 2026 With Arena Dates
Charli XCX has announced an expanded run of tour dates for 2026, bringing the Brat World Tour into arenas across North America and Europe following one of the...
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Lambrini Girls Return With Cult of Celebrity and They Are Still Angry About the Right Things
Lambrini Girls dropped their first new music in over a year this week. “Cult of Celebrity” is a snarling two-minute takedown of wealth and status, and it lands...