Twelve years ago, the future Spotify exec became the source of a national debate about music ownership. Then she went into the belly of the beast.

Paul Dochney posted his way into the halls of internet lore. After 15 years of anonymity, can he emerge without compromising his act?

A deep dive into the "authorship" of the infamous Jet monkey-piss review and the early days of the influential indie music publication

20 years after his “Guerrilla Public Service” project, the artist Richard Ankrom looks back on the legendary freeway stunt and its legacy.

Thanks to ‘Stranger Things,’ one of art pop’s most reclusive figures has almost inadvertently found herself with a top-10 charting hit. Is it a fluke or a sign of the times?

The nightmarish experience Taylor Swift fans went through earlier this year has sparked debate over monopolies and how tickets are sold. But it’s more than just Swift’s upcoming tour—the entire...

Looking back on the young retro duo's polarizing breakthrough.

An archival release marks the technical debut of a band that helped build a scene, 44 years later.

Remembering the legendary Nirvana and Pixies producer, musician, and hater, who died this week at age 61

After the release of Pinkerton in 1996, Rivers Cuomo decided that he needed to straighten some things out — so he got braces. The Weezer frontman was living in an apartment across from a cement...

Now the last surviving member of the era-defiant Portland DIY group Dead Moon, 70-year-old Toody Cole is suddenly carrying on the legacy of her and her late husband Fred’s world on her own. But if...

The redheaded bullies from the 1995 Adam Sandler movie have been living rent-free in my head for decades. So I decided to find them.

Before the White Stripes became one of the biggest bands on the planet, Jack White had embarked on a slightly different path in life: running an upholstery studio. The original shop closed decades...

After hiding just out of frame for decades, an exceptionally rare and remarkable Depression-era neon sign was discovered outside of Los Angeles. Then the past came rushing back.

The folk singer made her name with stripped-down recordings but has now found a bigger approach on “Here in the Pitch.” It wasn’t an easy road to get there.

The ubiquitous ’90s daytime cable ad has been a shorthand for nostalgia and heat waves for decades. Why are we so helplessly drawn to its sweaty orbit?

A survey on the subgenre, compiled via the most effective way to look at how it’s developed over time: what artists have answered to the very question of whether they are emo in the first place

In the 1970s, Nocentelli recorded a folk album drastically different from his band’s funk music. Barely anyone heard it — until it ended up at a swap meet.

As we move into an era of increasingly convoluted and exclusionary music-playing options, a moment of recognition is in order for the last great car stereo equalizer.

The breakout song from Trey Parker and Matt Stone’s ‘South Park’ movie took center stage at the 2000 Academy Awards. Twenty years later, it remains a declaration of the duo’s ethos—and a prism into...

In the post–"Blurred Lines" legal landscape, artists like Lorde are treading extra carefully when their music ends up sounding similar to someone else’s. But our brains can’t be trusted to notice...

The funniest person to ever break a table was so much more than just that

The ‘Saturday Night Live’ vet is tapping back into his pre-fame life as a rock musician. Is he keeping the punk spirit alive at the same time?

The indie-rock lifers are living out their L.A. quarantine as bandmates and as a couple, still navigating where the line is between the two.

After a bestselling debut novel and a major motion picture adaptation by the Russo brothers, one of the literary scene’s brightest new stars is trying to prove that his success wasn’t a fluke. First...

The cottagecore aesthetic of ‘Folklore’ fits it neatly into the lineage of musical exile narratives, both good and bad. It’s a story we love to indulge in—even if it rarely gets at the true meaning...

Once the shape-shifting, breakdancing king of fusion, Los Angeles’s golden child doesn’t seem to stand apart in today’s musical landscape as much as he used to. But as he heads into the cosmos on...

A tribute to the late Fleetwood Mac singer-songwriter.

In July, three men were indicted in an attempt to sell the manuscripts, stolen property belonging to the Eagles’ leader. But the story begins in the ’70s with a shelved biography.

Along for the ride with Sebastian Davis, who’s built an empire of weaponized righteousness on YouTube based on a simple idea: Putting your shopping cart back is a test of your character