Maria Sherman
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Ten years ago today, July 23, One Direction created the universe. Read an excerpt from Maria Sherman's new book on boy bands, Larger Than Life, about 1D's formation and meteoric rise.
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NSYNC's 2000 smash was the peak of the TRL era, but it was also an outlier — a subtly forward-thinking pop record that got everything right about where the mainstream was headed.
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It's impossible to discuss early Hollywood and Broadway hits without acknowledging Fields, who wrote over 400 songs between 1928 and 1973 and is responsible for some of the greatest tunes of our time.
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With spitting synths and vocals drenched in reverb, the Brazilian trio's variegated take on deathrock, post-punk and psych challenges the confines of each genre.
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Electronic music as it is now known and used would not exist without Derbyshire and her spirit of human, sonic manipulation.
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In the title track from Petal's new EP, Kiley Lotz wrestles with realistic expectations and mental health, making her disquietude known with nothing but a guitar and her voice.
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If you thought All Of Something signaled the end of Sports (the band), then surprise! The high-energy breakup song "Making It Right" appears on a split 7" with sob rockers Plush.
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Emo has its survivors, but few can command attention the way Brand New has in eight years without an album. The band's surprise return with Science Fiction comes, characteristically, on its own terms.
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A country star turned rock 'n' roll pioneer, Jackson's prolific career protested patriarchal standards of music new and old. In doing so, she paved the way for countless rock singers who followed.
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Love in pop music is often painted in grandiose gestures, but sometimes it feels truest in just feeling "OK."