Alan Sparhawk and Mimi Parker recorded HEY WHAT while trudging through an era heavy with death: the hibernation months of 2020, when every venture into public, every encounter with friends or strangers, hissed with the threat of infection. During this quiet and frightening time, the couple worked...
The appeal of a supergroup like boygenius is bringing together three artists who excel in the same mode: writing poignant and visceral lyrics set to delicate rock. But being among close friends allows Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers, and Lucy Dacus to explore new sides of themselves. That’s cl...
The appeal of a supergroup like boygenius is bringing together three artists who excel in the same mode: writing poignant and visceral lyrics set to delicate rock. But being among close friends also allows Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers, and Lucy Dacus to explore new sides of themselves. That’...
The vitriolic “True Friends” became a fan favorite, while surprisingly “Happy Song” proved to be one of the album’s heavier moments. History will show That’s the Spirit as being perhaps the key album of the band’s career, with the stylistic changes mostly paying off for the group ...
Rock 'n' Roll,' Keith Richards threw Chuck Berry a 60th birthday party and invited friends like Eric Clapton, Robert Cray, Linda Ronstadt and Etta James along for the ride. 'Dirty Dancing' brought a slew of pre-Beatles rock and soul oldies back onto the airwaves, and Michael J. Fox and...
The death of hippie idealism was at the heart of Lawrence Kasdan's 'The Big Chill,' where a group of Baby Boomers who went to college together reunite after one of their friends takes his own life. Its soundtrack consisted of 18 rock and soul songs from the mid-to-late '60s, includin...
Set in Seattle a few years before the alternative boom of the '90s, the defining scene of 'Say Anything' showed Lloyd Dobler (John Cusack) holding a boombox playing Peter Gabriel's "In Your Eyes" outside Diane Court's (Ione Skye') house. The film also featured effective use of Joe ...
Set in Seattle a few years before the alternative boom of the '90s, the defining scene of 'Say Anything' showed Lloyd Dobler (John Cusack) holding a boombox playing Peter Gabriel's "In Your Eyes" outside Diane Court's (Ione Skye') house. The film also featured effective use of Joe ...
The appeal of a supergroup like boygenius is bringing together three artists who excel in the same mode: writing poignant and visceral lyrics set to delicate rock. But being among close friends also allows Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers, and Lucy Dacus to explore new sides of themselves. That’...
The appeal of a supergroup like boygenius is bringing together three artists who excel in the same mode: writing poignant and visceral lyrics set to delicate rock. But being among close friends also allows Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers, and Lucy Dacus to explore new sides of themselves. That’...