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Melody on Music: Artpop (Sans Gaga)
If 'Endless Summer Vacation' was Miley's 'The Batman,' 'Something Beautiful is her 'Lighthouse.'
June 18, 2025
Melody on Music: Post-(post-)punk (punk)
An instrumental akin to an industrial "I Feel Love" backs a lyric that encapsulates the euphoria of discovery.
June 10, 2025
With Every Word and Every Breath: Against Me!’s ‘White Crosses’ at 15
'White Crosses' is the rare "I need to transition or I'll be dead soon" album.
June 8, 2025
Melody on Music: Legends
Believe it or not, Willie Nelson is not the oldest artist in this week's roundup.
May 30, 2025
Melody on Music: Bandmates
"Sometimes there's no coming back from your fears realized" is a truth we all have to reckon with eventually.
May 20, 2025
Melody on Music: The Proto-Hyperpop to Hyperpop Pipeline
Skrillex stays getting the last laugh, haters.
May 9, 2025
Melody on Music: Kill the Part of You That Cringes
These new releases will make you shout "THEY!" and "NEIGH!"
April 29, 2025
Digital Get-Downs & Apocalyptic Space Quests: ‘No Strings Attached’ at 25
If I can't have greatness, baffle me.
March 21, 2025
I’m Looking Forward to the Girl I Wanna Be: How Miranda Lambert Speaks to My Transfemininity
How does a cisgender, heterosexual country singer keep speaking to trans women on some fundamental level?
