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Melody on Music: Conscious

"I accept that life has its ways/But I don't have to forgive to finally be okay."

July 12, 2025

Melody on Music: Breakups, Breakdowns, Breakbeats

Bangers, guitar solos, and a mouth full of worms.

July 1, 2025

Marvel’s Movie Music Tells You Who Their Audience Is

'Thunderbolts*' proves the hypothesis that Marvel isn't making movies for the kids, it's making movies for the olds.

June 19, 2025

Melody on Music: Artpop (Sans Gaga)

If 'Endless Summer Vacation' was Miley's 'The Batman,' 'Something Beautiful is her 'Lighthouse.'

June 18, 2025

Sapphira Cristál Is Having a Ball: “You Hear My Music, You Know It’s Me”

This is Sapphira CristĂĄl's ball, and we're all welcome.

June 10, 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

An American Podcaster in Basel: A Eurovision Tour Diary

Art, music, culture — a karaoke tram?!

June 3, 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