A podcast all about the making and meaning of popular music. Musicologist Nate Sloan & songwriter Charlie Harding pull back the curtain on how pop hits work magic on our ears & our culture. From Vulture and the Vox Media Podcast Network.
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 10 days 10 hours 57 minutes
James Blake & The Return of Harmony
“I find contentment and bliss in a chord progression, but it's fleeting”
Sparkle spoke out against R Kelly. It cost her her career.
On this week’s episode we're sharing a story fromThe Cut where senior writer Angelina Chapin and co-host Jazmín Aguilera talk about and talk with Sparkle (born Stephanie Edwards), who first reported R. Kelly to the police for allegedly sexually abusing her 14-year-old niece. Back then, no one believed her, but following the explosive documentary Surviving R. Kelly and the R&B artist’s trial, at the end of which he was found guilty of nine federal sex crimes, she’s been vindicated...
The Mystery of Montero AKA Lil Nas X (feat. Take A Daytrip)
How Lil Nas X Rattled the World to Earn his Second #1 Hit
episode 25: Deja Vu: Why Olivia Rodrigo keeps giving up songwriting credits
Copyright lawsuits are on the rise and changing the music business
CHVRCHES and the sound of 80s horror
How internet trolls and horror film icon John Carpenter inspired their new album Screen Violence
From Taylor Swift to Bon Iver, Aaron Dessner Finds Meaning in Musical Community
“Being collaborative is risky on some level...but it's the most important thing”
Modern Classics: Carina del Valle Schorske on Cat Power's "Manhattan"
Why every song about Manhattan is a pop song
The Beauty and Horror of Insane Clown Posse's Summer Festival
What we can learn from one of the most controversial, and most misunderstood, music festivals