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Doja Cat Takes a Playful Eighties Detour on ‘Vie’
This time out, she’s all about synth-pop and R&B sounds from the Hair Decade with erratic but fun results
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Greil Marcus on 50 Years of ‘Mystery Train’: “I Know These Stories Keep Traveling”
The author’s classic 1975 book is still the ultimate American rock & roll epic. We talked to him about why a new 50th-anniversary edition of Mystery Train feels “elegiac”
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Chappell Roan Proves She’s Queen of the Castle in Triumphant New York Show
The pop superstar’s first U.S. concert in nearly a year, under the stars at historic Forest Hills Stadium, felt like a dazzling victory lap — and a communal dance-crazed celebration for her fans
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Cardi B Is Back and Out For Blood on ‘Am I the Drama?’
We’ve waited seven long years for the rap queen’s second album, and she does not disappoint
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The Origin Story of Stevie and Lindsey
A long-awaited reissue of Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham's 1973 debut, Buckingham Nicks, takes us back to the beginning of rock & roll’s ultimate dysfunctional romance
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Emmys 2025: How Stephen Colbert Stole a Show That Needed Stealing
After a night of tired gags and wonky moments, the Late Show host came to the rescue and punched a higher floor
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Debbie Gibson Walked So the Modern Pop-Girl Generation Could Run
In the Eighties, she broke new ground as a teenage artist writing her own hits. Now, she’s telling her story in a new memoir Eternally Electric: The Message In My Music
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How Harry Styles’ Guitarist, Mitch Rowland, Moved to the English Countryside and Made a Folk-Rock Gem
The Ohio-raised musician talks about his beautiful new album, Whistling Pie, how parenting has changed his perspective, and why he admires Chappell Roan
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MTV VMAs 2025: Sabrina Carpenter, Ariana Grande, Lady Gaga Rescue an Otherwise Lacking Show
The annual ceremony was light on star power and delightful misbehavior, and heavy on the snooze factor
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Justin Bieber: The Boy Who Swagged Too Much
Bieber follows the surprisingly good Swag with the depressingly safe Swag II
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