Music reviewer Will Hermes examines how singer/songwriter Cat Power re-created the legendary 1966 Bob Dylan concert during which the folk icon played an electric guitar and got jeered. On May 17, 1966 ...

Squeeze dropped this synthy power pop classic back in 1978, and it did quite well in the UK. Today’s listeners outside of the ...

Creed singer Scott Stapp has just released a seriously heavy new solo song, "Higher Power." The 50-year-old singer seems primed for big decade, sounding just as powerful as he did at half his age and ...

A Vulture series in which artists judge the best and worst of their own careers. “When I heard Billie Holiday sing, I could feel her. It was the first time I didn’t feel alone, because I heard ...

A cinematic obsessive with the filmic palate of a starving raccoon, Rob London will watch pretty much anything once. With a mind like a steel trap, he's an endless fount of movie and TV trivia, borne ...

Fiona Apple is heading to Mordor. It's been more than two years since the release of her Grammy-winning record Fetch the Bolt Cutters, and now the acclaimed songwriter is back with a new track, ...

The early 80s were a time of massive transformation in the world of music. But the old-school values that drove power pop, such as smart lyrics, melodic richness, and instrumental economy, didn’t ...

Hit Songs Deconstructed has released its 2024 Staying Power report. By Gary Trust Over the Billboard Hot 100’s 66-year history, hits have spent between one and 57 weeks in the top 10. Of the more than ...