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Frank Bruni of the New York Times, in scalding-hot-take mode while filling in for Tom Friedman, wrote a piece this week called “The Center Is Sexier Than You Think.” Bruni’s screed is the latest in an increasingly comic (and panicked, and over-blown) series of media reactions to the surprise primary …

Seven years before Jaden Smith was born, his father made a song called “Summertime.” It’s a classic, but Jaden, who grew up in sunny California, didn’t fully grasp the reason why until recently. “People always make such a big deal about summer – Drake’s ‘Summer Sixteen,’ or my dad’s song …

In June 2017, Michelle Carter was convicted by a Massachusetts judge of involuntary manslaughter for the 2014 death of her 18-year-old boyfriend, Conrad Roy, and sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison. Roy committed suicide four years ago this week, by inhaling carbon monoxide in his truck, but according to prosecutors, …

Radiohead opened the North American leg of the 2018 tour Friday in Chicago, where the band dug out one big surprise for the United Center audience: The first performance of Pablo Honey closer “Blow Out” in nearly a decade. After being a staple of Radiohead’s mid-Nineties setlists, “Blow Out” disappeared …

Anne-Marie’s “2002” is the biggest solo release of her career, a multi-week Top Five single in the U.K. built around a simple, effective gimmick: cribbing lyrics from songs that were hits between 1998 and 2003. “Oops, I got 99 problems singing bye, bye, bye,” Anne-Marie sings on the track, released …

Up until a few months ago, Mark Foster was facing the serious possibility of going down in history as a one-hit wonder. His groupFoster the Peoplestill had an intensely loyal following and enough juice to land an opening slot on Paramore’s summer arena tour, but after exploding onto the scene …

What makes a summer jam? Is it the sunniest chorus, the hottest beat, the most weeks on the charts? Do the lyrics have to be about beaches and barbecues, or is it a question of vibe? What if it’s a song on your summer playlist and no one else’s? We …

Guns N’ Roses previewed the massive reissue of their debut LPAppetite for Destructionwith Axl Rose‘s 10-minute, vocals-and-piano demo of “November Rain.” The band’s epic single would later appeared on their third albumUse Your Illusion I. The demo, over a minute longer than the 1991 version, finds Rose sketching out the …

Ant-Man has always been the runt of the Marvel litter, swimming in the wake of the god-like Thor, the super-cool Iron Man and the bulk of the Hulk. It helps that Paul Rudd is a wonderfully appealing actor with the chops to go deeper. But how can Scott Lang, the …

What makes a summer jam? Is it the sunniest chorus, the hottest beat, the most weeks on the charts? Do the lyrics have to be about beaches and barbecues, or is it a question of vibe? What if it’s a song on your summer playlist and no one else’s? We …