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What I Learned From Being a Groupie
There shouldn't be so much stigma around women using their sexuality to get ahead in a music industry that is still rampantly sexist.
"It's Taboo, No One Ever Mentions Their Name Again" - What Happens When An Artist Gets Dropped?
What's it like to get dropped? We speak to artists who've been let go and the record label bosses who have had to cut the chord.
Allowed for Performance: Punk and Rebellion in 1980s Siberia
Bands like Survival Instruction and Civil Defense got punk and disorderly under the Communist system.
GoldLink, Umasked, Comes Down to Earth Before He Takes It Over
DC's GoldLink is on the cusp of serious fame, but the further his music takes him, the less he seems to put up a facade.
It's Taken 21 Years To See Kurt Cobain From The Feminine Perspective
Frances, Wendy, Kim, and Courtney have given us the insight we never had.
How Independent Artists and Labels Are Getting Squeezed Out by the “Vinyl Revival”
Record sales have risen 900 percent over the last decade. So why is that bad?
From Run DMC to Run The Jewels, This is How Comic Books Influenced Hip-Hop
We chat with Darryl 'DMC' McDaniels about heroes, villains, and the rap imagination.
How to Survive the Best Party on the Planet: Trinidad Carnival
Trinidad Carnival is two months of "fetting" and "liming." It's as if India’s Holi festival did P90X on steroids. Here's the skinny on this Trini bacchanal and how to survive your comedown.
Black Pussy and Viet Cong: When Is A Band Name So Offensive It Should Be Changed?
Freedom of expression and censorship aren't immune to dumb ideas.
Bitch, I'm Madonna: "I Want to Live Forever and I'm Going to"
We sat down with the pop pioneer to talk sexism and motherhood, the search for love, the magic of Miley, and the viability of dating Drake.
What's It like to Be a Jobbing Actor in the World of Major Music Videos?
From being buried alive by Spike Jonze to learning kung fu in Romania, five unsung stars tell their stories.
The Weirdest Nether Regions of Soundcloud and Our Millennial Desire to Recontextualise Content
Aren't we all just humans on the internet, searching for #content that means something?