Tag: Pop and Rock Music

Drake Looks for Love, Repeatedly, and 9 More New Songs

Less than 10 months after “Certified Lover Boy,” Drake has returned to…

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Island Records’ Chris Blackwell Finally Tells His Story

Most music industry memoirs are front-loaded with celebrity name-dropping. “The Islander: My…

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Dave Smith, Whose Synthesizers Shaped Electronic Music, Dies at 72

Unlike a piano or organ, early synthesizers, like the Moog and ARP,…

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‘You Don’t Become Lou Reed Overnight.’ A New Exhibition Proves It.

“Lou Reed: Caught Between the Twisted Stars” offers glimpses of a life…

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Yeah Yeahs Yeahs’ Apocalyptic March, and 10 More New Songs

The first new Yeah Yeah Yeahs song in nine years isn’t a…

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Angel Olsen Finds a New Gear in a Vintage Genre on ‘Big Time’

Angel Olsen does not care for empty pleasantries, in conversation or her…

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Abba Voyage Review: No Ordinary Abba Night at the Club

LONDON — I kept turning to my friend, wanting to tell him…

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Abba Returns to the Stage in London. Sort Of.

LONDON — Ecstatic cheers bounced around a specially built 3,000-capacity hexagonal arena…

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The All-Female Band Fanny Made History. A New Doc Illuminates It.

JUNE MILLINGTON EXITED Fanny in late 1973 in part because of a…

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