Welcome to July which has roared in like a lion on fire. It is hot here in NYC with temperatures hovering around 100° all weekend, which is not promising for outdoor cookouts on this holiday weekend.

It is officially summer and it’s another somewhat quiet week in Indie Basement as we’re nestled in between two holiday weekends. I review four new records: Beth Orton‘s The Ground Above; the debut ...

Every Thursday, the Paste staff and contributors will choose their five favorite songs of the week, awarding one entry a “Song of the Week” designation. Check out last week’s roundup here. Song of the ...

Billboard's staff picks the greatest country songs of the past century that have made us love, cry, drink and dance. In many ways, country music tells the story of America. There is the celebration of ...

Billboard's staff picks the greatest country songs of the past century that have made us love, cry, drink and dance.

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I am for the circulation of useless information, words and phrases strung together with absurdities that arm us with knowledge but carry no true value. Like knowing “What’s The Frequency, Kenneth?” is ...

From Stevie Wonder and Queen to Vangelis and Dua Lipa, we bring you a short musical history of this influential vocoder When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission ...

Last week, Big Boi unexpectedly revealed that he’s been working together with Modest Mouse on the band’s forthcoming record. This will add the heralded Atlantan rapper to the list of recent hip-hop ...