Article, The Pop Smarts

20 Years Later: How 9/11 Changed the Music Industry

Critic of MusicSeptember 10, 2021September 10, 2021Leave a comment

Twenty years after the September 11th terrorist attacks irrevocably altered the United States, the fallout from that single day still reverberates in the music industry.

Article, Music Business

Article: Don’t Panic – Spotify isn’t destroying the music industry, only changing it.

Critic of MusicJuly 30, 2021July 30, 2021Leave a comment

The more than decade-long strife between Spotify and musician's rights groups often misses the forest for the trees. Now may in fact be a better time for musicians than ever before.

Playlists

Playlist: Announcing The Official Pop Smarts Playlist

Critic of MusicJuly 23, 2021July 23, 2021Leave a comment

Introducing your one go-to playlist for all the best tracks breaking and bubbling under the Pop scene.

Article, Featured, Special

Feature: Rising Star Dasha doesn’t need to be “Nervous” on stellar new single

Critic of MusicJuly 2, 2021July 2, 2021Leave a comment

The budding young songstress is back with more of her glossy and impressively keen Indie Pop.

Album Review, Article, Featured, Music Business, Review

10 Year Retrospective: Lady Gaga’s polarizing and eclectic ‘Born This Way’

Critic of MusicMay 7, 2021July 12, 2021Leave a comment

A decade later, Lady Gaga's second full-length album is just as rambunctious but not as prophetic as she might have hoped.

Article, Playlists

A Beginner’s Guide to St. Vincent

Critic of MusicApril 26, 2021April 26, 2021Leave a comment

As we prepare for 'Daddy's Home' on May 14th, make sure you're up to speed with Annie Clark's discography thus far.

Article, Playlists

Playlist: Anti-Capitalist Pop Bops

Critic of MusicApril 18, 2021April 19, 2021Leave a comment

Has the crushing weight of living in a globalist, capitalist western society got you feeling down? Well, do we have just the solution for you! Introducing: anti-capitalist pop bops!