Twenty years after the 9/11 terrorist attacks irrevocably altered the United States, the fallout still reverberates in the music industry.
Category: Article
Article, Featured, Music Business
Article: Don’t Panic – Spotify isn’t destroying the music industry, only changing it.
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
Introducing your one go-to playlist for all the best tracks breaking and bubbling under the Pop scene.
Article, Special
Feature: Rising Star Dasha doesn’t need to be “Nervous” on stellar new single
The budding young songstress is back with more of her glossy and impressively keen Indie Pop.
Album Review, Article, Music Business, Review
10 Year Retrospective: Lady Gaga’s polarizing and eclectic ‘Born This Way’
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
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
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!
Article, Music Business
How Doja Cat has become the biggest viral hitmaker in Pop (and on TikTok)
In just three years, Doja Cat has spawned more viral hits than anyone else in Pop has in a decade.
Article, Think Piece
Singing the Body Electric: The Sensuality of Electronic Music
Why should electronic music be considered the sexiest genre of them all?
Article, Featured, Music Business
The Future of Live Music and Streaming Concerts after COVID-19
In response to the shuttering of music venues worldwide, the most apparent solution to the absence of physical space was transforming live performances into digital ones. However, one should not expect this format to fill the void left by live...
