Tag: mainstream

• Pop’s need for speed: ‘You have to drop new stuff constantly’

  September 19, 2019

  The music industry in 2019, says Foals frontman Yannis Philippakis, could be compared to a Pez dispenser. He is not talking about big heads – rather, the seemingly endless, instantly… more ›

• How Much of the New American Songbook Will Be Sung in Spanish?

  September 14, 2019

  Is it really possible that today’s Latino musicians will be remembered primarily via the dude from Matchbox Twenty? Slate’s New American Songbook, a project dedicated to predicting which songs from… more ›

• ‘Quality’ Is a Distraction – If It Exists at All (Netflix Misunderstandings, Pt. 6)

  June 15, 2019

  The first lesson you learn when you start working in Hollywood is that everyone you know has an opinion to offer on the content you do (or choose not to)… more ›

• Harry Styles is a Business, and Fangirls Are…

  September 17, 2017

  Harry Styles is a Business, and Fangirls Are Buying It » The success of Harry Styles’s breakthrough performance in Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk is no surprise, according to Dr. Francesca Coppa. more ›

• The Refragmentation

  January 2, 2016

  The Refragmentation » One advantage of being old is that you can see change happen in your lifetime. A lot of the change I’ve seen is fragmentation. US politics is… more ›