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Do you recognize the name Elwood Edwards? What about Jessica Gomes? Jesse Frederick? If you're an American pop culture consumer, you are probably intimately familiar…

Sorority Noise's intentions have transformed drastically since the project began in 2013. "We started as a joke," Cameron Boucher says, before quickly acknowledging how dramatic…

The Best New Artist Grammy award has a fascinating and bizarre history. The Beatles won it. Bob Newhart won it. Bon Iver won it. Bette…

"Classic Man" is such a weird, great song. An ode to dressing and acting in courtly and old-school ways, "Classic Man" rode a sample of…

You usually can't take Ryan Adams seriously when he discusses his influences. He's a metalhead, a hardcore acolyte, and a diehard Simple Minds fan. None…

Some of us dared to dream that maybe the Grammys would have a good year this year. They'd nominated a diverse and often worthy group…

Rebecca Waychunas refuses to concede any ground to her past. The 27-year-old Philadelphia songwriter records sanguine electro-folk under the moniker Aphra, and as she sings…

Chance The Rapper won Best New Artist; the Chainsmokers did not. This happened within the first 15 minutes of last night’s 59th Grammys broadcast, and…

Did you guys hear the news? Indie rock is dead. Good thing the Grammys go down this weekend, an event that rarely honors quote-unquote "indie…

This has nothing much to do with music videos, but I saw John Wick: Chapter 2 last night, and you motherfuckers need to go see…

Say what you will about this year's Grammys -- it feels like it's going to be a downer. It's got a slate of performers that…

Erykah Badu was a rapper before she was a singer. You could tell. You could see it for yourself in Badu's video for her 2002…

"Woo-hoo!" - Damon Albarn …

Remember last year when it seemed like the Grammys might turn out OK and then they sucked as usual? They will probably suck again this…

Kelly Conaboy is the former editor of Videogum (R.I.P.) and current writer for The Hairpin. She's written about her favorite band here and here and…