Sziget 2023: Macklemore and Billie Eilish Bring the Party to Climax
Sziget Festival, the great six-day Hungarian escapist extravaganza reaches another satisfying climax with Macklemore and Billie Eilish.
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Sziget 2023: Florence + the Machine and Imagine Dragons Sizzle
Europe’s most hyped pop cultural event, Sziget Festival, pompously kicks off its 29th anniversary amid cost issues and oscillating visitor numbers.
Lorde Misses the Mark with the Highly-Anticipated ‘Solar Power’
Lorde’s Solar Power is a disorganized, hackneyed collection that doesn’t deepen her existing body of work but introduces a woman riddled with white privilege.
Lorde’s “Solar Power” Is Fresh and Nostalgic at the Same Time
Even if “Solar Power” might be Lorde’s happiest song to date, the track isn’t as vibrant as the name suggests. And that’s exactly why it’s perfect.
Wokeness, Out of Focus: The 60th Annual Grammy Awards
It was a year of truly progressive nominees. It was a year of confrontational, powerful performances. It could've been an all-timer -- and then the Grammys went horribly, painfully wrong.
The Best Pop Albums of 2017
In a year when your favorite long-dormant musical act finally released new material after a multi-year hiatus, only a precious few releases -- from voices old and new -- were truly able to capture the pop culture zeitgeist. These are those albums.
Lorde – “Perfect Places” (Singles Going Steady)
"Perfect Places" is pretty much the perfect capstone to Lorde's conceptual Melodrama.
The Flipside #4: Lorde’s ‘Melodrama’
Critics are hailing Lorde's sophomore effort as a pop masterpiece, but does her new album live up to the hype or does its meaning get lost in the Melodrama?
Lorde: Melodrama
Lorde continues to mine the uncertainties of youth, the tribulations of romance, and an ambivalence toward partying on her revelatory sophomore album.
8 Take Aways from the 2017 Governors Ball Music Festival
Brief bouts of rain didn't dampen the most vibrant Governors Ball yet. The fest had a lot to offer an all-ages audience. Most importantly: great performances.
Governors Ball Marks the Start of New York’s Music Month and Summer Festival Season
The 2017 Governors Ball Music Festival promises fans the chance to hear new music from Phoenix, Lorde, and many more.
Lorde – “Green Light” (Singles Going Steady)
Lorde's "Green Light" is the kind of song that will be remembered.