Van Halen’s Cover of This Classic Song Became Bigger Than the Original

When Van Halen recorded You Really Got Me, they took a beloved Kinks song and gave it a raw, heavy edge that helped define their sound.

The Muppet Christmas Carol: 30 Facts You Probably Didn't Know About The Festive Classic

The Muppet Christmas Carol opens with a dedication to both Jim and fellow Muppeteer Richard Hunt. Richard died in January ...
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Stray Kids DO IT: Every song ranked from best to worst

South Korean boy band Stray Kids just released DO IT, their second mixtape through JYP Entertainment and Republic Records. The eight-member K-pop group has been teasing the release of their mixtape ...
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People Can’t Tell If a Song Is AI-Generated, and That’s Why It’s Going to Be Inescapable

If you thought AI-generated videos were getting scary realistic, you now have one more worry to add to that list. According to music streaming platform Deezer, an overwhelming majority of people ...
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WICKED: FOR GOOD’S New Original Songs Share First Previews

One of the most anticipated films of the year (maybe the decade?) has to be Wicked: For Good. The first film only adapted the Broadway musical’s first act, ending with Elphaba Thropp (Cynthia Erivo) ...
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Miley Cyrus Wrote An Original Song For Avatar: Fire And Ash

To announce her involvement in the long-awaited third Avatar movie, Miley Cyrus took to Instagram to share a personal message about her connection to the story. She noted how she lost her house to ...
The New York Times

8 Really Great Songs From Fake Movie Bands

In honor of a new film about the (real) Bruce Springsteen, revisit tracks from Spinal Tap, Sex Bob-Omb, Stillwater and more. By Lindsay Zoladz Over the weekend, to commemorate the upcoming release of ...
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Cover songs that are better than the original

Making a good cover song isn’t easy, and most bands are lucky if they can simply do justice to the original. However, there's a short list of bands and musicians that have outdone the original song ...
Rolling Stone

The Internet Thinks Taylor Swift Copied These Songs. But Did She?

Taylor Swift released her 12th album, The Life of a Showgirl, last week — and before it was even out for a full day, listeners were already pointing out similarities between her new songs and existing ...
Rolling Stone

The 250 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century So Far

If there’s anything that defines music in the 21st century, it’s constant change. We live in an era when your next favorite song could come from anywhere — all over the stylistic map, all over the ...
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Wolfgang Van Halen Dives Into Mammoth’s New Album, ‘The End’ — ‘The Thing I Like Most Is Writing Songs’

"I didn't really have any ideas or hopes, I just knew I needed to do something on my own." Listen to the full conversation in the player near the end of this article. "That was just a personal ...