ReadRock In Rio: Tales from BackstageYou can't throw one of the world's biggest music festivals without some weird backstage stuff. Our writer shares some gossip. Andre AramJuly 14, 20224 mins
HearThe Final Album: Tom Petty’s “Hypnotic Eye”Despite decades of hit songs, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers never had a #1 album -- until their final one. Will WillsJuly 11, 20225 mins4
SeeOld Music, New Ears: Those “Reaction” VideosYouTube reaction videos of a younger generation hearing classic songs for the first time are hot. And they remind us why we love them so. Ellen FaganJuly 9, 20224 mins4
Hear“Super Fly” At 50: Still The Funkiest SoundtrackA half-century later, Curtis Mayfield's epic soundtrack to "Super Fly" remains the best of the blaxploitation soundtracks. John ViscontiJuly 8, 20224 mins3
Hear“Sounds of Summer”: A Sizzling Beach Boys ReissueThe Beach Boys are definitively "summer." But all that overlooks deeper cuts, and not just those from Brian Wilson, as a new reissue shows. Jim BevigliaJuly 7, 20224 mins4