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Let’s All Meet Up in the Year 2024: Why Pulp’s Reunion Tour Is Pure Brit-Pop Magic
Jarvis Cocker brought out new emotional angles in the band’s classic hits, reminding us why he’s the great U.K. songwriter of his generation
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Emmys 2024: Blah Is the Warmest Color
The awards show goes for blandly entertaining shtick in the second telecast of the year
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Taylor, Megan, Chappell, and Sabrina Turn the 2024 VMAs Into a Real, Live Party
Rob Sheffield on why this year’s awards show felt like a giant pop celebration
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No Hits, No Problem: Nada Surf Are Grassroots Giants
They've been making great records since the Nineties, and the Brooklyn indie-rock band's new one Moon Mirror is one of their best
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Hinds Strut Through Hard Times on 'Viva Hinds'
The Spanish garage-punk duo has been through a lot in recent years. Here they respond with their funniest, meanest, catchiest tunes yet
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'Rose Melberg Invented Sad Girl': The Triumphant Return of the Softies
They were never a household name, but the Softies have had a massive influence on today’s generation of indie women with guitars. Now, the beloved duo is back with their first album in 24 years
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Sabrina Carpenter Seals Her Arrival As a Pop Superstar With 'Short n’ Sweet'
These songs are usually filthy, always funny, often mean, yet she roasts herself along with everyone else
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Tinashe's Freak is Unmatchable on 'Quantum Baby'
She explores new sides of her artistry, showing off her adventurous style of alternative R&B
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Everybody Loved OutKast’s 'Ms. Jackson' — Even Erykah Badu’s Mother
The newest episode of our 500 Greatest Songs podcast looks at the Number One hit that became one of the Atlanta group’s definitive classics
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‘This Is the Met Gala of Outer Space’: Missy Elliott’s Live Triumph in Brooklyn
She was joined by Busta Rhymes, Ciara, Timbaland, LL Cool J, and Lil Kim, but it was the hip-hop icon’s futuristic genius that truly ruled the night
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