Over the last few decades, the music business has been rocked to its core several times. In fact, there have been times when ...

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In 1986, the appeal of “(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party!)” was delightfully uncomplicated. The Beastie Boys had turned the simple art of rebelling against authority figures—teachers, ...

Once in a while, an album comes along that completely changes the game. Some of them come along just at the right time, finding that sweet spot between familiarity and uncertainty. Others, however, ...

On Dec. 3, 2018, 19-year-old Atlanta pop artist Lil Nas X opened up TikTok and uploaded his new song, "Old Town Road." The artist was used to making viral content on the internet, and that savvy was ...

The post Billie Eilish Says Lana Del Rey’s Album Born to Die “Changed Music” appeared first on Consequence. Earlier this year, Eilish directly expressed her admiration for Del Rey and the impact of ...

The global coronavirus pandemic, when it arrived in our lives five years ago this week, affected the world of music in basically the same way it did everything else. Musicians froze their lives and ...

I was there. In the basement party on the Lower East Side the night James Murphy first took ecstasy. Murphy was handing round Juicy Fruit gum to the ravers and David Holmes dropped “Tomorrow Never ...

In more ways than one, The Beatles changed the definition of what an album is. Before The Beatles (or, rather, in their early years), the process of recording sessions was meticulously scheduled, and ...