100 gecs and the new sound of hyperpop
Everyone will describe the music of 100 gecs differently. To some, Dylan Brady and Laura Les make deeply satisfying earworms, tracks able to scratch the itches that occupy the deepest memory-holed cor...
21 Maalis 202339min
Switches Brew
Every week the Switched On Pop team gets together and everybody shares one song they’re loving right now. It is one of our favorite conversations each week because we hear music that is new and old, o...
17 Maalis 202324min
Modern Classics: Seal - Kiss From a Rose
“Kiss From a Rose” is one of the most unusual number one hits of all time. Seal’s song can’t decide if it’s in minor or major, it uses an old-fashioned waltz rhythm, and its lush orchestration and ela...
14 Maalis 202337min
How John Denver got huge in Asia
“Take Me Home, Country Roads” is a song about West Virginia, but its message of homecoming has resonance far beyond Appalachia. Songwriter and producer Ian Fitchuk found this out when he was requested...
7 Maalis 202333min
Chartbreakers: Jersey Club, Complicated Country, and 50s Crooners
Currently on Billboard’s hot 100 there is an unexpected UK Garage / Jersey House mashup, a disgraced country star making a questionable comeback, and an out of nowhere fifties ballad all jockeying for...
28 Helmi 202330min
Five years later, the legacy of Nipsey Hussle's "Victory Lap"
Five years ago, Los Angeles rapper Nipsey Hussle released Victory Lap, his only full length album. It was the high point of a career stretching back to the mid 2000s, when Hussle started releasing mix...
22 Helmi 202335min
“Flowers” and the art of the response song
“Flowers” by Miley Cyrus is spending another week on top of the Billboard 100 – quite fitting for Valentine’s Day. The disco-country track has gotten people talking for a few reasons, but most notabl...
14 Helmi 202339min
Rihanna Party! ICYMI
In case you missed it, “Rihanna Is The 21st Century’s Most Influential Musician” according to NPR. Millions and millions of fans the world over agree, and while we try to avoid overt expressions of po...
12 Helmi 202354min
