CHVRCHES and the sound of 80s horror
CHVRCHES is well-known for their comprehensive use of synthesizers and their updated take on “synthpop”, a subgenre of pop we most closely associated with the 1980s. While gearing up to make their sec...
14 Sep 202133min
From Taylor Swift to Bon Iver, Aaron Dessner Finds Meaning in Musical Community
On August 27th Big Red Machine, the joint musical project of Justin Vernon and Aaron Dessner - artists known for their work as Bon Iver and in the rock band The National, respectively - returned with ...
7 Sep 202127min
Modern Classics: Carina del Valle Schorske on Cat Power's "Manhattan"
Recently the hosts of Switched on Pop kept seeing the same byline next to their favorite pieces of music writing. A moving profile of Bad Bunny? There was the name. A searing critique of West Side Sto...
31 Aug 202129min
The Joy of Music Festivals
For the past two weeks, our series on summer music festivals has uncovered the interplay of festival fashion and music and examined festival subcultures. But we've so far overlooked an essential reaso...
24 Aug 202127min
The Beauty and Horror of Insane Clown Posse's Summer Festival
The Gathering of the Juggalos is the music festival centered around the rap duo Insane Clown Posse. Their songs are hyper-violent and profane; their stage show features grotesque clown makeup and blas...
17 Aug 202135min
How Coachella took the Woodstock look
The co-hosts of The Cut, Jazmin Aguilera and B.A. Parker, think deeply and incisively about fashion. For this special episode of Switched on Pop — the first in our three-part miniseries about summer f...
10 Aug 202125min
Modern Classics: Mark Ronson on Ginuwine's "Pony"
Mark Ronson has a CV too long to list here. Suffice to say he’s a musician who’s worked with everyone from Amy Winehouse to Lady Gaga to Dua Lipa, has one of the highest selling singles of all time wi...
3 Aug 202138min
Summer Hits: Jack Antonoff on Bleachers “Stop Making This Hurt”
We’ve been wanting to speak with Jack Antonoff since we started Switched On Pop back in 2014. We've had countless hours of conversation sound tracked to his productions with artists like Taylor Swift,...
30 Jul 202141min
