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"Miracle Drug" uses vocalist Adrian Acosta's autoimmune condition to deliver a message of appreciation for what really matters.

On March 10, 2015, Australian psych-rock musician Kevin Parker released what is now considered the most groundbreaking song of his career. Under the moniker Tame Impala, Parker had already released ...

For at least a few years now, country music has been spilling over into all walks of musical life, and it’s a trend that just keeps ramping up. Pop stars like Beyoncé, Lana Del Rey, Post Malone, and ...

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As far as rock stardom goes, Grizzly Bear was never an obvious candidate. A Brooklyn-based band that formed in 2002, it specialized in subtlety—delicate riffs, choir-like singing, meandering melodies.

The 615 Indie Live music festival will return for its second year on February 7, 2026. The event will feature nearly 50 independent artists (and counting) across 15 different Nashville music venues.

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The recent stomp clap discourse sparked a lot of conversations about how the divisive 2010s subgenre grew out of 2000s indie-folk, and the evolution (and “gentrification”) of the latter is actually ...