Vice’s The Story of Thong Song is a deep dive, so to speak, into the history of SisQó’s biggest hit single. We learn that the instrumental bed was inspired by...
Read MoreLong before iPhone-addicted Gen Z kids and millennials were documenting every moment of their lives on TikTok and Instagram, former child star Soleil Moon Frye was obsessively chronicling her post-Punky...
Read MoreBlige is known for throwing herself into her musical performances, often exorcising her demons through her intensely personal lyrics that chronicle her experiences with depression, addiction, heartbreak, and abuse; this...
Read MoreThirty-five years ago, Janet Jackson unleashed Control, one of the most important pop albums of the ‘80s, or really of any decade. The album not only served as her her...
Read MoreThe Jane’s Addiction/Porno for Pyros/Lollapalooza pioneer, who’s been happily married to Etty Lau Farrell for nearly 20 years and is the father of two musically inclined teen boys, tells me...
Read MoreIn 2009, Adam Schlesinger from Fountains of Wayne, James Iha of the Smashing Pumpkins, Bun E. Carlos of Cheap Trick, and Taylor Hanson founded the supergroup Tinted Windows — and...
Read MoreThe rock god talks with me about his new autobiography Let Love Rule and what it was like recording “Justify My Love’” with Madonna 30 years ago....
Read MoreFew musicians (or celebrities in general) have had to contend with media scrutiny, and the stress that comes with that, as LeAnn Rimes. After releasing her debut album at age...
Read MoreGiven that Duchovny is probably best known for playing heroic conspiracy theorist Fox Mulder in the X-Files franchise, it’s ironic that he’s releasing “Layin’ on the Tracks” in the midst...
Read MoreThere may be no better way to observe Coming Out Day than with my interview with soulmates/bandmates Tim Nelson and Sam “Bolan” Netterfield. Though the two have known each other...
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