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In The Number Ones, I’m reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart’s beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present. Book Bonus Beat: The Number Ones: Twenty Chart-Topping Hits That Reveal the History of Pop Music.  » Read More

A couple months ago, Alicia Bognanno released a new Bully album, Lucky For You — one of the best of 2023 so far. She recently stopped by the SiriusXM studios and covered Jackson Browne’s classic “These Days.” Soccer Mommy also joined for their collab “Lose You.” Check the performances out below.  » Read More

Earlier this year, Parannoul released a new album, After The Magic — one of the best of 2023 — and not long after they put out a live album documenting their first full concert. The South Korean project has a new track, “Acryl,” that’s featured on an upcoming compilation called Xtalline : 001 arranged by the Japanese label Siren For Charlotte.  » Read More

Taylor Swift’s re-recorded version of Speak Now debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 chart this week. As the publication notes, it’s the year’s biggest album so far with 716,000 equivalent album units — 507,000 of those are traditional album sales. It’s the biggest week for any album since Swift’s last one,  » Read More

The Brooklyn rock band Cende broke up in 2017, shortly after releasing their one and only album, #1 Hit Single. But they reunited for their first show in six years last night at Baby’s All Right in Brooklyn. Frankie Cosmos, who guested on their track “  » Read More

In 2022, Drake and 21 Savage engaged in a fake promotional run for their collaborative album Her Loss that included a number of nonexistent appearances — on Saturday Night Live, Howard Stern, a COLORS performance. And they also made themselves a fake Vogue cover story,  » Read More

Who is the last good band? Well, if you ask Damon Albarn or the Hives’ leader Howlin’ Pelle Almqvist, there’s only one answer to that question: Arctic Monkeys. In separate interviews, they both recently came to same conclusion.  » Read More

Someone is trying to deter Phish concertgoers in Pennsylvania with a fake police document. A hoax internal doc broadcasting a “joint task force enforcement operation” titled “Phish In A Barrel” caused some alarm as it made its way through the Phish community earlier this week in advance of the jam band’s performance at The Pavilion At Star Lake outside of Pittsburgh.  » Read More

Bradford Cox performed for the first time in years at a vintage market in Athens, Georgia on Saturday evening. Cox participated in a low-key noise set with the guitarist Tom Carter. Cox has been out of the public eye for a few years now — the last Deerhunter show took place at the end of 2019,  » Read More