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10 Essential Keyboard Tracks to Celebrate National Piano Month

September is National Piano Month. As you’re probably well aware, musicians have been tickling the ivories for centuries now, and popular music as we know it wouldn’t be the same without the instrument....  read more

The Jackson 5 + Passion Pit = The Jackson Pit

Xaphoon Jones of Chiddy Bang has brilliantly mashed up The Jackson 5’s “I Want You Back” with Passion Pit’s “Sleepyhead.” And while it’s always depressing to think of little Michael Jackson—so happy- and normal-looking—this is worth a revisit....  read more

13 Artists and Their Attention-Grabbing TV Debuts

Way back before those crazy interwebs could make someone like Rebecca Black an overnight sensation, the best way to reach a national audience was to appear on TV.  read more

The Greatest Art Ever Made About the Midwest

The new Cam’ron single “Get It In Ohio” is, amongst other things, an ode to the Midwest. In the grainy video, Cam and friends drive through slushy streets and complete business transactions in parking lots—and even if this doesn’t conform to your personal Midwestern experience, there’s a shock of recognition in seeing the heartland represented so proudly in a rap song. As someone who spent a fair amount of time in the Midwest myself, this got me thinking about other memorable songs, albums, movies and literature about the oft-ignored expanse of real estate known pejoratively as “flyover country.” Here are my...  read more