Madonna

Punk Rockabilly 

Rabbling Up The Rousers

November 9, 2025November 9, 2025 Ron Hart 0 Comments 1979, 2025, CBGB, Duane Eddy, Hurrah, Left For Dead Records, Madonna, Max's Kansas City, New York City, Rousers, Seymour Stein, Sire Records, The Rousers

Rediscovering a lost NYC punk band

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Pop 

Year of the Girlypops or Charli/Chappell ’24

December 12, 2024 Ryan Maffei 0 Comments 2024, Billie Eilish, Britney Spears, Chappell Roan, Charli XCX, Girlypops, Madonna, Sabrina Carpenter

A glance back at Brat Summer, from the winter of our discontent

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Alternative Rock Hard Rock Rock 

Like Suicide: 30 Years of Soundgarden’s Superunknown

March 7, 2024March 7, 2024 Dan Weiss 0 Comments 1994, 30th Anniversary, AM, Beastie Boys, Ben Shepard, Black Hole Sun, Chris Cornell, Hole, Kim Thayil, Kurt Cobain, Madonna, Matt Cameron, My Wave, Nirvana, Soul Coughing, Soundgarden, Superunknown, Veruca Salt

Looking back on the celebrated Seattle band’s studio supernova

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Hip Hop Rap Remembrance 

Legendary Producer The 45 King Gone at 62

October 19, 2023October 19, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments 900 Number, Apache, C&C Music Factory, Chill Rob G, Digital Underground, Ed Lover, Eminem, Eric B & Rakim, Flavor Unit, Gang Starr, Jay-Z, King Sun, Lakim Shabazz, Lisa Stansfield, Madonna, Mark Howard James, Mark the 45 King, MC Lyte, MTV, Queen Latifah, RIP, Salt-N-Pepa, The 45 King, X-Clan, Yo! MTV Raps

Remembering the man behind some of hip-hop’s biggest songs

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Music Journalism 

Dave Marsh Kicks Out The Jams

September 13, 2023September 13, 2023 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 0 Comments 2023, Alexandro Escovedo, Bruce Springsteen, Dave Marsh, Elvis Presley, Frank Zappa, Jimmy LaFave, Kick Out The Jams: Jibes Barbs Tributes & Rallying Cries from 35 Years of Music Writing, Kurt Cobain, Madonna, Patty Griffin, Simon & Schuster

The legendary scribe’s latest book is a love letter to long-form music criticism

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Pop 

Lucky Star: Madonna’s Debut at 40

July 27, 2023July 27, 2023 Deborah Sprague 0 Comments 1983, 40th Anniversary, Borderline, Danceteria, Detroit, Everybody, holiday, Jellybean Benitez, John Sex, Lucky Star, Madonna, Mark Kamins, Michael Gira, Mo Ostin, New York City, Robert Fripp, Seymour Stein, Swans

Inside the Material Girl’s infectious first LP

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Alternative Rock Indie Rock Post-Punk Remembrance Rock 

Teresa Taylor, Former Butthole Surfers Drummer, Has Died

June 19, 2023June 19, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments Butthole Surfers, King Coffey, Madonna, Richard Linklater, Slacker, Teresa Taylor

Also known for her role in Richard Linklater’s Slacker, she was 60

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Funk jazz Soul 

Celebrating 30 Years of the Unstoppable Meshell Ndegeocello

June 13, 2023June 14, 2023 Kathy Fennessy 0 Comments Bitter, Blue Note Records, Don Was, Madonna, Maverick Records, Meshell Ndegeocello, Nina Simone, Peace Beyond Passion, Plantation Lullabies, Robert Glasper, The Omnichord Real Book, Ventriloquism

From her debut to The Omnichord Real Book

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Records Retail 

Rhino Unveils 24 Titles for Record Store Day

April 11, 2023April 11, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments Blur, Captain Beefheart, David Byrne, Jerry Harrison, Madonna, Nuggets, Record Store Day, Rhino Records, Rich Kids, Scott Weiland, Stevie Nicks, The Grateful Dead, The Ramones, Tori Amos, Van Halen

Exclusive titles from Van Halen, The Ramones, Madonna and more on deck this year

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Folk Pop 

Ticket to Anywhere: Tracy Chapman at 35

April 6, 2023April 6, 2023 Craig Peters 0 Comments 1988, 35th Anniversary, Depeche Mode, Elektra Records, Eurythmics, Fast Car, Madonna, Pet Shop Boys, Prince, Talkin' 'Bout A Revolution, Tracy Chapman

How one woman and her guitar blew away the late ’80s

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Remembrance 

Music Industry Titan Seymour Stein Gone at 80

April 2, 2023February 19, 2024 Ron Hart 0 Comments Against Me!, Aphex Twin, Depeche Mode, Dinosaur Jr., Echo & The Bunnymen, Ice-T, k.d. lang, Madness, Madonna, Ministry, RIP, Seal, Seymour Stein, Sire Records, Talking Heads, The Cure, The Pretenders, The Ramones, The Smiths, Wilco

Remembering the Sire Records co-founder who gave us Madonna, The Ramones, Talking Heads and so much more

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Holiday Pop 

Special Indeed: A Very Special Christmas at 35

December 23, 2022December 23, 2022 T.A. Inskeep 0 Comments 1987, 35th Anniversary, A Very Christmas, A&M Records, Bruce Springsteen, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Christmas, John Mellencamp, Madonna, Patti Smith, Run DMC, Stevie Nicks, Sting, The Eurythmics, Tom Petty, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, U2, Whitney Houston

The greatest modern-era Christmas compilation was released in 1987; here’s why it’s so memorable

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Art Pop Dream Pop Pop Synth 

WATCH: RVBY MY DEAR Gets “Over It”

September 20, 2022September 20, 2022 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2022, Gabbi Coenen, Madonna, Morcheeba, Over It, Portishead, RVBY MY DEAR, Sneaker Pimps, Spirit House Records

The single appears on the Australian noir-pop project’s forthcoming eponymous EP

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Dance Pop 

Remix/Remodel: Assessing Madonna’s Finally Enough Love: 50 Number Ones

August 29, 2022August 29, 2022 T.A. Inskeep 9 Comments Finally Enough Love: 50 Number Ones, Give Me All Your Luvin, holiday, Jump, Like A Virgin, LMFAO, Lucky Star, Madonna, Rhino, Shep Pettibone

The (former) Queen of Pop celebrates a record-setting tenure on the dance charts with a new, occasionally questionable compilation

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Retail 

Record Store Day 2022: What To Buy

April 19, 2022April 19, 2022 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments 2022, Alice Cooper, Alice in Chains, Charles Mingus, Darlene Love, David Bowie, Detective, Harper Valley P.T.A., I'm So Free: The 1971 RCA Demos, Jeannie C. Riley, Joni Mitchell, Karen Dalton, Legacy Recordings, Light in the Attic Records, Lou Reed, Madonna, ORG Music, Patti Smith, Real Gone Music, The Doors, The Rolling Stones

Rarities from Lou Reed, Charles Mingus and Darlene Love highlight the 15th anniversary of the music industry’s annual shoppers holiday

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