The True Story Behind 'Freedom,' The Peak Black Girl Song Of The 1990s
Queen Latifah, Vanessa Williams, Angie Stone, Aaliyah and Joi were among the artists who sang the lead track from 1995's "Panther."
Queen Latifah, Vanessa Williams, Angie Stone, Aaliyah and Joi were among the artists who sang the lead track from 1995's "Panther."
Coram Parker was challenged by his friends to make up a song about the pandemic on his banjo and he nailed it.
Teppei Okada performs a bravura rendition of Super Mario Bros. — the sound effects included!
Spanish Soprano Laura Ruhà Vidal surprised the crowd with this thrilling nod to the cult sci-fi show.
The Montana musician performs this cut off Nirvana's "In Utero" with a very scenic backdrop.
HBO released the full version of "L to the OG" and it's glorious.
In the digital world, distortion is commonly created using a technique called wave shaping, which is a cool concept that I thought deserved a blog post.
Can "mmm whatcha say" escape "The O.C." and become something timeless?
Turns out not everything was meant to be viewed in 4K.
The "Animal Crossing" music team united for a special performance.
The Kaleidoscope Orchestra performed a delightful assortment of Daft Punk's songs back in February.
The sports documentary event of the year plots the tale of Michael Jordan's rise alongside hip-hop's. It also invokes feelings from the past at a time when we need them the most.
The Saxsquatch is vibing harder than anyone else during quarantine.
Take a trip down memory lane as The Hood Internet serves up the top hits of 1986 in a funky remix.
I hope they really do record this song.
Radiohead were one of the first bands to build their own website. Now, they've created an archive of all their digital iterations in an attempt to make something that lasts.
20 years ago, Britney Spears did it again with her sophomore album, the final classic of the teen-pop era and a goodbye to the gilded years of the record industry. This is the story of how it was created — and its planetary impact.
Before the lightning, Tony Cicoria barely even listened to music.
Never ever has the imagery of the song been this terrifying.
Amber Coffman, Of Montreal, and Zola Jesus gave VICE their thoughts on asking for donations on the multi-billion-dollar platform after coronavirus put them out of a job.
When a popular song comes on, nobody wants to admit they have no idea what the lyrics are.
The coronavirus has hit the underground music scene hard.
From Superstars to clout goggles, the group's look was constantly changing and never anything less than deeply influential.
Fiona Apple joined an exclusive club when her album "Fetch the Bolt Cutters" received a real-time perfect score on the most vital and polarizing music publication of its era. How did the distinction come to mean so much?
She had her first hit, "Clean Up Woman," when she was only 17 and became a key player in the Miami funk sound of the 1970s.
It's only May but Su Lee has written the song of the summer.
Pianist-singer behind "Tutti Frutti," "Good Golly Miss Molly" and "Long Tall Sally" set the template that a generation of musicians would follow
Dan Mace is dared to do a song by The Weeknd with no musical instruments, only bricks. Can it be done?
The theme was rejected at that time for being "too dark," and a Sam Smith song was used instead. No offense to Smith, but this one blows "Writing's on the Wall" out of the water.
The R&B singer would be proud of what the internet has done.
YouTuber Davidlap discovers some unique ways to mimic musical instruments on his guitar.
There's a lot of musical talent here, but we all know that the girl dancing in the foreground stole the show.
Some states are already re-opening, while others are not.
Turntable.fm predicted the future of the internet, but didn't survive to see it. The nostalgia for it hints at what could be a new normal — or just a passing fad.
It's been 55 years since Keith Richards literally dreamed up the hit tune.
The influential keyboardist and electronic music pioneer has died following a short battle with cancer.
"Bands have been honest about how much they hate each other, and you never think, 'Oh, Thom Yorke must be the fucking Hitler of Radiohead."
Maybe instead of asking their fans to donate, they should donate some part of their millions to their employees themselves?
"Dark Lane Demo Tapes" is quintessential Drake in the way it condenses complex feelings into concise quotables for Instagram captions and skips around styles to position him at mainstream rap's ideological center.
Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should.
Piano sensation Lord Vinheteiro plays 100 songs that are in the public domain which we've all heard before.
A YouTuber plugged the 1980s pop song into Jukebox, by OpenAI, which basically generates music that doesn't exist and the end result is like what songs sound in our dreams.
Clarence Hill attempts John Coltrane's classic tune in 13/8 and has the time of his life.
It seems like everyone in the world loves "Fetch the Bolt Cutters." So why don't I? On the isolation of disconnection.
You don't have to be a fan of Eminem to appreciate the skill and coordination guitarist Alexandr Misko displays here.
Rebecca Black became famous for making the most disliked YouTube video in history. What happened to her and how has she moved on with her life?
Do you recognize songs from history more than people your age?
John Williams's iconic "Star Wars" score was one of the key reasons the original trilogy was so successful. "The Rise Of Skywalker" is so bad, this YouTuber argues, that it even ruins the soundtrack.
According to Mako Ray, "I recorded myself in different outfits playing random notes on each instrument and then i pitch shifted clips to match the song's notes."
An extraordinarily gifted young musician plays both the guitar and bass simultaneously to a classic rock song.
The recording career of country music's greatest artist, surveyed, sized up, and sorted on the occasion of his 87th birthday.
Samara Ginsberg performs the classic theme song from the popular 1980s kids show.
Rosanne Cash, Kurt Vile, Lucinda Williams, Margo Price, Jim James and more pay tribute to the late country legend, who died of COVID-19 earlier this month.
Dan Dubuque performs a medley of Rage Against The Machine songs while out in the snowy woods.
He's the guitar hero we need. He's the guitar hero we deserve.
This is the sound of hope we need in these trying times.
Breaking news: this mashup is unexpected, but fantastic.
Randy Tuten's eclectic posters featured a sinking Titanic framed by turn-of-the-century revival-meeting lettering one week, a googly-eyed avocado the next.
Sondheim is the great bard of loneliness. These 12 songs from Sunday night's virtual concert show why.
"Just a spoonful of Clorox makes your temperature go down."