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For decades, a handful of label executives decided which rock bands you'd ever hear. Now a 17-year-old in Ohio with good taste and a phone can do the same job — and sometimes better. Here's how the algorithm ate A&R, and what that actually means for the music you love.
Vinyl sales are through the roof, and a huge chunk of those buyers are under 25 — but are they actually spinning those records? We dig into the strange new world where albums are decor, identity, and occasionally, music.
From Chicago to Charlotte, the clubs where rock lives and breathes are shutting their doors at an alarming rate. A brutal mix of skyrocketing rents, streaming-era economics, and pandemic debt has put hundreds of beloved venues on life support — but fans and artists aren't powerless. Here's what's actually happening, and what you can do about it right now.
For decades, a handful of suits in corner offices decided which rock bands you'd ever know existed. Then TikTok showed up and burned the whole system down. Here's what that actually means for rock music — and whether it's as liberating as it sounds.
Rock purists keep insisting the genre is dying, but they might just be looking in the wrong places. A new generation of fans and artists is reshaping what rock actually sounds like — and they didn't ask anyone's permission to do it. Here's why that's a good thing.