As Yeah Yeah Yeahs entered the studio to record their third album It’s Blitz!, Nick Zinner brought along a vintage ...

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The presence of McCartney, still very much a pop radio mainstay in the early 80 ... art form, music video is naturally suited to choreography. Yet with the exception of Toni Basil’s “Mickey ...

Crystal Starr is a vocal powerhouse whose style is inspired by 80s radio legends, while bringing her own take to make it totally contemporary. New single, 'Part Time Lover', is an instant earworm that ...

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Playfully satirizing the thin line between art and erotica—as so much of Bressan’s work did—Juice makes a fitting final adult film for the artist, which apparently features a literal climax ...

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Lady Gaga will go down in history as one of pop’s great visual auteurs. With every new era, she has delivered instantly iconic imagery, fashion statements and, of course, videos that have ...