Can't Get Much Higher

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Nostalgia Isn't New
On the Gay Ninetines and revivals
Mar 26 • Chris Dalla Riva
An Album a Day: Released Before 1950
Featuring Bing Crosby, Woody Guthrie, Count Basie, and others
Mar 24 • Chris Dalla Riva
Live Nation, Bob Power, and The Chipmunks Go Punk: Link Drop
A round-up of the most important stories in music right now
Mar 22 • Chris Dalla Riva
Critics Hate the Biggest Band of the 2010s
Is the rock band dead? Or just changing shape?
Mar 19 • Chris Dalla Riva
An Album a Day: Before They Went Solo
Featuring No Doubt, The Miracles, Will Smith, and others
Mar 17 • Chris Dalla Riva
How Much Does Spotify Pay? A Conversation with Samuel Duboff
A Spotify exec stops by to talk royalties
Mar 15 • Chris Dalla Riva
The Piano Bar Teaches Us What Music Lives and Dies
Sing us a song ...
Mar 12 • Chris Dalla Riva and Jesse Rifkin
An Album a Day: First Album, Second Act
Few people get famous. Even fewer people get famous twice.
Mar 10 • Chris Dalla Riva
Long Live Robert Christgau: A Conversation with Matty Wishnow
The world famous critic finally gets the documentary treatment
Mar 8 • Chris Dalla Riva
Is the Dude Dying?
Or, why I'm tired of boring men
Mar 5 • Chris Dalla Riva
An Album a Day: One-Hit Wonders & Disses
A friend and I are listening to an album each day this year. Let me tell you about it.
Mar 3 • Chris Dalla Riva
When Chinese and US Culture Meet: A Conversation with Yi-Ling Liu
China and the US are two of the biggest global superpowers. But how do their cultures interact?
Mar 1 • Chris Dalla Riva
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