With his name firmly planted in all of the metal blogs leading up to the recent release of his new memoir Down with the System, System of a Down frontman Serj Tankian did the thing and actually put ...

Turning down songs can come with serious regret for artists -- who may not realize what they have when it's presented to them. Some artists pass on these songs due to time restraints, others because ...

I wrote that song musically and Serj wrote the vocals, and it was called “PJs”. Instead of “Jump! Pogo pogo pogo pogo...!”, it was like, “Da! Pisha pisha pisha pisha...!” I was like, “What the fuck ...

People hate songs about politics even when they’re by political bands. It’s a strange phenomenon. There’s much confusion about what makes a political band. It can easily be determined by reading or ...

Perhaps the best way to know that a song is well written is to strip it down to its most natural and intimate form. If a song can elicit an emotional response from a listener with simply the artist’s ...

Whether you’re running outside or just hitting the treadmill, good music can often make the difference between a rave run and a blown goal. That’s why we’re putting together 90-minute playlists each ...

NPR's A Martinez talks to Nigerian sensation Rema about the global success of his song "Calm Down," and the rise of the music genre Afrobeats. Something very cool is happening on the pop charts these ...

There are certain motifs you can expect to find in one of Pat Finnerty’s YouTube videos: enthusiastic shout-outs to Dunkin’ Donuts coffee, for example; or the ever-expanding mobile of guitar pedals ...

Back in 2006, George Strait's "Give It Away" surveyed the detritus left after a breakup — the honeymoon photos, the bed, the furniture and even the house that contains it all — and concluded that all ...

Lara Trump has criticized the Democratic National Committee after it released an AI-generated track mocking her singing career following her recent election as co-chair of the Republican National ...