Pop

Kelsey Byrne’s — a.k.a VÉRITÉ — career was on the up and up while she served tourists Triple Chocolate Meltdowns.

Dave Hill dishes out love advice — and love songs — to the lovelorn.

Dave Depper (Death Cab for Cutie), JD Samson and more pay tribute to a pop legend.

Josh Strawn (Azar Swan, Vaura) breaks down how this hooky record tackles narcissism, the death of counterculture and a world on the brink of war.

Tears are inevitable.

This playlist includes both driving tunes and music for two-year-olds to dance to.

From Carly Rae Jepsen to Blur, this is one diverse playlist.

A lifelong Madonna fan contemplates her new album, the role she had in his life and the role she’s had in everything.

Our middle-aged writer takes on the massive boy band's latest—but turns down the iPod lest any music leak out and people think he's creepy and mental.

For our writer, Minogue’s new Christmas album evokes the ghosts of Kylie Past, Present and Future.