The TYF Monthly Mixtape: May 2020

In our TYF Monthly Mixtape feature, our music writers share Spotify playlists of the songs – new and old – they’ve had on repeat for the last month. This column is back for 2020, and this time we’re sharing some…

Album Review: Labrinth/Sia/Diplo – “LSD”

Everything about Labrinth, Sia, and Diplo’s collaborative album is derivative of contemporary music. The cartoonish cover, the juvenile lyrics, the drug references; everything. The very idea of combining each of their artistic styles into one project is peculiar. Sia’s powerful…

This is Pop? Podcast Episode 13: 2018 Grammy Predictions

  The nominees for the 60th annual Grammy Awards were announced on Nov. 28 and included nods for several of the biggest acts of 2017, from Kendrick Lamar and Bruno Mars to Kesha and The National. Like many music and…

Album Review: Sia – “Everyday Is Christmas”

If you’ve got the pop songwriting chops of Sia, eventually you’re going to try your hand at a Christmas album. Everyday is Christmas (grammar is hers, not mine) is Sia’s eighth album, and unlike many other attempted entries into the…

This is Pop? Podcast Episode 11: Sia

Australian singer and songwriter Sia has been in the music business for nearly 20 years, starting with her debut album OnlySee in 1997 and continuing with a respected career as an indie and acid jazz artist through the 2000s. However, when…

New(ish) Music Tuesdays: February 2017

  Welcome to the February installment of New(ish) Music Tuesdays, our monthly feature in which our music staff write about their favorite new songs. Reagan Harrison’s picks SIA – “MOVE YOUR BODY” A club hit at its finest, this song…

Blondie announce new album ft. Sia, Joan Jett, and more

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees Blondie have announced they will release their eleventh studio album, Pollinator on May 5. The album features the band’s three remaining original members – singer Debbie Harry, guitarist Chris Stein and drummer Clem Burke – in…