I’ll be honest: before his death yesterday, I never gave much thought to Michael Jackson. Beyond the hits and a mild interest in all those scandals, I didn’t know much about the King of Pop, and didn’t care to. Yes, his work affected a lot of people, and a whole generation grew up with his [...]

Products of Baltimore and celebrities in College Park, The Bridge has a sound that’s hard to describe; at its simplest, their music is improv-based, blues-tinged, funky rock ‘n’ roll.

“Day by day, Vampire Weekend seems to get bigger and bigger. It seems every day they’re dropping in somewhere to play a few tunes or announcing new tour dates. Anyway, recently, an old version of a new song has surfaced up. Word over at Stereogum is that it was leaked by their keyboardist, Rostam Batmanglij, [...]