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Medium, Meet Three Imaginary Girls
Medium, Meet Three Imaginary Girls
Seattle’s sparkly indie-pop press is now live on Medium!
Dana DuBois
Sep 5, 2023
TIG Boosted Stories for Summer — and Our September Writing Prompt
TIG Boosted Stories for Summer — and Our September Writing Prompt
Read some of our best, and plan what you’ll write for September!
Imaginary Liz
Sep 3, 2024
1985: The Year In Top 40 Hits (Week 16, April 20, 1985)
1985: The Year In Top 40 Hits (Week 16, April 20, 1985)
DeBarge crosses over, Duran Duran detours, Prince drops a hint, and David Lee Roth goes full Vegas
Stewart Mason
Apr 21
1985: The Year In Top 40 Hits (Week 15: April 13, 1985)
1985: The Year In Top 40 Hits (Week 15: April 13, 1985)
Madonna Dominates, Frankie Titillates, Fogerty Fights Back, and Jules Gets Weird
Stewart Mason
Apr 16
48 Years Ago: David Bowie Invents Post-Punk, Just Before Punk
48 Years Ago: David Bowie Invents Post-Punk, Just Before Punk
How Berlin, Bowie, and one weird snare drum sound rewrote rock history with Low
Stewart Mason
Apr 12
A Photo Essay
A Photo Essay
Red Hot Holiday Tour 2024: Fishbone, Strawberry Fuzz, and Bite Me Bambi at The Crocodile on 12/12/2024
Damon Kenner
Apr 2
An Album of the Month Event You Should Check Out
An Album of the Month Event You Should Check Out
We’ve got a great host and a killer record, all set to go. All we need now is you! Here’s how to join us.
Kevin Alexander
Mar 17
42 Years Ago: New Order invents the future with “Blue Monday”
42 Years Ago: New Order invents the future with “Blue Monday”
How a song originally meant as a live stunt became the best-selling 12-inch single ever
Stewart Mason
Mar 16
It’s Not Only Rock & Roll
It’s Not Only Rock & Roll
The Stones and my cousin Barry
Terry Barr
Mar 4
RIP, David Johansen
RIP, David Johansen
Remembering a New York rocker for the ages
Lsjaffee (Writer, Educator, Over-Thinker)
Mar 3
A Guide to Emerald City Comic Con 2025
A Guide to Emerald City Comic Con 2025
While the world descends into absolute chaos, it’s nice to know there is still some joy left to be had — Emerald City Comic Con returns to…
Amie V Simon
Feb 27
R.I.P. Soul Legend Jerry Butler, 1939–2025
R.I.P. Soul Legend Jerry Butler, 1939–2025
The Ice Man was the king of Chicago soul in the ’60s and ‘70s
Stewart Mason
Feb 26
1985: The Year In Top 40 Hits (Week 7: February 16, 1985)
1985: The Year In Top 40 Hits (Week 7: February 16, 1985)
Classics from Dead Or Alive, The Smiths, and, oddly, Soft Cell, plus The Associates and The Bluebells
Stewart Mason
Feb 18
1985: The Week In Top 40 Hits (Week 6: February 9, 1985)
1985: The Week In Top 40 Hits (Week 6: February 9, 1985)
The Commodores, Kool and the Gang, Bronski Beat, Heaven 17, and David Bowie’s last good single of the ‘80s
Stewart Mason
Feb 13
1985: The Year In Top 40 Hits (Week 5: February 2, 1985)
1985: The Year In Top 40 Hits (Week 5: February 2, 1985)
King, Phil Collins, The Art Of Noise, Terry Hall and the Colour Field, and Kirsty MacColl makes a Billy Bragg tune a classic
Stewart Mason
Feb 5
34 Years Ago: Teenage Fanclub’s Bandwagonesque
34 Years Ago: Teenage Fanclub’s Bandwagonesque
How Nirvana’s new labelmates made Spin’s best album of 1991
Stewart Mason
Feb 2
When 11-Year-Olds Call Each Other Sociopaths, We Have a Problem
When 11-Year-Olds Call Each Other Sociopaths, We Have a Problem
Are contemporary revenge pop lyrics turning us into bullies?
Maria Garcia
Jan 29
1985: The Year In Top 40 Hits (Week 4: 26 January 1985)
1985: The Year In Top 40 Hits (Week 4: 26 January 1985)
Strawberry Switchblade, Alison Moyet, the last good Thompson Twins single, and a mild mashup of The Skids and Magazine
Stewart Mason
Jan 27
17 Songs About 17-Year-Olds
17 Songs About 17-Year-Olds
I celebrate my child with music, as she teeters over “the edge of seventeen”
Dana DuBois
Jan 22
1985: The Year In Top 40 Hits (Week 3: 19 January 1985)
1985: The Year In Top 40 Hits (Week 3: 19 January 1985)
Tears For Fears, somebody called This Island Earth, Stevie Wonder, plus The Style Council and guests do their part for the striking miners
Stewart Mason
Jan 21
Going Nuts for a Song Title
Going Nuts for a Song Title
Trying to solve a musical mystery
M.J. Flood
Jan 20
1985: My Year In The British Top 75 (Week 2: 12 January 1985)
1985: My Year In The British Top 75 (Week 2: 12 January 1985)
Easing out the holidays with Toy Dolls, Ian McCulloch without the Bunnymen, Limahl without Kajagoogoo, and The Stranglers
Stewart Mason
Jan 13
Remembering The Suburbs’ Beej Chaney, 1957–2025
Remembering The Suburbs’ Beej Chaney, 1957–2025
An underappreciated figure in American new wave is gone
Stewart Mason
Jan 11
Cyndi Lauper Is Still Rocking in the Free World
Cyndi Lauper Is Still Rocking in the Free World
Why her voice is more important than ever.
Steve Uppendahl
Jan 6
1985: My Year In The British Top 75 (Week 1: 5 January 1985)
1985: My Year In The British Top 75 (Week 1: 5 January 1985)
New year, new city, new chart, now with Wham!, Matt Bianco, Nick Heyward, and Melle Mel
Stewart Mason
Jan 6
My Top Shows of 2024
My Top Shows of 2024
From Taylor to Tullycraft, most of my favorite memories of 2024 were musical ones — all 18 of them.
Dana DuBois
Jan 4
Why Do Stadium Rock Singers Even Pretend They Want Love?
Why Do Stadium Rock Singers Even Pretend They Want Love?
Insincere sentimentality makes no sense within the whole self-image and audience of the genre
Matthew Clapham
Jan 2
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