September 2018 - Chris Molanphy

Hit Parade: The Nights on Broadway Edition

28 September 201811 February 2019

How did the Bee Gees survive the fall of disco? The falsettos? The white suits? It was the songs. Listen to Episode 16 of Slate’s Hit Parade: Listen to Hit Parade via Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, Stitcher, or Google Play. Slate Plus members: Get your ad-free podcast feed. Those falsettos, those white suits, those toothy [...] Read more

Slate Why Is This Song No. 1?

How Maroon 5 Fused With the Pop Machine to Score a Second Life on the Charts

28 September 20182 February 2019

The band’s new No. 1 is only their latest collaboration with the song factory. The Beatles. Led Zeppelin. The Clash. Talking Heads. The Police. Nirvana. All of these hit-making, Hall of Fame–level rock bands recorded together for fewer years than Maroon 5, who have now been releasing hit albums and, especially, hit singles for 16 [...] Read more