Taylor Swift will face a jury trial on allegations that she plagiarized lyrics from another song for her 2014 smash Shake It Off. Swift’s plea for the lawsuit to be dismissed on the grounds that a jury may decide that the song duplicated Playas Gon’ Play, a song by girl group 3LW published in 2001, […]

Taylor Swift’s attempt to re-record (and reclaim ownership of) the six albums she released for label Big Machine, which were allegedly sold out from under her to an old rival, continues with the release of Fearless earlier this spring. Red, released in 2012, is one half of some of the greatest pop songs of all […]

Everything about the Lathums’ largest ever live event seems like it’s meant to announce something significant. This four-piece band, which formed at a Wigan music college in 2019, represents the newest phase of indie guitar revivalism. They have a No 1 album under their belts (their first, How Beautiful Life Can Be, knocked Drake off […]

The Lathums’ mid-2000s indie revivalism seems a little early in light of the 20-year trend rule. But the Wigan quartet aren’t attempting a return for the genre; rather, they’re part of a relay that’s been going on since the sound’s inception, with the baton passing via Kasabian, Catfish and the Bottlemen, Circa Waves, Blossoms, and […]

This article will discuss how has indie music has changed over time by looking at different eras of what is now known as “indie” music. At the end of the article, we will talk about some of the biggest benefits to recording and performing as an indie musician by including some thoughts from a contemporary […]

Alternative music has been labeled as everything from “indie” to “alternative.” For the most part, most people use the terms “alternative” and “indie” interchangeably. Since there are so many different types of alternative music, it is hard to pin down exactly which genre is labeled as alternative. Some will argue that alternative music is any […]