It's not a practice that's brand new by any means: from The Beatles to Nirvana to the Spice Girls to Rihanna, there have been plenty of artists who have offered up deceptive lyrics behind a tonally ...

Have you ever listened to a song and gotten entirely lost in the optimistically jubilant melody and rhythm only to realize the lyrics juxtapose the music? If you say no, you’re either lying or just ...

Country music is full of songs that signal their dark content with minor-key arrangements and vocal deliveries that match the tone. However, that’s not always the case. Some songs will have listeners ...

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CLEVELAND, Ohio- The Cure is not just the best-known of the 1970s and 1980s Goth bands. It is one of the most influential --and unquestionably the most commercially successful -- groups of the genre.

"End Times," the latest record from the alternative rock band Eels, defies description. Lyrically, the album is a somber study of failed love; however, the band expresses depressing subject matter ...