My research collaborators at Yale University and I tried to figure out why we like sad art when we hate experiencing sadness in real life. We pay good money to see depressing movies and listen to Sad ...

I love her words, I love her guitar playing and the tunings, and it’s just constant inspiration for me," said Sonic Youth's Lee Renaldo.

Pumpkin lattes, knitted sweaters and sobbing while listening to Phoebe Bridgers? Hot Girl Summer’s gloomy older sister, Sad Girl Autumn, is upon us. Coined in 2019 as an antithesis to “Hot Girl Summer ...

Sonic Youth seem to be teasing something for 2026. In the years since, a reunion has looked unlikely, though Moore did say earlier this year that their work seemed “unfinished”. Before that, Moore, ...

You would think happy people would prefer to listen to happy music. Lyrics that speak to their positive mood, bringing them cheer and joy. Yet, sad music tends to have a longer-lasting appeal for many ...

Country music is a genre known for hitting you right in the feelings, and that's true both in terms of the lyrics and in the real lives of the people who write and perform these often sad songs.

For a long time, B2B brand managers believed that the benefits of sonic identities belonged to B2C companies. Unlike consumers, B2B customers supposedly made decisions based on fact and functionality, ...

The University of South Africa, Unisa, made history with the inaugural Unisa African Music Festival hosted on 26 and 27 September 2025 at its Muckleneuk Campus in Pretoria. The two-day event brought ...

Taylor Swift the celebrity is such a magnet for attention, she can distract from Taylor Swift the artist. But Swift was a songwriter before she was a star, and she’ll be a songwriter long after she ...

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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — The Sonic Temple music festival is still seven months away, but plenty of bands have already been announced for the lineup. As of Tuesday, 26 bands have been announced, ...