Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook For the past 50 years in music, it’s often been cool to be sad. The countercultural phenomena that ...

Silverchair was where I jumped off. I just couldn’t do it anymore. When that band showed up, the entire idea of alternative rock, and of grunge in particular, just started to seem irredeemably corny.

“This isn’t Tyler. It’s his brother Darius,” said a baritone voice on the phone — a voice clearly belonging to Tyler, the Creator. The rapper was in Dallas for a show later that night. He’d just eaten ...