When everything is going wrong, there’s nothing like listening to a few melancholy bars of your favorite sad song. Buy why do we find pleasure in sad music? If the goal is to stay upbeat, why would we ...

I have a playlist called “I Heart Melancholy,” and I love listening to it so much it hurts. In a good way. And I know you know what I’m talking about, don’t you? Melancholy gets a bad rap. In music, ...

One of the smaller but more passionately enduring subcultures in the world today is that around slow dance music. The core of ...

Turn up those tearjerkers and dig out your Radiohead albums, because scientists claim that melancholy music can actually lift your spirits. A new study has revealed that listening to sad songs can ...

You stare out of the window, trying your very best to ignore all of the thoughts clouding your mind – the ones that have been there all week, all month and definitely present since the moment you ...

From the Midwest and Southeast to the East Coast, this winter has delivered some of the coldest and/or snowiest weather on record. What better way to prepare to say goodbye to this frigid, dark, ...

Spencer York isn’t immune to getting stuck in the digital quicksand that is doomscrolling. The drummer of California post-hardcore group Movements admits to as much when Westword catches up with him ...

There are periods where I listen to melancholy music exclusively. For these occasions, I have a few go-to bands, but Rogue Wave definitely tends to make it into my rotation more than most others.

While the dominant theme of Street music hasn’t really changed, there’s a growing presence of melancholy and emotions that is increasing its utility. As way back as 2008, late Street Hop star and ...