Anybody who listens to pop radio repeatedly has in all probability been hit with this realization at one level or another - a ton of pop music sounds very related. Whether or not or not Radiohead knew it, the technological warnings implici…

DAVID HAJDU'S NEW E-BOOK bears a weighty, Tocquevillian subtitle — Pop Music in America — in keeping with its goals but out of step with its tone. Now, the explanation this occurred — or at least the reason we have determined to accept — i…