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Will Toledo, lead singer of Car Seat Headrest, performs at the 2017 ACL Music Festival held at Zilker Park in Austin, Texas, on October 7th, 2017.

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PS Picks: Car Seat Headrest’s Starkly Honest and Ragged Lyrics

PS Picks is a selection of the best things that the magazine's staff and contributors are reading, watching, or otherwise paying attention to in the worlds of art, politics, and culture.

Max Ufberg

Social Justice

You Listen to That Sad Song Because It Makes You Happy

New research shows that sad songs actually create positive emotions.

Sarah Sloat

Social Justice

Triumph of the Cyborg Composer

David Cope's software creates beautiful, original music. Why are people so angry about that?

Ryan Blitstein

Economics

Songs and Ads: Ten Infamous Examples

Here's 10 examples of songs turned into ads, all influential, some successful.

Matt Palmquist

Songs

PS Picks: Car Seat Headrest’s Starkly Honest and Ragged Lyrics

Shared Knowledge of Songs Bonds Children

You Listen to That Sad Song Because It Makes You Happy

Triumph of the Cyborg Composer

Songs and Ads: Ten Infamous Examples