Cruel Intentions is a 1999 retelling of the 1782 French novel Les Liaisons Dangereuses, set in the world of wealthy New York high schoolers. The cast included big names like Sarah Michelle Gellar, ...

A new study has found that listening to our favorite music and the emotional responses it produces, particularly if it’s bittersweet, is more effective at reducing our perception of pain than ...

The Verve’s “Bittersweet Symphony” is undoubtedly the biggest hit the band ever had, and thanks largely to Cruel Intensions, it is a truly iconic work for children of the 1990s. But for the past 22 ...

Today in happy news that is still tinged with a faint sense of sadness (is there a word for that?), NME is reporting that Mick Jagger and Keith Richards have released their control of the rights to ...

The Rolling Stones have given the royalties and rights from the song “Bitter Sweet Symphony” back to Richard Ashcroft, frontman of the ‘90s British band the Verve. In doing so, they bring an end to a ...

The xx can pretty much do whatever these want these days and it’s gonna sound spectacular. Now the lead up to a long-rumored upcoming album from The xx has been bearing solo fruit too. From Jamie xx’s ...

The story of The Verve‘s 1997 single “Bitter Sweet Symphony” is maybe more fascinating than the song itself. The song was built around a sample of The Andrew Oldham Orchestra‘s loungey instrumental ...

The Verve have a lot of great songs. From 1993 to 2008, they released four albums. An always combustible group, the period (for now) in which the Verve were active was punctuated by an abrupt breakup ...

The Verve is most known for “Bitter Sweet Symphony”, but two studio albums and a break-up preceded the timeless anthem. You’ll see below why the title of The Verve’s biggest hit in many ways sums up ...