As we know by now, the Trump administration’s grasp of popular music is literal at best, nauseating at worst, and confusing always. After a summer of President Trump dancing to “YMCA”—but not doing ...

The band Semisonic is pushing back at the White House for using their hit song “Closing Time” over a social media post that shows a shackled deportee. The White House added the song in a post of a man ...

“It’s weird because if there are 20 songs from the ’90s that still get played at The Home Depot, ‘Closing Time’ is definitely one of those. It’s like, ‘How did that happen?’” That question is an ...

Semisonic, the Nineties rock outfit behind the perennial late-night anthem “Closing Time,” are back with a new song, “The Rope,” which will appear on their first album in over 20 years, Little Bit of ...

“Closing Time” guys Semisonic, led by the accomplished and wide-reaching songwriter Dan Wilson, have a pair of new songs out today — their first new music in three years. The soft-but-sprightly ...

The members of Semisonic are not supporters of Donald Trump, or at least of the way he's using their signature song. On Monday, the band publicly objected to the President using their hit "Closing ...