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When do we say “enough’s enough” with repackaging The Beatles?
By kenneth-partridge December 4, 2015 | 6:00am
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“Christmas Wrapping” charms even the surliest of holiday hearts
By Marah Eakin December 3, 2015 | 6:00pm
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Christmas songs don’t have to be novelty songs
By Erik Adams December 2, 2015 | 7:00pm
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Robert Palmer’s “Addicted To Love” helped define the MTV era
By Ron Hart December 2, 2015 | 6:00am
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Floor told metal dudes that it’s okay to be boy crazy
By J.J. Anselmi December 1, 2015 | 6:00am
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Darlene Love recorded the definitive, weird “Marshmallow World”
By Gwen Ihnat November 30, 2015 | 7:00pm
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It’s five against one with 60 minutes that define Pearl Jam
By Alex McLevy November 30, 2015 | 6:00am
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Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks dig into their “Dragonfly Pie”
By Danette Chavez November 25, 2015 | 7:00pm
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With “Pie,” Karp makes learning delicious
By Nick Wanserski November 24, 2015 | 7:00pm
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Where to start with Jamaican dancehall
By Miles Raymer November 24, 2015 | 6:00am
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Dead at 26, Baby Huey left the world one grand LP
By Leo DeLuca November 24, 2015 | 6:00am
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Warrant’s “Cherry Pie” cooks up the least subtle food metaphor possible
By Alex McLevy November 23, 2015 | 7:00pm
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Rolling down the “Lost Highway” with Hank, Billy Bob, and Jeff Buckley
By Noel Murray November 23, 2015 | 4:00pm
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An app for lists, live Rush, and 3 old Promise Ring favorites
By Becca James, Marah Eakin, Cameron Scheetz November 21, 2015 | 6:00am
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Win a Crosley C100 player and a collection of holiday vinyl, courtesy of Universal
By Cameron Scheetz November 20, 2015 | 9:05pm
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The Clerks soundtrack offered an ode to everyone’s favorite Wookiee
By Gwen Ihnat November 20, 2015 | 6:00pm
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Oh shit, do we have to start paying attention to Justin Bieber?
By Miles Raymer November 18, 2015 | 6:08pm
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LL Cool J’s Radio and the genesis of Def Jam
By Corbin Reiff November 18, 2015 | 3:00pm
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Freddie Mercury doesn’t like Star Wars (or Jaws, but hey, it’s not Jaws Week)
By William Hughes November 17, 2015 | 7:00pm
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Mclusky goes Star Wars-lite on “Lightsabre Cocksucking Blues”
By Danette Chavez November 16, 2015 | 7:00pm
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Kendrick Lamar imbues a root vegetable with literary meaning
By Katie Rife November 13, 2015 | 6:00pm
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A Gothic classic inspired Kate Bush’s debut single, and launched her career
By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky November 12, 2015 | 6:00pm
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Emily Heller on Taylor Swift’s slut-shaming “You Belong With Me”
By Marah Eakin November 12, 2015 | 6:00am
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The Smiths threw a grab-bag of literary references into “Shakespeare’s Sister”
By Gwen Ihnat November 11, 2015 | 7:00pm
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Why Harvey Danger’s ’90s alt-rock hit “Flagpole Sitta” endures
By Annie Zaleski November 11, 2015 | 6:00am
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Archers Of Loaf liberally cribbed from Waiting For Godot
By Josh Modell November 10, 2015 | 6:00pm
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The Doors perfectly captures cultural and personal disillusionment
By Kyle Fowle November 10, 2015 | 6:00am
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Somewhere over the rainbow, Cursive imagines “Dorothy At Forty”
By Danette Chavez November 9, 2015 | 7:00pm
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In 3 new books, does punk bark translate into non-fiction bite?
By Jason Heller November 9, 2015 | 6:00am
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12 albums that deserve (but probably won’t get) anniversary reissues this year
By Jason Heller November 9, 2015 | 6:00am
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Bob Dylan gives Watchmen a mesmerizing and memorable opening
By Becca James November 6, 2015 | 6:00pm
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Not even an ’80s training montage can help Giles slay Buffy’s demons
By Laura M. Browning November 5, 2015 | 7:00pm
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Does Ride’s Nowhere embody shoegaze, or transcend it?
By Annie Zaleski, kenneth-partridge, Kevin Warwick, Jason Heller November 5, 2015 | 3:00pm
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Where to start with the indie charm of Beat Happening and K Records
By Jason Heller November 5, 2015 | 6:00am
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Deniece Williams cheers for the boy who cut Footloose
By Danette Chavez November 4, 2015 | 7:00pm
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Duran Duran’s “A View To A Kill” propelled James Bond into the modern world
By Annie Zaleski November 4, 2015 | 3:00pm
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Ian Karmel on why “Suck My Kiss” is the “Guy Fieri of songs”
By Marah Eakin November 4, 2015 | 6:00am
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From Presley to Hell: How Sun Records and Ork Records defined rock ’n’ roll
By Noel Murray November 3, 2015 | 6:00am
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Maynard James Keenan on baling hay, genies, and ruining family photos
By Jonathan K. Dick November 2, 2015 | 6:00am
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A game for 2, escape rooms, and new music from an ex-Oxford Collapse member
By William Hughes, Erik Adams, Alex McLevy October 31, 2015 | 5:00am
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Lord Huron’s “Love Like Ghosts” asserts the rarity of love and ghosts
By Becca James October 30, 2015 | 5:00pm
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Tegan And Sara’s “Walking With A Ghost” is a portrait in denial
By Joshua Alston October 29, 2015 | 5:00pm
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Owen’s “The Ghost Of What Should’ve Been” explores the horror of an empty room
By David Anthony October 28, 2015 | 6:00pm
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Springsteen and Steinbeck tell the same story
By Caitlin PenzeyMoog October 27, 2015 | 5:00pm
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There’s a ghost in R. Dean Taylor’s house
By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky October 26, 2015 | 6:00pm
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A GWAR book, some vomit-inducing jelly beans, and The Front Bottoms
By Kyle Ryan, Gwen Ihnat, Josh Modell October 24, 2015 | 5:00am
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“Nimrod’s Son” dumps his family legacy in this Pixies song
By Danette Chavez October 23, 2015 | 5:00pm
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Elvis Costello on writing a memoir while rejecting nostalgia
By David Brusie October 23, 2015 | 5:00am
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Simon & Garfunkel’s dated “Dangling Conversation” still finds timeless heartache
By Nick Wanserski October 22, 2015 | 6:00pm
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60 minutes of James Brown being super bad
By Noel Murray October 22, 2015 | 3:00pm
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On “Styrofoam Plates,” Death Cab For Cutie got angry
By Kyle Ryan October 21, 2015 | 6:00pm
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“Cold Blooded Old Times” is almost too sad to listen to
By Marah Eakin October 20, 2015 | 6:00pm
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The many spins on “Like A Rolling Stone,” from Bob Marley to Green Day
By Noel Murray October 20, 2015 | 3:00pm
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Mellon Collie foretold both glory and doom for The Smashing Pumpkins
By Corbin Reiff October 20, 2015 | 5:00am
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“Run Joey Run” from your girlfriend’s crazed, gun-toting father
By Gwen Ihnat October 19, 2015 | 6:00pm
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Does No Doubt’s Tragic Kingdom still matter?
By Marah Eakin, Alex McLevy, Annie Zaleski, Evan Rytlewski October 17, 2015 | 5:00am
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A former teen idol found his voice by trying someone else’s
By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky October 16, 2015 | 5:00pm
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Aimee Mann rediscovered the true loneliness in Harry Nilsson’s “One”
By William Hughes October 15, 2015 | 5:00pm
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Colin Hanks on his lifelong CHiPs theme song earworm
By Drew Fortune October 15, 2015 | 3:00pm
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This pop-punk “Closer To Fine” isn’t an ironic jab at Indigo Girls
By Kyle Ryan October 14, 2015 | 6:00pm
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This is the best version of “Cornflake Girl,” including Tori Amos’ original
By Alex McLevy October 13, 2015 | 6:00pm
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With his warm, breezy Southern Nights, Allen Toussaint humbly claimed his due
By Noel Murray October 13, 2015 | 5:00am
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Macha Loved Bedhead’s “Believe” turns Cher’s sadness and desperation up to 11
By Marah Eakin October 12, 2015 | 6:00pm
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Los Angeles, win weekend passes to the first-ever Wax Record Fair
By Cameron Scheetz October 9, 2015 | 7:30pm
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Rush captures “The Spirit Of Radio” with an honest ode
By Becca James October 9, 2015 | 5:00pm
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An urgent barn-burner kicks off the best album of Springsteen’s 21st century
By Alex McLevy October 8, 2015 | 5:00pm
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“Mexican Radio” blended mariachi, synth, and psychobilly, to great results
By Marah Eakin October 7, 2015 | 6:00pm
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Comedian Randy Liedtke on why “Young Folks” is Swedish brainwashing music
By Marah Eakin October 7, 2015 | 5:00am
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Aggressive and ambiguous, “The End Of Radio” is peak Shellac
By Kyle Ryan October 6, 2015 | 5:00pm
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Celebrating Bruce Springsteen’s dark folk masterpiece
By Ron Hart October 6, 2015 | 5:00am
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“Video Killed The Radio Star” killed the radio star
By Gwen Ihnat October 5, 2015 | 6:00pm
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Protomartyr’s Joe Casey on why “Don’t Stop Believin’” is the bane of his existence
By Marah Eakin October 5, 2015 | 5:00am
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Romeo Must Die was another bad movie with a great Aaliyah song
By Danette Chavez October 2, 2015 | 5:00pm
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Paul McCartney’s Tug Of War and Pipes Of Peace soundly fail the test of time
By Marah Eakin, Noel Murray, Corbin Reiff, Annie Zaleski October 2, 2015 | 5:00am
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Preorder Carrie Brownstein’s new book for a chance to win a trip to NYC to see Sleater-Kinney
By Cameron Scheetz October 1, 2015 | 4:00pm
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Comedian Michelle Buteau on the shrill suckiness of Fine Young Cannibals
By Marah Eakin October 1, 2015 | 5:00am
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Liza Treyger on the high school bullshit that led her to hate “In The Air Tonight”
By Marah Eakin September 29, 2015 | 5:00am
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Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham made a fine pop record pre-Fleetwood Mac
By Noel Murray September 29, 2015 | 5:00am
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“Cool Rider” was too good for Grease 2
By Gwen Ihnat September 28, 2015 | 6:00pm
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All our “Yesterday”s, from The Beatles to Jimmy Fallon
By Noel Murray September 28, 2015 | 5:00am
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A Japanese surf LP, a lived-in PS4 game, and some Minnesota duds
By A.A. Dowd, Becca James, Matt Gerardi September 26, 2015 | 5:00am
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The A.V. Club’s guide to the 8 best things we saw in Montreal last week
By Marah Eakin September 26, 2015 | 5:00am
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The The pairs airy ‘80s pop with a synth-supported harmonica
By Becca James September 25, 2015 | 5:00pm
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Chicago, win a pair of tickets to see shoegaze legends Ride this Friday
By Josh Modell September 24, 2015 | 7:41pm
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There’s a harmonica but no apology in The Gin Blossoms’ “Follow You Down”
By Danette Chavez September 24, 2015 | 6:00pm
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Great white nope case file #45: Kreayshawn’s Somethin’ ‘Bout Kreay
By Nathan Rabin September 24, 2015 | 5:00am
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60 minutes of Daft Punk’s prime robot funk
By Noel Murray September 24, 2015 | 5:00am
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Win Motörhead’s Bad Magic on vinyl, and a Crosley turntable
By Cameron Scheetz September 23, 2015 | 8:45pm
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“Orange Blossom Special” offers a harmonica challenge
By Gwen Ihnat September 23, 2015 | 6:00pm
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A brief history of live-concert bootlegging
By Corbin Reiff September 23, 2015 | 5:00am
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Under the counter: 15 essential bootleg albums
By Miles Raymer, Corbin Reiff September 23, 2015 | 5:00am
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Bob Dylan’s “Tangled Up In Blue” lays out its thesis without a single word
By William Hughes September 22, 2015 | 6:00pm
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J. Robbins walks us through Jawbox’s 1996 swan song
By Kyle Ryan September 22, 2015 | 5:00am
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A harmonica solo anchors a raucous noise band’s bluesiest song
By Alex McLevy September 21, 2015 | 6:00pm
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It wasn’t just the moonwalk that made “Billie Jean” great
By Becca James September 18, 2015 | 5:00pm
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The Stooges used sleigh bells to create a holly, jolly ode to sexual submission
By Joshua Alston September 17, 2015 | 5:00pm
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Chris Cornell on James Bond, Temple Of The Dog, and band reunions inspired by baby clothes
By Jonathan K. Dick September 17, 2015 | 4:00pm
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Bad Religion’s Greg Graffin can’t explain the main point of his new book in 30 seconds
By Alex McLevy September 17, 2015 | 5:00am
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The Replacements in 60 rebellious, romantic minutes
By Gwen Ihnat September 17, 2015 | 5:00am
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Bruce Springsteen proved glock-rock is better than cock-rock
By David Anthony September 16, 2015 | 6:00pm
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The Monkees’ “Daily Nightly” introduced the rock world to the Moog
By Gwen Ihnat September 15, 2015 | 6:00pm
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Howard Kremer on why “Just The Way You Are” is like “wrestling someone with no bones”
By Marah Eakin September 15, 2015 | 5:00am
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On Sparkle And Fade, Everclear found universality in drug-addled intimacy
By Randall Colburn September 15, 2015 | 5:00am
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Nobody loves a vibraslap more than Cake
By Marah Eakin September 14, 2015 | 6:00pm
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The Cure helps us say goodbye to summer
By Danette Chavez September 11, 2015 | 5:00pm
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Harvey Milk captured the depressive pulse of blue-collar America
By J.J. Anselmi September 11, 2015 | 5:00am
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Jack White walks gently back to school
By Josh Modell September 10, 2015 | 6:00pm
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35 years of New Order in 60 short minutes
By Josh Modell September 10, 2015 | 3:00pm
