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Before they went disco, Bee Gees were wonderfully sad bastards
By Josh Modell September 3, 2013 | 4:00pm
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Kathleen Hanna on her love for the late artist and gay activist Robert Blanchon
By Marah Eakin September 3, 2013 | 5:00am
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Why Unwound is the best band of the ’90s
By Jason Heller September 3, 2013 | 5:00am
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A sweet song belies the nasty reputation of one-half of The Louvin Brothers
By Marah Eakin September 2, 2013 | 3:00pm
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Kick kick kick snare, repeat: 15 songs that borrow the drum intro from “Be My Baby”
By Cory Casciato, Annie Zaleski, Jason Heller, Erik Adams, Oliver Sava, Marah Eakin September 2, 2013 | 5:00am
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Petty bickering online led to one of the year’s most enjoyable songs
By Kyle Ryan August 30, 2013 | 5:00pm
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The Monkees close out the ’60s with the band’s other theme song
By Will Harris August 29, 2013 | 6:00pm
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We visit locations from Back To The Future
By Kyle Ryan August 29, 2013 | 5:00am
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Death Cab For Cutie’s muted, atmospheric Labor Day parade
By Erik Adams August 28, 2013 | 6:00pm
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“Got me a movie / I want you to know”: 15 musical works inspired by visual art
By John Semley, Kevin McFarland, Jason Heller, Noah Cruickshank, Erik Adams, Rowan Kaiser, Sam Adams August 28, 2013 | 5:00am
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“When you want to rock, you’ve got to rock shit hot”
By Josh Modell August 27, 2013 | 6:00pm
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Merry Clayton on 20 Feet From Stardom, Ray Charles, Lynryd Skynyrd, and “Gimme Shelter”
By Sam Adams August 27, 2013 | 5:00am
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With Shaft, Isaac Hayes fomented a soundtrack revolution
By Kyle Ryan August 27, 2013 | 5:00am
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Arizona punks shape-shift into a desert rock Destruction Unit
By Colin Joyce August 26, 2013 | 6:00pm
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Suicidal Tendencies’ anti-authority rants still ring true
By Ryan Bray August 23, 2013 | 3:00pm
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Barenaked Ladies’ Ed Robertson on what Canadian celebrities do when they hang out
By Marah Eakin August 23, 2013 | 5:00am
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Re-visiting the pop culture moments of 1983
By John Semley, Annie Zaleski, Kyle Ryan, Jason Heller, Zack Handlen, Joel Keller, Matt Wild, Phil Dyess-Nugent, Rowan Kaiser, Ryan McGee, Marah Eakin, Brandon Nowalk, Emily St. James, Mike Vago, Tasha Robinson August 23, 2013 | 5:00am
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How success spoiled—and saved—David Bowie
By Sean O'Neal August 23, 2013 | 5:00am
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Bow Wow Wow’s final album kicked off with an underage anthem to drug-fueled hookups
By Kevin McFarland August 22, 2013 | 4:00pm
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Tommy Stinson of The Replacements takes us to his old house
By Sean O'Neal August 22, 2013 | 5:00am
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Rick Springfield on Living In Oz, acting, and eBay
By Annie Zaleski August 22, 2013 | 5:00am
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Big Country’s big hit about dreams, flowers, and a lover’s voice
By Annie Zaleski August 21, 2013 | 6:00pm
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Kurt Braunohler on why he hates Taylor Swift’s “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together”
By Marah Eakin August 21, 2013 | 5:00am
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Old wave: The 10 least essential albums of 1983
By Jason Heller August 21, 2013 | 5:00am
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Def Leppard’s “Photograph” is an ’80s answer to those ’60s coming-of-age songs
By AV Club Staff August 20, 2013 | 6:00pm
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Ty Segall on all the tacos he’s known and loved
By Marah Eakin August 20, 2013 | 5:00am
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Not Murmur: 36 great but underappreciated records from 1983
By Marc Hirsh, Jonah Bromwich, Evan Rytlewski, Annie Zaleski, Jason Heller, Eric Thurm, David Brusie, Aaron Lariviere, David Anthony, Sean O'Neal, Colin Joyce, Ryan Bray, Dan Ozzi, Matt Wild, Marah Eakin August 20, 2013 | 5:00am
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New wave in the front, heavy metal in the back
By Jason Heller August 19, 2013 | 6:00pm
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Superchunk’s Mac McCaughan talks weird gaps, magical hawks, and slack motherfuckers
By Kyle Ryan August 19, 2013 | 5:00am
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On “Pyrrhic,” Julianna Barwick invokes the loneliness of Iceland
By Colin Joyce August 16, 2013 | 3:00pm
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Murder By Death plays wedding band
By Bill Jones August 15, 2013 | 4:00pm
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We visit Preston, Idaho, hometown of Napoleon Dynamite (and director Jared Hess)
By Kyle Ryan August 15, 2013 | 5:00am
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Elliott Smith’s ode to embracing the ending, yourself
By Erik Adams August 14, 2013 | 6:00pm
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“Chewing Gum” singer Annie sings an ode to a Karate Kid actor
By Annie Zaleski August 13, 2013 | 4:00pm
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New Bomb Turks’ !!Destroy-Oh-Boy!! was a sarcastic, snarling counterpoint to the grunge era
By Kyle Ryan August 13, 2013 | 5:00am
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From ZZ Top to Screaming Females: the eternal appeal of the power trio
By Jason Heller August 13, 2013 | 5:00am
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Part 2: 1991: “Crack and divide”
By Jason Heller August 13, 2013 | 5:00am
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Celebrate sweat with an ode to an oscillating fan
By Marah Eakin August 12, 2013 | 6:00pm
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Ice Cube stares down life in prison or suicide in “My Summer Vacation”
By Kyle Ryan August 9, 2013 | 5:00pm
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Public Enemy’s Chuck D tries to make a break for it
By Sean O'Neal August 8, 2013 | 4:00pm
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We go on location with Breaking Bad
By Erik Adams August 8, 2013 | 5:00am
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The glam wizardry of Marc Bolan, from solo to T. Rex
By Jason Heller August 8, 2013 | 5:00am
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A Dirty Projectors cover thumbs its nose at the cops, not the original band
By Erik Adams August 7, 2013 | 6:00pm
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A killer Clash cut from the band's third-best singer-songwriter
By Josh Modell August 6, 2013 | 4:00pm
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Blow-up sex dolls and Robert Smith’s hair: Lollapalooza 2013
By David Anthony, Josh Modell, Marah Eakin, Kyle Ryan, Noah Cruickshank August 5, 2013 | 6:49pm
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Johnny Cash has stripes around his shoulders
By Marah Eakin August 5, 2013 | 6:00pm
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Lollapalooza 2013
By AV Club Staff August 2, 2013 | 8:30pm
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Los Zafiros made a gem of a song in “Si Corazón”
By Laura M. Browning August 2, 2013 | 4:00pm
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Guillermo del Toro, Killer Mike, Harper Lee, and more
By Will Harris August 2, 2013 | 5:00am
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A Brazilian producer teams with a Turkish singer on ambient electronic music made for British nightclubs
By Sean O'Neal August 1, 2013 | 4:00pm
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An introduction to Rush, the biggest cult band in the world
By Jason Heller August 1, 2013 | 4:00pm
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We visit the photo-shoot site that’s become a monument to Elliott Smith
By Erik Adams August 1, 2013 | 5:00am
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Writer Drew Magary on why he hates “Paradise By The Dashboard Light”
By Marah Eakin August 1, 2013 | 5:00am
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When the drumming’s this good, who needs vocals?
By Kyle Ryan July 31, 2013 | 6:00pm
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Pronounced “Leonard Skinner”: Five bands named after real or fictional educators
By Jason Heller July 31, 2013 | 5:00am
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Backstreet Boy Howie D. talks “Quit Playing Games,” “I Want It That Way,” and This Is The End
By Marah Eakin July 31, 2013 | 5:00am
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“You didn’t think they could hate you now, did ya?”
By Josh Modell July 30, 2013 | 6:00pm
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Can a song truly define an era?
By Jason Heller July 30, 2013 | 4:00pm
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PJ Harvey strips love down to its elements
By Jason Heller July 30, 2013 | 5:00am
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El-P and Killer Mike formed Run The Jewels to tell everyone exactly how great they are
By Eamonn Fetherston July 29, 2013 | 4:00pm
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Frightened Rabbit claims to be “Dead Now,” but the song proves otherwise
By Kyle Ryan July 26, 2013 | 5:00pm
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Are streaming-music services a problem or solution to music-industry woes?
By Annie Zaleski, Jason Heller July 26, 2013 | 5:00am
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Brian Posehn on why he hates Katy Perry’s “Firework”
By Marah Eakin July 26, 2013 | 5:00am
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What is the best music of the year so far?
By Evan Rytlewski, Kevin McFarland, Kyle Ryan, Noah Cruickshank, Jason Heller, A.A. Dowd, Josh Modell, Annie Zaleski, Pilot Viruet, David Anthony, Sean O'Neal, Phil Dyess-Nugent, Erik Adams, Andrea Battleground, Rowan Kaiser, Vadim Rizov, Emily St. James, Mike Vago, Sonia Saraiya July 26, 2013 | 5:00am
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One of the year’s best R&B songs was made by two Australian dudes with computers
By Sean O'Neal July 25, 2013 | 6:00pm
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Dissecting the deathly mystique of Siouxsie And The Banshees
By Jason Heller July 25, 2013 | 4:00pm
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We visit the town that brought Groundhog Day to life
By Sean O'Neal July 25, 2013 | 5:00am
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Earlybird: 14 non-hits that show the Eagles are better than you think
By Jason Heller July 24, 2013 | 5:00am
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One of 2013’s best tracks finds Kanye West letting someone else have the last word
By Erik Adams July 23, 2013 | 4:00pm
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14 songs about seven people, two houses, a motorcycle, and a locked treatment facility for adolescent boys
By David Brusie July 23, 2013 | 5:00am
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Kumail Nanjiani on why he hates R.E.M.’s “Everybody Hurts”
By Marah Eakin July 23, 2013 | 5:00am
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From Black Skinheads to Pissed Jeans: We honor the most notable music of 2013 (so far)
By Bryan Bierman, Evan Rytlewski, Annie Zaleski, Chris DeVille, Jason Heller, Eric Thurm, David Brusie, Reyan Ali, Eamonn Fetherston, Aaron Lariviere, David Anthony, Bill Jones, Dan Ozzi, Ryan Bray, Tim Karan, Jonah Bayer, Leor Galil, Marah Eakin, Catherine Lewis July 23, 2013 | 5:00am
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Parquet Courts shine with “Borrowed Time”
By Marah Eakin July 22, 2013 | 6:00pm
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“Billiard Player Song” ferociously introduced Shellac to the world
By Kyle Ryan July 19, 2013 | 5:00pm
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Sing-Off alums deliver an unexpected power-metal tune
By Catherine Lewis July 18, 2013 | 6:00pm
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Karl Welzein (a.k.a. @DadBoner) on why he hates The Black Eyed Peas’ “Let’s Get It Started”
By Marah Eakin July 18, 2013 | 4:00pm
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We pay tribute to locations from The Room, everyone’s favorite awful movie
By Josh Modell July 18, 2013 | 5:00am
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The ’90s British Invasion that wasn’t
By David Brusie July 17, 2013 | 6:00pm
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David Lynch on why he hates “It’s A Small World”
By Drew Fortune July 17, 2013 | 3:00pm
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“I can’t believe this shit / Can’t believe you ain’t here”: 20 songs that directly address dead bandmates
By Kevin McFarland, Marah Eakin, Jason Heller, Kyle Ryan, Noah Cruickshank July 17, 2013 | 5:00am
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How a Bonnie Prince Billy cover cemented Johnny Cash’s latter-day legacy
By Ryan Bray July 16, 2013 | 6:00pm
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How music continues to draw inspiration from science fiction
By Jason Heller July 16, 2013 | 4:00pm
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The emancipation of N’Sync
By Annie Zaleski July 16, 2013 | 5:00am
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Part 1: 1990: “That’s the story of my life”
By Jason Heller July 16, 2013 | 5:00am
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“Bodhisattva Vow” marked the birth of the enlightened Beastie Boys
By Ryan Bray July 15, 2013 | 6:00pm
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“Struttin’ With Some Barbecue” probably isn’t about food, but who cares?
By Kyle Ryan July 12, 2013 | 5:00pm
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Descendents loved food and weren’t afraid to sing about it
By David Anthony July 11, 2013 | 6:00pm
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We visit the Bradbury Building, where the past and future collide in Blade Runner
By Sean O'Neal July 11, 2013 | 5:00am
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Brian Wilson didn’t want to grow up, but he didn’t mind eating his “Vega-Tables”
By Erik Adams July 10, 2013 | 6:00pm
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Hoist up the John B’s sail: 9 songs about specific ships
By Jason Heller July 10, 2013 | 5:00am
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Cult legends The Frogs are hungry, feed them now
By Josh Modell July 9, 2013 | 4:00pm
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Anthony Jeselnik on why he hates “Black Hole Sun”
By Kevin McFarland July 9, 2013 | 5:00am
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One of Living Colour’s hits illustrates an era in transition
By Jason Heller July 9, 2013 | 5:00am
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Almost 20 years later, “Know Your Chicken” is still pretty weird
By Marah Eakin July 8, 2013 | 4:00pm
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Archie Powell And The Exports spit venom at the industry on “Only So Much You Can Do”
By Kevin McFarland July 5, 2013 | 4:00pm
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A beginner’s guide to hip-hop collective Native Tongues
By Eric Thurm July 5, 2013 | 5:00am
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Embracing love, murder, and chimpanzees named Feleena in “El Paso”
By Marah Eakin July 3, 2013 | 4:00pm
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The golf club that hosted Caddyshack’s raucous production
By Kyle Ryan July 3, 2013 | 5:00am
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This Flaming Lips song should’ve played over the Magnolia credits
By Josh Modell July 2, 2013 | 4:00pm
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Group Sounds was Rocket From The Crypt’s glorious restatement of purpose
By Kyle Ryan July 2, 2013 | 5:00am
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The Internet helps a country oddity live “Forever”
By Erik Adams July 1, 2013 | 4:00pm
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On “Luck Of Lucien,” A Tribe Called Quest gets carefree and experimental
By Eric Thurm June 28, 2013 | 5:00pm
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“Healthy Sick” catches Sebadoh in an early moment of trepidation
By Ryan Bray June 27, 2013 | 4:00pm
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We visit Jack White’s magic factory, Third Man Records in Nashville
By Josh Modell June 27, 2013 | 5:00am
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David Yow on why he hates “Love The One You’re With”
By Marah Eakin June 27, 2013 | 5:00am
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Disclosure’s “When A Fire Starts to Burn” is a perfect tone-setter for the U.K.’s unlikeliest pop stars
By Colin Joyce June 26, 2013 | 4:00pm
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Every one is sacred: 17 songs about sperm
By Jason Heller June 26, 2013 | 5:00am
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“Leaning On A Bear” conjures the occult haze of the ’70s
By Jason Heller June 25, 2013 | 4:00pm
