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Comedian Kyle Mizono doesn’t want to get it on to “Let’s Get It On”
By Marah Eakin May 10, 2016 | 5:00am
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Astronautalis on how rappers need to kill their idols
By David Anthony May 10, 2016 | 5:00am
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Find out which member of The Thermals smokes the most weed in our version of The Newlywed Game
By David Anthony May 9, 2016 | 4:00pm
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Surrender to 60 minutes of timeless Cheap Trick cuts
By Gwen Ihnat May 9, 2016 | 5:00am
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Los Angeles, win tickets to the Capitol Studios anniversary celebration / WAX Record Fair
By Cameron Scheetz May 5, 2016 | 8:11pm
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The Front Bottoms’ Brian Sella on landing backflips and loving West Virginia
By Marnie Shure May 4, 2016 | 5:00am
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Paige Weldon hates the sellout teen angst of “Wake Me Up When September Ends”
By Marah Eakin May 4, 2016 | 5:00am
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Daughter on the minutiae of tour life and a memorable bathroom stall
By David Anthony May 3, 2016 | 5:00am
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Basement takes on the world’s hottest peppers in a hot-pepper-eating challenge
By David Anthony May 2, 2016 | 4:00pm
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Buttholes and lawyers: How a lawsuit threatened the indie music model
By Ryan Bray May 2, 2016 | 5:00am
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Without this production designer, Beyoncé might be invisible
By Marah Eakin May 2, 2016 | 5:00am
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Comedian Sam Jay hates Da Brat’s “What’chu Like” identity crisis
By Marah Eakin May 1, 2016 | 5:00am
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Two very different albums and some delicious dumplings
By David Anthony, Josh Modell, Marah Eakin April 30, 2016 | 5:00am
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With the Ox releases, Coalesce grew up and embraced its home
By J.J. Anselmi April 30, 2016 | 5:00am
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60 minutes of Beyoncé songs that foreshadowed Lemonade
By Joshua Alston April 29, 2016 | 5:00am
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Bob Dylan, meet Ariana Grande: Here’s what’s coming to record stores in May
By Evan Rytlewski, kenneth-partridge, Chris Mincher, Annie Zaleski, Philip Cosores, Lior Phillips, Lily Moayeri, J.J. Anselmi, David Anthony, John Everhart, Ryan Bray, Becca James, Randall Colburn, Nilina Mason-Campbell, Alex McLevy, Jonah Bayer, Leor Galil, Marah Eakin, Eric Swedlund, Kevin Warwick, Dan Caffrey April 29, 2016 | 5:00am
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The Hour Of Bewilderbeast remains Badly Drawn Boy’s ramshackle masterpiece
By David Brusie April 28, 2016 | 5:00am
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Beyoncé’s Lemonade isn’t a breakup album, it’s a black album
By Ashley Ray-Harris April 28, 2016 | 5:00am
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Nate Fernald hates Sting’s “Brand New Day,” a song for “recently divorced dads”
By Marah Eakin April 26, 2016 | 5:00am
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De Stijl perfectly captured The White Stripes’ statement of purpose
By Andrew Paul April 26, 2016 | 5:00am
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The King Khan & BBQ Show play “guess the nipples”
By David Anthony April 25, 2016 | 4:00pm
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“Barney” Greenway on the issues that’ve kept Napalm Death going all these years
By David Anthony April 25, 2016 | 5:00am
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Sitting in a tin can: 12 songs sung by orbiting astronauts
By Annie Zaleski, Leonardo Adrian Garcia, Gwen Ihnat, Alex McLevy, Dan Caffrey April 25, 2016 | 5:00am
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“Purple Rain” propelled Prince from the dance floor to the stratosphere
By Gwen Ihnat April 22, 2016 | 5:00pm
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What did Prince mean to you?
By Nick Wanserski, Annie Zaleski, Josh Modell, Katie Rife, David Anthony, Becca James, Caitlin PenzeyMoog, Alex McLevy, Danette Chavez, Noel Murray, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, William Hughes, Marah Eakin April 22, 2016 | 5:00am
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Even The Jesus And Mary Chain gets “Happy When It Rains”
By Gwen Ihnat April 21, 2016 | 5:00pm
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When The Temptations wanted to cry, they wished it would rain
By Noel Murray April 20, 2016 | 5:00pm
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Elizabeth Hand on her 5 favorite books about music
By Jason Heller April 20, 2016 | 2:00pm
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“I can’t imagine Maroon 5 having family”: Whitmer Thomas on why he hates “Animals”
By Marah Eakin April 20, 2016 | 5:00am
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Madonna’s “Rain” established her as a sensual New Age goddess
By Annie Zaleski April 19, 2016 | 5:00pm
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Hum’s You’d Prefer An Astronaut is an overlooked masterpiece
By Sam Blum April 19, 2016 | 5:00am
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With “Raining Blood,” Slayer became thrash-metal elite
By David Anthony April 18, 2016 | 6:00pm
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Craig Finn and Titus Andronicus’ Patrick Stickles go head-to-head in a Springsteen song challenge
By David Anthony April 18, 2016 | 4:00pm
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60 emotion-packed minutes with Elliott Smith
By Corbin Reiff April 16, 2016 | 5:00am
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Parquet Courts’ Sean Yeaton hates Don McLean’s arrogant “American Pie”
By Marah Eakin April 15, 2016 | 3:00pm
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Iconic hardcore album Jane Doe forged a new voice for Converge
By Kevin Warwick April 14, 2016 | 5:00am
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Grace captured Jeff Buckley’s inimitable voice and talent
By Annie Zaleski April 13, 2016 | 2:00pm
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Andrew Bird on a childhood mishap and the dangers of Costco
By Gwen Ihnat April 13, 2016 | 5:00am
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19 bands that have plowed through 3 or more frontmen without a name change
By Jason Heller, Dan Caffrey, Annie Zaleski, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, David Anthony, Noel Murray April 13, 2016 | 5:00am
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Cheap Trick, N.W.A., and no Peter Cetera: Jimmy Pardo recaps the 2016 Rock Hall inductions
By Marah Eakin April 12, 2016 | 3:00pm
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Thomas Dolby’s hit album soared after 3 tries—and one loud “Science!”
By Noel Murray April 12, 2016 | 5:00am
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Watch Andrew W.K. deliver a motivational speech about “positive pizza partying”
By David Anthony April 11, 2016 | 4:00pm
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“I don’t think people come to a Frightened Rabbit show to feel sad”
By Josh Modell April 11, 2016 | 3:00pm
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“Sweet Child O’ Mine” marked a turning point for Guns N’ Roses
By Art Tavana April 11, 2016 | 5:00am
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Live Bullet catapulted Bob Seger from a regional hero to a national superstar
By Corbin Reiff April 10, 2016 | 5:00am
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A magazine redesign, a world tour, and a “sticky” speaker
By David Anthony, Joshua Alston, Becca James April 9, 2016 | 5:00am
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Does Cheap Trick still command a stage 43 years on?
By Katie Rife, Mike Vanderbilt April 9, 2016 | 5:00am
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The Gift was The Jam’s cranky, inspired, unexpected farewell
By Noel Murray April 8, 2016 | 5:00am
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60 minutes of deeper cuts from the underrated Soul Asylum
By Gwen Ihnat April 6, 2016 | 3:00pm
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Bill Walton on seeing the Grateful Dead over 800 times
By Eric Swedlund April 6, 2016 | 5:00am
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Explosions In The Sky on The Wilderness and not being the band it used to be
By David Anthony April 5, 2016 | 5:00pm
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Can Fruit Bats’ Eric D. Johnson identify these other notable Johnsons?
By Erik Adams April 4, 2016 | 4:00pm
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Rick Springfield on meeting Elvis and dressing up like Fred Flintstone
By Gwen Ihnat April 2, 2016 | 5:00am
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Cloudy with a chance of Drake: Here’s what’s coming to record stores in April
By kenneth-partridge, J.J. Anselmi, David Anthony, Ryan Bray, Corbin Reiff, Eric Swedlund, Evan Rytlewski, Annie Zaleski, Alex McLevy, Randall Colburn, Paula Mejia, Dianca London, Philip Cosores, John Everhart, Nilina Mason-Campbell, Kevin Warwick, Chris Mincher, Josh Modell, Katie Rife, Sam Blum, Kyle Fowle, Marah Eakin, Dan Caffrey March 31, 2016 | 5:00am
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Gnarls Barkley’s “Crazy” embraced the eccentric in R&B
By TJ Kliebhan March 30, 2016 | 5:00am
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“Sunshine on the waste land”: 20 songs about nuclear annihilation
By Evan Rytlewski, Nick Wanserski, Gwen Ihnat, Molly Eichel, Becca James, Caitlin PenzeyMoog, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, Danette Chavez, Noel Murray, William Hughes, Jesse Hassenger, Mike Vago March 30, 2016 | 5:00am
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The Pretenders’ Learning To Crawl was a triumphant comeback from tragedy
By Noel Murray March 29, 2016 | 5:00am
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Can Migos agree-gos in our rap-centric version of The Newlywed Game?
By David Anthony March 28, 2016 | 4:00pm
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Some closing-credit tunes, “old-people candy,” and teenage Gothamites
By Caitlin PenzeyMoog, Alex McLevy, Cameron Scheetz March 26, 2016 | 5:00am
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Comedian Julian McCullough hates DMB’s condescending “Ants Marching”
By Marah Eakin March 26, 2016 | 5:00am
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Win a Crosley Bound turntable and three new records from Triple Crown
By Cameron Scheetz March 25, 2016 | 9:45pm
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Fela Kuti jams on class differences
By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky March 25, 2016 | 5:00pm
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PJ Harvey’s “The Community Of Hope” finds a talented artist out of her depth
By Joshua Alston March 25, 2016 | 2:39pm
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The New Pornographers fight an uncertain battle with “My Rights Versus Yours”
By Nick Wanserski March 24, 2016 | 6:00pm
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Gene, Paul, Ace, and Peter case file #57: The 1978 KISS solo albums
By Nathan Rabin March 24, 2016 | 5:00am
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“The big guns are coming out / The big guns, the big guns, the big guns”
By Erik Adams March 23, 2016 | 6:00pm
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A 5-song introduction to the reunited post-hardcore greats, At The Drive-In
By David Anthony March 23, 2016 | 5:00am
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How do you sleep?: 23 highly specific rock and roll diss tracks
By Evan Rytlewski, Annie Zaleski, Leonardo Adrian Garcia, Gwen Ihnat, A.A. Dowd, Joshua Alston, David Anthony, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, Danette Chavez, Noel Murray, Drew Fortune, Mike Vago, Dan Caffrey March 23, 2016 | 5:00am
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Flight Of The Conchords created an epic rap battle
By Gwen Ihnat March 22, 2016 | 6:00pm
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Game Theory’s ’80s college-rock masterpiece is finally getting its due
By Noel Murray March 22, 2016 | 5:00am
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In They Might Be Giants’ “XTC Vs. Adam Ant,” everybody wins
By Annie Zaleski March 21, 2016 | 6:00pm
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The Get Up Kids know their Lucky Charms from their Marshmallow Mateys
By Marah Eakin March 21, 2016 | 4:00pm
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11 diss tracks that are probably about Courtney Love
By Molly Eichel, Joshua Alston, Annie Zaleski March 21, 2016 | 5:00am
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Phil Collins on his solo career, Live Aid, and The Ultimate Warrior
By Will Harris March 21, 2016 | 5:00am
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On “Tonight We’re Gonna Give It 35%,” Against Me! bared its soul
By David Anthony March 18, 2016 | 5:00pm
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Evan Weiss discusses three Into It. Over It. songs that paint a picture for the listener
By David Anthony March 18, 2016 | 2:00pm
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David Crosby answers our 11 questions
By Corbin Reiff March 18, 2016 | 5:00am
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The Replacements took it on the road in “Treatment Bound”
By Gwen Ihnat March 17, 2016 | 6:00pm
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U2’s lyrical and spiritual crisis made October a career turning point
By Annie Zaleski March 17, 2016 | 2:00pm
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In 1969, The Free Design recorded “2002,” about the cynical music business
By Noel Murray March 16, 2016 | 6:00pm
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The Afghan Whigs explore darkness and depression in Black Love
By Caryn Rose March 16, 2016 | 5:00am
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Dream pipes: 16 songs that are actually improved by bagpipes
By Annie Zaleski, Jason Heller, Molly Eichel, Sean O'Neal, Randall Colburn, Jesse Hassenger, Dan Caffrey March 16, 2016 | 5:00am
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Spoon’s “The Agony Of Laffitte” had the last laugh on Elektra Records
By Annie Zaleski March 15, 2016 | 6:00pm
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Where to start with the primal howl of Iggy Pop
By Jason Heller March 15, 2016 | 5:00am
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“So full of shit / Let’s write some hits!”
By Josh Modell March 14, 2016 | 6:00pm
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Mike Krol tries to name as many Michaels as he can in 90 seconds
By David Anthony March 14, 2016 | 4:00pm
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Art Brut’s Bang Bang Rock & Roll made DIY seem doable
By kenneth-partridge March 14, 2016 | 5:00am
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Summer heats up as love cools down in The Mountain Goats’ “Minnesota”
By Danette Chavez March 11, 2016 | 6:00pm
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The Lawrence Arms surpassed disaster to make the punk classic Oh! Calcutta!
By David Anthony March 11, 2016 | 6:00am
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Revisiting the book that immortalized the ’80s indie punk rock scene
By Corbin Reiff March 11, 2016 | 6:00am
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“Ohio” is the sound of missing home
By Marah Eakin March 10, 2016 | 7:00pm
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Guitar god Rick Nielsen talks about Cheap Trick’s earliest hits
By Gwen Ihnat March 10, 2016 | 3:00pm
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Bon Iver takes a Wisconsinite home
By Caitlin PenzeyMoog March 9, 2016 | 7:00pm
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A Midwestern punk anthem epitomizes being emotionally torn between two homes
By Alex McLevy March 8, 2016 | 7:00pm
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Sean Bonnette on switching from Andrew Jackson Jihad to AJJ
By David Anthony March 8, 2016 | 6:00am
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Quicksand made post-hardcore history with Slip
By J.J. Anselmi March 8, 2016 | 6:00am
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Phantom Planet’s “California” strikes a balance between homesick and wary
By Annie Zaleski March 7, 2016 | 7:00pm
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Kurt Vile doesn’t know who’s more popular: Kendrick Lamar or Mumford & Sons
By Marah Eakin March 7, 2016 | 5:00pm
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What will you miss about CDs?
By Jesse Hassenger, Caroline Siede, Evan Rytlewski, Annie Zaleski, Gwen Ihnat, Caitlin PenzeyMoog, Sean O'Neal, Erik Adams, Alex McLevy, Drew Fortune, Mike Vago, Dan Caffrey March 7, 2016 | 6:00am
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What’s it like to own one of the country’s best music venues?
By Alex McLevy March 4, 2016 | 6:00am
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Medicine’s “Time Baby” comes in both chunky and smooth varieties
By Joshua Alston March 3, 2016 | 6:00pm
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Lungfish makes the inevitable feel welcome on “Way-Out Is The Way Out”
By David Anthony March 2, 2016 | 7:00pm
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Margaret Cho on why Yello’s “Oh Yeah” reminds her of sex clubs and John Hughes
By Drew Fortune March 2, 2016 | 6:00am
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From Loretta Lynn to Iggy Pop: Here’s what’s coming to record stores this March
By Evan Rytlewski, Annie Zaleski, Chris Mincher, Philip Cosores, Josh Modell, J.J. Anselmi, David Anthony, John Everhart, Ryan Bray, Nilina Mason-Campbell, Randall Colburn, Alex McLevy, Corbin Reiff, Marah Eakin, Paula Mejia, Eric Swedlund March 2, 2016 | 6:00am
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In Oasis’ “Don’t Go Away,” having more time heals all wounds
By Annie Zaleski March 1, 2016 | 7:00pm
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Rob Crow on accidentally stealing a cab and turning it into a song
By David Anthony March 1, 2016 | 6:00am
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Metallica mastered its craft on Master Of Puppets
By Wren Graves March 1, 2016 | 6:00am
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One bleak day gives way to another in Joy Division’s “24 Hours”
By Noel Murray February 29, 2016 | 7:00pm
