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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
Nobody loves a vibraslap more than Cake
By Marah Eakin September 14, 2015 | 6:00pm
The Cure helps us say goodbye to summer
By Danette Chavez September 11, 2015 | 5:00pm
Harvey Milk captured the depressive pulse of blue-collar America
By J.J. Anselmi September 11, 2015 | 5:00am
Jack White walks gently back to school
By Josh Modell September 10, 2015 | 6:00pm
35 years of New Order in 60 short minutes
By Josh Modell September 10, 2015 | 3:00pm
The beginning of fall means the beginning of confinement
By Caitlin PenzeyMoog September 9, 2015 | 6:00pm
Welcome the autumnal season with Sinatra’s “September Song”
By Gwen Ihnat September 8, 2015 | 6:00pm
The story of Freddie Mercury getting a piggyback ride from Darth Vader
By Annie Zaleski September 5, 2015 | 5:00am
Dion makes one of Dylan’s most-covered songs his own
By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky September 4, 2015 | 5:00pm
Lil Rel Howery on why TLC’s “No Scrubs” is just plain mean
By Marah Eakin September 4, 2015 | 5:00am
Quentin Tarantino’s least-seen flick delivers one of his best music choices
By Alex McLevy September 3, 2015 | 6:00pm
It only took 30 years for “My Baby Just Cares For Me” to be a hit
By Gwen Ihnat September 2, 2015 | 6:00pm
“Car washes” and Lego models: 10 insanely complicated one-shot music videos
By Joshua Alston September 2, 2015 | 5:00am
“Baby Elephant Walk” is the sound of baseball and tentative beginnings
By Marah Eakin September 1, 2015 | 6:00pm
With Hot Fuss , The Killers caused (and defined) a scene
By kenneth-partridge September 1, 2015 | 1:00pm
Drunk History ’s Derek Waters on why “Hey Soul Sister” is “the sound of diarrhea”By Marah Eakin September 1, 2015 | 5:00am
“Baby Learns To Crawl” applied to both Paul Westerberg and Vagrant Records
By Kyle Ryan August 31, 2015 | 6:00pm
Dave Grohl brings intimacy and emotion to stadium rock
By Gwen Ihnat August 31, 2015 | 5:45pm
When do music festivals evacuate due to bad weather?
By Marah Eakin August 31, 2015 | 5:00am
Kanye West’s sophomore album reinvents everything that made him great
By Corbin Reiff August 29, 2015 | 5:00am
How a Weezer song almost ruined my kid’s birthday
By Gwen Ihnat August 28, 2015 | 5:00pm
“Head Like A Hole” captured the dangerous allure of Nine Inch Nails
By Kyle Ryan August 27, 2015 | 5:00pm
Bright music and dark words define The Mountain Goats
By Noel Murray August 27, 2015 | 5:00am
Eazy-E pulls off a heist, then pulls out his dick
By Sean O'Neal August 26, 2015 | 6:00pm
These are the breaks: 10 of the most sampled drum beats in music history
By Corbin Reiff August 26, 2015 | 5:00am
There are many locations that Prince would like to “Jack U Off”
By Josh Modell August 25, 2015 | 6:00pm
Ira Kaplan on why he hates the world’s most annoying jingle
By Drew Fortune August 25, 2015 | 5:00am
“All By Myself” was Green Day’s illicit ode to masturbation
By Marah Eakin August 24, 2015 | 6:00pm
My hey, hey my: 28 albums with distinctly different versions of the same song
By Les Chappell, Annie Zaleski, Josh Modell, Joshua Alston, Katie Rife, Caitlin PenzeyMoog, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, Alex McLevy, Noel Murray, Jesse Hassenger, Mike Vago, Tasha Robinson, Dan Caffrey August 24, 2015 | 5:00am
Dominic Monaghan on why he hates One Direction’s “easy breakdancing moves”
By Marah Eakin August 24, 2015 | 5:00am
“A History Of Lovers” is a bitter mystery wrapped up in a love song
By Caitlin PenzeyMoog August 21, 2015 | 5:00pm
With Blood On The Tracks , Bob Dylan bid an angry, ragged farewell to his wife
By Corbin Reiff August 21, 2015 | 5:00am
Bomb The Music Industry! sparked a campaign for better weekends
By David Anthony August 20, 2015 | 5:00pm
Author Christopher Moore on the lingering skunk smell of Mr. Mister’s “Broken Wings”
By Caitlin PenzeyMoog August 20, 2015 | 5:00am
Ween’s “Buenas Tardes Amigo” sells its big twist with venomous flair
By William Hughes August 19, 2015 | 6:00pm
Band Of Gypsys was Jimi Hendrix’s funky contractual obligationBy Corbin Reiff August 18, 2015 | 5:00am
In 2000, Aaron Carter was on a quest to be the “flyest kid on the block”
By Marah Eakin August 17, 2015 | 6:00pm
Paul Scheer on why he hates wicka-wicka “Wild Wild West”
By Marah Eakin August 17, 2015 | 5:00am
Lemmy Kilmister on Spotify, the new Motörhead album, and murder
By Jonathan K. Dick August 17, 2015 | 5:00am
Modest Mouse takes the long road
By Katie Rife August 14, 2015 | 5:00pm
Sufjan Stevens takes 25 minutes to bare his “Impossible Soul”
By Caitlin PenzeyMoog August 13, 2015 | 5:00pm
Fight the Power Hour with 60 minutes that capture Public Enemy
By Sean O'Neal August 13, 2015 | 5:00am
Terry Riley turns an R&B ditty into 20 minutes of madness
By Sean O'Neal August 12, 2015 | 6:00pm
Tracing “The Tracks Of My Tears,” from Motown to American Idol
By Noel Murray August 12, 2015 | 5:00am
Heed Sleep’s call and follow the riffs to the smoke-filled land
By David Anthony August 11, 2015 | 5:00pm
Cat Power wanders around with M. Ward for 18 gorgeous minutes
By Josh Modell August 10, 2015 | 6:00pm
20 great songs orphaned by their namesake albums
By Kyle Ryan, Josh Modell, David Anthony, Noel Murray, Marah Eakin August 10, 2015 | 5:00am
When the cat says “I know you’re strong,” say it back
By Erik Adams August 7, 2015 | 5:00pm
When your daughter says, “You should write a song about the cat”
By Joshua Alston August 6, 2015 | 5:00pm
20 years later, Blind Melon’s maligned Soup deserves another taste
By Steven Shehori August 6, 2015 | 5:00am
Michael Jackson’s first solo No. 1 hit was an ode to a rat
By Gwen Ihnat August 5, 2015 | 6:00pm
Old 97’s hid a missing-cat saga in a love song
By Laura M. Browning August 4, 2015 | 5:00pm
The Stones blended slavery, sex, and (maybe) heroin in “Brown Sugar”
By Corbin Reiff August 4, 2015 | 5:00am
Lollapalooza 2015: Scantily clad teens, evacuations, and Paul McCartney
By Kyle Ryan, Cameron Scheetz, Alex McLevy, Corbin Reiff, Randall Colburn, Marah Eakin August 3, 2015 | 6:51pm
“Martha My Dear” isn’t really about a dog, but who cares
By Marah Eakin August 3, 2015 | 6:00pm
A delicious-looking Instagram, Japan’s most famous artist, and Miley Cyrus
By Caitlin PenzeyMoog, Marah Eakin, Cameron Scheetz August 1, 2015 | 5:00am
Win a limited edition Joywave skate deck
By Cameron Scheetz July 31, 2015 | 5:30pm
In 76 seconds, Guided By Voices achieve Beach Boys-level perfection
By Alex McLevy July 31, 2015 | 5:00pm
60 minutes of music that sum up LCD Soundsystem
By Noel Murray July 31, 2015 | 5:00am
Cat Stevens takes less than 2 minutes to captivate
By Becca James July 30, 2015 | 5:00pm
Kid Dynamite made “Heart A Tact” a lasting adrenaline rush
By David Anthony July 29, 2015 | 6:00pm
Chastity Belt’s Julia Shapiro on why “Happy” makes her anything but
By Marah Eakin July 29, 2015 | 5:00am
2015 Gathering Of The Juggalos: Children, a wedding, and Juggalos For Jesus
By Nathan Rabin July 29, 2015 | 5:00am
Bikini Kill’s “Statement Of Vindication” wasn’t about fatherhood, but it is now
By Kyle Ryan July 28, 2015 | 6:00pm
New Radicals’ only hit, “You Get What You Give,” was secretly influential
By Annie Zaleski July 28, 2015 | 5:00am
How the MP3 helped build a pop utopia
By Miles Raymer July 28, 2015 | 5:00am
“Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want” is perfect sadness
By Marah Eakin July 27, 2015 | 6:00pm
Some sad music, a Second City revue, and a game about shipbuilding
By Matt Gerardi, Josh Modell, Becca James July 25, 2015 | 5:00am
Aqua made another album, and it wasn’t as good
By Becca James July 24, 2015 | 5:00pm
“Honky Tonk Heroes” has one of the best stories in country music
By Kyle Ryan July 23, 2015 | 6:00pm
Foreigner’s best song was about music, not sex
By Gwen Ihnat July 22, 2015 | 6:00pm
Bonnie Tyler’s “Holding Out For A Hero” forces its way to greatness
By William Hughes July 21, 2015 | 6:00pm
Exclusive: Kurt Vile on the paranoia and process behind his new record
By Marah Eakin July 21, 2015 | 4:15pm
Keith Moon’s death blunted—but didn’t end—The Who’s greatness
By Ryan Bray July 21, 2015 | 5:00am
Pitchfork Music Fest 2015: Rain, Chance The Rapper, and a bunch of new Wilco
By Kyle Ryan, Erik Adams, Alex McLevy, Corbin Reiff, Cameron Scheetz, Marah Eakin July 20, 2015 | 7:28pm
Tina Turner went Beyond Thunderdome with “We Don’t Need Another Hero”
By Marah Eakin July 20, 2015 | 6:00pm
The Dan Band’s Dan Finnerty on why he hates “The Christmas Shoes”
By Marah Eakin July 18, 2015 | 5:00am
The Aislers Set’s twee melody belies the darkness of “Hit The Snow”
By Laura M. Browning July 17, 2015 | 5:00pm
Alkaline Trio’s Dan Andriano on why “Wonderful Christmastime” is “eternal shit”
By David Anthony July 17, 2015 | 5:00am
Shudder To Think mocked its radio unfriendliness with “Hit Liquor”
By Joshua Alston July 16, 2015 | 6:00pm
Exit Planet Dust gave electronic music the rock-star treatmentBy Ryan Bray July 16, 2015 | 2:00pm
Taylor Swift’s hit-packed career compressed into just 60 essential minutes
By Marah Eakin July 16, 2015 | 5:00am
This “hit” out-killed The Killers
By Josh Modell July 15, 2015 | 6:00pm
In 1959, George Jones gave listeners a lesson in “White Lightning”
By Marah Eakin July 14, 2015 | 5:00pm
“Hey Joe” didn’t start or end with Jimi Hendrix
By Noel Murray July 14, 2015 | 5:00am
John Lydon on PIL, drinking with Todd Rundgren, and singing for Edie Brickell
By Will Harris July 14, 2015 | 5:00am
Minutemen’s abstractions ensured “#1 Hit Song” would be anything but
By David Anthony July 13, 2015 | 6:00pm
A beautiful PC game, some Krautrock, and Chicago-style eats
By William Hughes, Josh Modell, Gwen Ihnat July 11, 2015 | 5:00am
A mysterious teenage duo, straight from 1969
By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky July 10, 2015 | 5:00pm
We are the world: Apple’s idea of a global pop sound
By Miles Raymer July 10, 2015 | 5:00am
P.S. Eliot’s “Incoherent Love Songs” masked a budding sibling revolution
By David Anthony July 9, 2015 | 5:00pm
Heart and these dreams of raining underpants
By Becca James July 8, 2015 | 6:00pm
The Bee Gees perfected fraternal harmonies way before going disco
By Gwen Ihnat July 7, 2015 | 6:00pm
The A.V. Club compresses They Might Be Giants’ 30-year career into 60 minutesBy Jesse Hassenger July 7, 2015 | 5:00am
Janet Jackson’s Janet proved authenticity can hold its own against artistry
By Abigail Covington July 7, 2015 | 5:00am
With “Hold On,” Wilson Phillips drew strength from sisterhood
By Marah Eakin July 6, 2015 | 6:00pm
20 years later, what was your first impression of Foo Fighters?
By Kyle Ryan, Gwen Ihnat, A.A. Dowd, Josh Modell, Becca James, Erik Adams, Alex McLevy, William Hughes, Marah Eakin July 4, 2015 | 5:00am
Ex Hex, Godspeed, and some solid pizza: We visit Sled Island fest
By Marah Eakin July 4, 2015 | 5:00am
Donna Lewis and the currency of cool
By Becca James July 3, 2015 | 5:00pm
A Tribe Called Quest reinvented the hip-hop lothario with “Bonita Applebum”
By Joshua Alston July 2, 2015 | 6:00pm
60 minutes of music that sum up the venerable, ornery Neil Young
By Noel Murray July 2, 2015 | 2:00pm
One song was all it took to turn a nerdy 13-year-old into a riot grrrl
By Katie Rife July 1, 2015 | 6:00pm
A Yaz song proved that electronic pop could have soul
By Gwen Ihnat June 30, 2015 | 6:00pm
Coming to America, part 2: 12 more pivotal moments in the life of Neil Diamond
By Annie Zaleski, Kyle Ryan, Gwen Ihnat, Scott Von Doviak, Molly Eichel, Jesse Hassenger June 30, 2015 | 5:00am
Jack Antonoff on Star Wars , old right-wing men, and the JFK assassination
By Marah Eakin June 30, 2015 | 5:00am
In 1992, Nine Inch Nails blew the hinges off MTV
By Alex McLevy June 29, 2015 | 6:00pm
The best albums of 2015 so far
By kenneth-partridge, Chris Mincher, Kyle Ryan, Annie Zaleski, Josh Modell, J.J. Anselmi, David Anthony, Alex McLevy, Ryan Bray, Randall Colburn, Sheldon Pearce, Corbin Reiff, Marah Eakin, Kevin Warwick, Eric Swedlund June 29, 2015 | 5:00am
