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The Zombies gave us the sound of Don Draper’s rare hope for the future
By Alex McLevy April 1, 2015 | 6:00pm
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Townes Van Zandt finally came to life on Live At The Old Quarter
By Corbin Reiff March 31, 2015 | 5:00am
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John Darnielle performs "Stabbed To Death Outside San Juan"
By AV Club Staff March 30, 2015 | 7:51pm
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John Darnielle discusses and performs “Stabbed To Death Outside San Juan”
By Erik Adams March 30, 2015 | 5:00am
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Where to start with the primal sound of garage rock
By Jason Heller March 30, 2015 | 5:00am
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In “Suzanne,” Nina Simone claims Leonard Cohen’s witchy woman as her own
By Joshua Alston March 27, 2015 | 5:00pm
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Skipping Spin Doctors: Have you ever gone to a concert just for the opener?
By Gwen Ihnat, Josh Modell, Becca James, Alex McLevy, LaToya Ferguson, William Hughes, Jesse Hassenger, Mike Vago March 27, 2015 | 5:00am
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Bat For Lashes affixes a female gaze onto a Springsteen standard
By Katie Rife March 26, 2015 | 5:00pm
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Lauryn Hill sings of the “good lovin’” Bob Marley could never truly give
By Becca James March 25, 2015 | 6:00pm
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They Might Be Giants’ John Flansburgh on ALF, MC Serch, and manic pixie dream girls
By Marah Eakin March 25, 2015 | 5:00am
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20 live versions of songs that slay their studio counterparts
By Annie Zaleski, Gwen Ihnat, Caroline Framke, Sean O'Neal, Erik Adams, Rowan Kaiser, Noel Murray, Marah Eakin, Drew Fortune, Mike Vago March 25, 2015 | 5:00am
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Patti Smith turned one of Bruce Springsteen’s cast-offs into a fiery classic
By Alex McLevy March 24, 2015 | 5:00pm
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On Laid, Brian Eno helped James find its footing
By Annie Zaleski March 24, 2015 | 5:00am
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Nico gave “These Days” the depth Jackson Browne never could
By Marah Eakin March 23, 2015 | 6:00pm
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Snoop Dogg smoking a blunt on the Iron Throne and other sights from SXSW
By Sean O'Neal, Josh Modell March 23, 2015 | 5:40pm
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Chicago, win tickets to see emo godfather Jeremy Enigk
By Josh Modell March 23, 2015 | 3:36pm
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Can you take me high enough?: 24 songs with a pivotal key change
By Jesse Hassenger, Annie Zaleski, Gwen Ihnat, Erik Adams, Alex McLevy, William Hughes, Matt Gerardi, Mike Vago March 23, 2015 | 5:00am
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Pour Neil Diamond a drink and he’ll tell you some lies
By Gwen Ihnat March 20, 2015 | 5:00pm
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LMFAO and Lil Jon whipped up the perfect communal drinking song
By Joshua Alston March 19, 2015 | 5:00pm
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Sara Schaefer on how Three Men And A Baby ruined “Groove Is In The Heart”
By Marah Eakin March 19, 2015 | 5:00am
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Tori Amos on Lauren Bacall, religion, and cleaning latrines
By Marah Eakin March 19, 2015 | 5:00am
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Dillinger Four’s paean to the cause of—and solution to—all of life’s problems
By Alex McLevy March 18, 2015 | 6:00pm
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A beginner’s guide to Modest Mouse
By Philip Cosores March 18, 2015 | 5:00am
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Frank Black performs "Headache"
By AV Club Staff March 17, 2015 | 7:49pm
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With “Red Solo Cup,” Toby Keith made a grocery store throwaway a cultural icon
By Marah Eakin March 17, 2015 | 6:00pm
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Bonus Track: Frank Black performs the Pixies’ “Silver Snail”
By Sean O'Neal March 17, 2015 | 5:00am
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Frank Black discusses and performs “Headache”
By Sean O'Neal March 17, 2015 | 5:00am
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Sorry I’m late, I was out spoiling my liver
By Josh Modell March 16, 2015 | 6:00pm
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Where to begin with the thesaurus punk of Bad Religion
By Alex McLevy March 16, 2015 | 5:00am
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Tell us about your pop-culture weekend: March 13 - March 15
By AV Club Staff March 15, 2015 | 5:00am
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A beautiful iOS game, a Simpsons-infused play, and a bit of the Manchester sound
By A.A. Dowd, Sean O'Neal, John Teti March 14, 2015 | 5:00am
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With Of Montreal, theatricality never required a stage
By Erik Adams March 13, 2015 | 5:00pm
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What do you listen to when you’re working?
By Jesse Hassenger, Caroline Siede, A.A. Dowd, Katie Rife, Joshua Alston, David Anthony, Caroline Framke, Erik Adams, Becca James, Alex McLevy, Sean O'Neal, Matt Gerardi, Drew Fortune, Caitlin PenzeyMoog, Marah Eakin, Dennis Perkins, William Hughes, Mike Vago March 13, 2015 | 5:00am
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“The Everlasting Gaze” puts Billy Corgan’s whining to good use
By Joshua Alston March 12, 2015 | 5:00pm
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TV On The Radio abandons instruments in search of love
By Leor Galil March 11, 2015 | 6:00pm
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Isolated vocals showcase Freddie Mercury’s uncommon greatness
By Gwen Ihnat March 10, 2015 | 6:00pm
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With Nine Lives, Aerosmith managed one last gasp of greatness
By Zach Schonfeld March 10, 2015 | 5:00am
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NoMeansNo’s a cappella Dead Kennedys cover is as goofy as it is genuine
By David Anthony March 9, 2015 | 6:00pm
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18 musicians that need the American Recordings treatment
By Evan Rytlewski, Annie Zaleski, Josh Modell, David Anthony, Noel Murray, Marah Eakin, Drew Fortune, Mike Vago March 9, 2015 | 5:00am
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60 minutes of Madonna that show why she matters, as a musician and a cultural figure
By Noel Murray March 9, 2015 | 5:00am
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MoMA’s Björk exhibit is an undercooked attempt at a Post retrospective
By Eric Thurm March 7, 2015 | 6:00am
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A British punk captured the feelings of a Sopranos mobster
By Sean O'Neal March 6, 2015 | 6:00pm
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Explosions In The Sky inspired Friday Night Lights’ emotional score
By Caitlin PenzeyMoog March 5, 2015 | 6:00pm
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Ari Shaffir on L.A.’s Comedy Store and that eerie “Jeepers Creepers” song
By Marah Eakin March 5, 2015 | 6:00am
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Come to Nashville for the soap, stay for the songs
By Gwen Ihnat March 4, 2015 | 7:00pm
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With Dirty Mind, Prince dropped the double entendres
By Noel Murray March 3, 2015 | 6:00am
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With “Late At Night,” Buffalo Tom became the soundtrack to teen angst
By Marah Eakin March 2, 2015 | 7:00pm
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Juice Newton’s “Angel Of The Morning,” as interpreted by a 4-year-old
By Laura M. Browning February 27, 2015 | 6:00pm
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INXS gave melodramatic lovers an anthem in “Never Tear Us Apart”
By Sean O'Neal February 26, 2015 | 6:00pm
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Chris Jericho on how Rednex’s “Cotton Eye Joe” is “a tractor beam of shit”
By Bill Jones February 26, 2015 | 6:00am
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Where to start with ’80s U.K. synth-pop
By Annie Zaleski February 26, 2015 | 6:00am
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“Surrender” shows why Cheap Trick still rocks today
By Gwen Ihnat February 25, 2015 | 7:00pm
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Billy Joel was so huge in the ’80s, he could even make a dog a rock star
By Erik Adams February 24, 2015 | 7:00pm
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After Illmatic, Nas had to return to Earth
By Clayton Purdom February 24, 2015 | 6:00am
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Screaming Females’ Marissa Paternoster on the precious blandness of “Ho Hey”
By Marah Eakin February 23, 2015 | 6:00am
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A wintry ode highlights what made Trip Shakespeare marvelous but unmarketable
By Gwen Ihnat February 20, 2015 | 6:00pm
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Rob Corddry on the gratingly boring nature of “No More ‘I Love You’s”
By Marah Eakin February 20, 2015 | 6:00am
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14,000 things to be happy about—none of them commercial success
By Josh Modell February 19, 2015 | 7:00pm
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The Wake could never escape the shadow of New Order
By Sean O'Neal February 18, 2015 | 7:00pm
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In praise of artistic theft
By Alex McLevy February 18, 2015 | 6:00am
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The trailer for Björk’s MoMA exhibit is very Björk
By Caroline Siede February 17, 2015 | 11:26pm
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One of Seattle’s finest power pop acts never found success
By Alex McLevy February 17, 2015 | 7:00pm
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Americans were bound to hate The Streets’ Original Pirate Material
By kenneth-partridge February 17, 2015 | 5:00pm
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Kyle Kinane on creampuff metal and the problem with punk rock
By Marah Eakin February 17, 2015 | 6:00am
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Kula Shaker just couldn’t crack America’s Britpop bubble
By Marah Eakin February 16, 2015 | 7:00pm
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Where to start with the raspy roots of alt-country godfather Steve Earle
By Jason Heller February 16, 2015 | 6:00am
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Elliott Smith knows how to say “fuck you” to a past love
By Laura M. Browning February 13, 2015 | 6:00pm
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Danko Jones keeps its kiss-offs short, but not sweet
By Joshua Alston February 12, 2015 | 7:00pm
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“I don’t love you anymore”
By Josh Modell February 11, 2015 | 7:00pm
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A Freaks And Geeks sample helped Dikembe cut the tension
By David Anthony February 10, 2015 | 6:00pm
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Forever Changes is a stunning indictment of The Summer Of Love
By Kyle Fowle February 10, 2015 | 6:00am
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Taylor Swift is, like, so over your shit
By Marah Eakin February 9, 2015 | 7:00pm
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With “Sex And Candy,” Marcy Playground turned disco gibberish into alternative gold
By Jonah Bayer February 9, 2015 | 6:00am
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We’re live-chatting The Grammys
By AV Club Staff February 9, 2015 | 12:30am
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Tell us about your pop-culture weekend: February 6 - February 8
By AV Club Staff February 8, 2015 | 6:00am
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17 more songs that sound as much (or more) alike than Sam Smith’s “Stay With Me” and Tom Petty’s “I Won’t Back Down” (part 2 of 2)
By Annie Zaleski, Chris Mincher, Philip Cosores, David Brusie, Lily Moayeri, Caroline Framke, Erik Adams, Ryan Bray, Kathy Iandoli, Alex McLevy, Carl Williott, Mike Vago February 7, 2015 | 6:00am
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Win a Blu-ray of the live Bob Marley special Easy Skanking In Boston ‘78
By Cameron Scheetz February 6, 2015 | 8:38pm
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Titus Andronicus versus Los Campesinos (1st round KO)
By Erik Adams February 6, 2015 | 6:00pm
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16 songs that sound as much (or more) alike than Sam Smith’s “Stay With Me” and Tom Petty’s “I Won’t Back Down” (Part 1 of 2)
By Evan Rytlewski, A.A. Dowd, Josh Modell, Joshua Alston, Katie Rife, David Anthony, Sean O'Neal, Alex McLevy, Noel Murray, Kyle Fowle, Mike Vago February 6, 2015 | 4:00pm
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Matt Braunger on why he hates Led Zeppelin’s “D’yer Mak’er”
By Marah Eakin February 6, 2015 | 6:00am
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Win a prize package from Federal Prism, the record label owned by TV On The Radio’s Dave Sitek
By Cameron Scheetz February 5, 2015 | 9:42pm
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Astronautalis split a dozen doughnuts with Tupac and stole the show
By David Anthony February 5, 2015 | 7:00pm
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The time Skeleton Key buried Archers Of Loaf under a pile of crap
By Sean O'Neal February 4, 2015 | 7:00pm
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In 1993, Melvins knocked Primus back into the cheesy seas
By Alex McLevy February 3, 2015 | 6:00pm
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Weird Al asked us to help announce his tour, so we made this video together
By Josh Modell February 3, 2015 | 4:59pm
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From Elvis In Memphis is the only Elvis Presley record you need
By kenneth-partridge February 3, 2015 | 6:00am
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Remembering the night when David Bowie and Tenacious D were in the same room
By Marah Eakin February 2, 2015 | 7:00pm
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A coffeemaker, some headphones, and a simple, addictive smartphone game
By Caitlin PenzeyMoog, David Anthony, Joshua Alston January 31, 2015 | 6:00am
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The Replacements were all shook down on “Merry Go Round”
By Gwen Ihnat January 30, 2015 | 6:00pm
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God bless Tom DeLonge, the wandering ghost of ‘90s mall-punk
By Clayton Purdom January 30, 2015 | 6:00am
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Win a Marilyn Manson prize package, including his new CD, The Pale Emperor
By Cameron Scheetz January 29, 2015 | 9:20pm
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“Shiny Happy People” and a young man’s blossoming into cynicism
By Sean O'Neal January 29, 2015 | 6:00pm
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The Smiths’ “Meat Is Murder” is nauseating to vegetarians and carnivores alike
By Erik Adams January 28, 2015 | 7:00pm
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A poorly timed punchline sunk an otherwise flawless Ergs album
By David Anthony January 27, 2015 | 6:00pm
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One of The New Pornographers’ most famous songs is also their worst
By Alex McLevy January 26, 2015 | 7:00pm
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Encore, once considered Eminem’s worst, stands as satire within chaos
By Brian Josephs January 26, 2015 | 6:00am
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Meet “Chrome Bone,” the Bone Thugs-N-Harmony member you never knew
By Becca James January 23, 2015 | 6:00pm
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The Cure’s Robert Smith finds the heart beneath Crystal Castles’ tough exterior
By Cameron Scheetz January 22, 2015 | 6:00pm
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Sonic Youth and Cypress Hill loosened up the Judgment Night soundtrack
By Sean O'Neal January 21, 2015 | 7:00pm
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With The Gothic Archies, Stephin Merritt and Daniel Handler made music absurd
By Caitlin PenzeyMoog January 20, 2015 | 6:00pm
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Marilyn Manson on Charlie Hebdo, The Onion, and his gold switchblade
By Marah Eakin January 20, 2015 | 6:00am
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With Life Won’t Wait, Rancid nearly made good on its Clash-inspired promise
By kenneth-partridge January 20, 2015 | 6:00am
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“Lost In The World” is the sound of two scenes surprisingly merging
By Marah Eakin January 19, 2015 | 7:00pm
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Under layers of fakeouts, “Happy Birthday Lisa” is unmistakably the work of Michael Jackson
By Erik Adams January 15, 2015 | 6:00pm
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The Simpsons’ “Privileged Boy” turned sabotage into an act of love
By Joshua Alston January 14, 2015 | 7:00pm
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If you can do the Bartman, you’re bad like Michael Jackson
By Marah Eakin January 13, 2015 | 6:00am
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Who holds back the electric car? Who makes Steve Guttenberg a star?
By Sean O'Neal January 12, 2015 | 7:00pm
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When great records breed bad followers: The ups and downs of Van Halen
By Corbin Reiff January 12, 2015 | 6:00am
