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If anyone could die of angst, it would be The Shangri-Las
By Katie Rife January 9, 2015 | 6:00pm
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What’s the first piece of recorded music you ever purchased?
By Jesse Hassenger, Caroline Siede, Katie Rife, Joshua Alston, Zack Handlen, Molly Eichel, Caroline Framke, Erik Adams, Alex McLevy, Sean O'Neal, Oliver Sava, William Hughes, Drew Fortune, Mike Vago, Laura M. Browning January 9, 2015 | 6:00am
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Pedro The Lion turned infidelity into a sneering indie rock kiss-off
By Alex McLevy January 8, 2015 | 7:00pm
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K’Naan’s “Wavin’ Flag” shares the power of moving past broken promises
By Becca James January 7, 2015 | 7:00pm
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Radiator Hospital knows when to call your bluff
By David Anthony January 6, 2015 | 5:00pm
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Men At Work’s “Who Can It Be Now?” blurs the line between private and crazy
By kenneth-partridge January 6, 2015 | 6:00am
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Fugazi’s “Promises” is bleak but honest
By Marah Eakin January 5, 2015 | 7:00pm
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A nerdy clock, delicious pie, and a refreshingly summery record
By Joshua Alston, Laura M. Browning, Cameron Scheetz January 3, 2015 | 6:00am
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Iron Chic takes solace in an uncertain future
By David Anthony January 2, 2015 | 6:00am
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Timbuk3 imagined a future made bright by nuclear holocaust
By Marah Eakin December 30, 2014 | 6:00am
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Leonard Cohen’s vision of the future is as bleak as his present
By Sean O'Neal December 29, 2014 | 5:00pm
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A pair of headphones, a new amp, and a bunch of party-friendly video games
By David Anthony, Marah Eakin, John Teti December 27, 2014 | 6:00am
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Santa Claus is smoking reefer
By Sean O'Neal December 24, 2014 | 6:00am
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The Decemberists and John Denver plead for a sober father this Christmas
By Josh Modell December 23, 2014 | 7:00pm
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Pink Floyd’s The Division Bell is a lesson in the unfortunate power of nostalgia
By Kyle Fowle December 23, 2014 | 6:00am
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Remembering the bold, corroded soul of Joe Cocker
By Jason Heller December 23, 2014 | 1:57am
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Have a melancholy Christmas with Owen Ashworth of Advance Base
By Randall Colburn December 22, 2014 | 3:00pm
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The slow-burning Fiery Furnaces explode in “Clear Signal From Cairo”
By Joshua Alston December 19, 2014 | 6:00pm
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Win an autographed copy of Rush’s R40 DVD box set
By Becca James December 18, 2014 | 5:52pm
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The charm of “Come Together” and the dangers of “toe-jam football”
By Andrea Battleground December 18, 2014 | 5:00pm
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The golden age of “Turn Down For What”
By Clayton Purdom December 18, 2014 | 3:00pm
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Get the Led out with “Over The Hills And Far Away”
By Becca James December 17, 2014 | 7:00pm
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Win a cabin for two on ShipRocked and cruise with Fred Durst
By Marah Eakin December 16, 2014 | 9:20pm
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In mere seconds The Jazz June made a drum fill worth remembering
By David Anthony December 16, 2014 | 7:00pm
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“We Didn’t Start The Fire” was an accidental hit that captured craziness
By Annie Zaleski December 16, 2014 | 6:00am
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Foo Fighters’ “Everlong” might not be flashy, but it’s emphatic
By Marah Eakin December 15, 2014 | 7:00pm
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Before The O.C. celebrated Chrismukkah, Maybe This Christmas spread hip holiday cheer
By Annie Zaleski December 15, 2014 | 6:00am
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Oh yeah, life goes on: 11 fictional pop-song couples and whether they’ll last
By Libby Hill, Molly Eichel, Caroline Framke, Sean O'Neal, LaToya Ferguson, Sam Barsanti, Jesse Hassenger, Mike Vago December 15, 2014 | 6:00am
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A lounge-friendly Christmas LP, live Cat Stevens, and a fancy mustache kit
By Caitlin PenzeyMoog, Becca James, Erik Adams December 13, 2014 | 6:00am
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Burial’s “Rival Dealer” hit an emotional high point for electronic music
By Sean O'Neal December 12, 2014 | 6:00pm
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Sufjan Stevens’ Songs For Christmas offers religious songs suitable for the faithless
By Libby Hill December 12, 2014 | 6:00am
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Phantogram plays “Running From The Cops” for our new video series, It’s All Around You
By AV Club Staff December 11, 2014 | 3:00pm
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Falling out of love with “Hollywood Forever Cemetery Sings”
By Katie Rife December 10, 2014 | 7:00pm
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18 spoken-word songs from artists that usually sang
By Jesse Hassenger, Josh Modell, Molly Eichel, Sean O'Neal, Erik Adams, Les Chappell December 10, 2014 | 6:00am
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What’s your favorite song of 2014?
By Caroline Siede, Cameron Scheetz, Josh Modell, Joshua Alston, Carrie Raisler, David Anthony, Becca James, Matt Gerardi, William Hughes, Jesse Hassenger, Marah Eakin December 10, 2014 | 6:00am
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“The Obvious Child” is 24 years old, but it’s all about the present
By Cameron Scheetz December 9, 2014 | 7:00pm
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Phantogram plays “Nothing But Trouble” for our new video series, It’s All Around You
By AV Club Staff December 9, 2014 | 3:00pm
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Jackson 5 Christmas Album is the antidote to holiday cynicism and fatigue
By Joshua Alston December 9, 2014 | 6:00am
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25 years on, the Pixies’ Doolittle is still rock perfection
By Sean O'Neal, A.A. Dowd, Josh Modell, Evan Rytlewski December 9, 2014 | 6:00am
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What Self Defense Family withheld made “Cancel Man” its most accessible song
By David Anthony December 8, 2014 | 7:00pm
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The 20 best albums of 2014
By Kevin Warwick, Evan Rytlewski, kenneth-partridge, Annie Zaleski, Jason Heller, Eric Thurm, Philip Cosores, Josh Modell, David Anthony, Sean O'Neal, Ryan Bray, Andrea Battleground, Josh Terry, Cameron Scheetz, Kyle Fowle, Marah Eakin, Clayton Purdom December 8, 2014 | 6:00am
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Best music of 2014: The ballots
By Kevin Warwick, Evan Rytlewski, kenneth-partridge, Chris Mincher, Jason Heller, Eric Thurm, Philip Cosores, Josh Modell, Annie Zaleski, David Anthony, Sean O'Neal, Ryan Bray, Andrea Battleground, Josh Terry, Cameron Scheetz, Kyle Fowle, Marah Eakin, Clayton Purdom December 8, 2014 | 6:00am
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A funk band, a deception game, and @GridironGrammer
By Marah Eakin December 6, 2014 | 6:00am
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It’s better to burn out than to fade away (or is it?)
By Josh Modell December 5, 2014 | 6:00pm
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“Hey” is a love ballad, done Pixies-style
By Katie Rife December 4, 2014 | 7:00pm
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Run The Jewels on the brutality, music, and magic of Steven Seagal
By Eric Thurm December 4, 2014 | 6:00am
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“Hey Ladies” gets its point (and its jokes) across better than “Fight For Your Right”
By Erik Adams December 3, 2014 | 7:00pm
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What non-Christmas music do you associate with the holidays?
By Jesse Hassenger, Caroline Siede, Josh Modell, Caitlin PenzeyMoog, Erik Adams, LaToya Ferguson, Sam Barsanti, William Hughes, Drew Fortune, Tasha Robinson December 3, 2014 | 6:00am
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Cheap Girls take comfort in being worn out
By David Anthony December 2, 2014 | 7:00pm
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With “Mr. Big Stuff,” Jean Knight recorded a feminist anthem
By David Brusie December 2, 2014 | 6:00am
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The least essential albums of 2014
By Annie Zaleski, Josh Modell, David Anthony, Sean O'Neal, Marah Eakin, Laura M. Browning December 2, 2014 | 6:00am
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Win a R.E.M. box set featuring vinyl 7-inch singles from the band’s early days
By Cameron Scheetz December 1, 2014 | 9:46pm
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On using “Hey Sailor” as an elegy for a place and time gone by
By Marah Eakin December 1, 2014 | 6:00pm
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Navigating through 30 years of Yo La Tengo
By Kayla Reed December 1, 2014 | 6:00am
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A comic, an album, and some nifty pocket journals
By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, Laura M. Browning, Cameron Scheetz November 29, 2014 | 6:00am
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Let’s all give thanks for our great big Cadillac with the gangsta whitewalls
By Sean O'Neal November 26, 2014 | 7:00pm
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12 terribly perfect songs for 12 perfectly terrible commercials
By Sean O'Neal, Josh Modell, Caroline Siede, Annie Zaleski November 26, 2014 | 6:00am
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Descendents give thanks to all the people too modest to ask for it
By David Anthony November 25, 2014 | 7:00pm
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Is Dave Matthews Band’s Under The Table And Dreaming any good 20 years later?
By Erik Adams, Annie Zaleski, Chris Mincher, Marah Eakin November 25, 2014 | 3:00pm
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Win a bag of Black Blood coffee signed by Mastodon
By Laura M. Browning November 25, 2014 | 2:00pm
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Comedian Jimmy Pardo on why he abhors “Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman?”
By Marah Eakin November 25, 2014 | 6:00am
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This Thanksgiving, let’s praise the virtues of not living near our parents
By Marah Eakin November 24, 2014 | 7:00pm
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Thank U, India: 18 reasons that songs give thanks
By Caroline Siede, Libby Hill, Annie Zaleski, Sean O'Neal, Erik Adams, Mike Vago, Marah Eakin, Laura M. Browning November 24, 2014 | 6:00am
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Pulp has some questions about this F.E.E.L.I.N.G.C.A.L.L.E.D.L.O.V.E.
By Laura M. Browning November 21, 2014 | 6:00pm
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The case for Taylor Swift, radical champion of self-esteem
By Caitlin PenzeyMoog November 21, 2014 | 6:00am
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Elastica spelled the end with (voluntary) help from a post-punk veteran
By Sean O'Neal November 20, 2014 | 7:00pm
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Phantogram plays “Black Out Days” for our new video series, It’s All Around You
By AV Club Staff November 20, 2014 | 3:00pm
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The Riverboat Gamblers wrote their best song when they spelled their name
By David Anthony November 19, 2014 | 7:00pm
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Pearl Jam paid tribute to an ailing songwriter and did some real good
By Josh Modell November 18, 2014 | 5:00pm
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Separation Sunday is the gospel according to The Hold Steady
By kenneth-partridge November 18, 2014 | 6:00am
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Where to start with the righteous noise of Dischord Records
By Jason Heller November 18, 2014 | 6:00am
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Q And Not U’s “Soft Pyramids” is the sound of 2002
By Marah Eakin November 17, 2014 | 7:00pm
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Kids like you and me baby, we were “Born To Add”
By Katie Rife November 14, 2014 | 6:00pm
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My first favorite band: a love/hate story
By David Anthony November 14, 2014 | 6:00am
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On Bedhead, box sets, and the beauty of bookends
By Josh Modell November 13, 2014 | 6:00am
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1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12 reasons why “Pinball Number Count” is awesome
By Sean O'Neal November 12, 2014 | 7:00pm
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With The Predator, Ice Cube turned cultural turmoil into chart-topping success
By Ryan Bray November 11, 2014 | 6:00am
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A Small Brown Bike song marks the beginning of fall
By David Anthony November 7, 2014 | 6:00pm
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“Our love will never end / Parties for our stupid friends”
By Sean O'Neal November 6, 2014 | 7:00pm
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The Magnetic Fields’ Stephin Merritt on not becoming a Russian novelist
By Laura M. Browning November 6, 2014 | 5:00pm
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Chicago, win tickets to Stephin Merritt’s solo show
By Laura M. Browning November 6, 2014 | 3:09pm
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A beginner’s guide to the weird world of Captain Beefheart
By Kyle Fowle November 6, 2014 | 6:00am
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“Selling acid was a bad idea / And selling it to a cop was a worse one”
By Erik Adams November 5, 2014 | 7:00pm
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The perfect music festival for people who hate music festivals
By David Anthony November 5, 2014 | 4:00pm
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What Morrissey and Prince could teach each other about the music business
By kenneth-partridge November 5, 2014 | 6:00am
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The genius of flawed Kanye trumps the ego of superstar Kanye
By Josh Modell November 4, 2014 | 7:00pm
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Madonna’s Like A Prayer remains a provocative, substantial pop record
By Annie Zaleski November 4, 2014 | 6:00am
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Mara Wilson on the sickness-induced reason she hates Gary Jules’ “Mad World”
By Marah Eakin November 4, 2014 | 6:00am
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Stevie Wonder really believes in the redemptive power of love
By Marah Eakin November 3, 2014 | 7:00pm
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The Flaming Lips on covering Sgt. Pepper’s, Miley Cyrus, and never stopping
By Scott Morrow November 3, 2014 | 6:00am
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A gorgeous book, a quizzical app, and a new LP
By David Anthony, Josh Modell, Caitlin PenzeyMoog November 1, 2014 | 5:00am
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The Beatles make “A Day In The Life” flash before your eyes
By Erik Adams October 31, 2014 | 5:00pm
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Death Waltz’s Spencer Hickman makes us a Halloween mix of horror soundtracks
By Sean O'Neal October 31, 2014 | 3:00pm
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Scott Walker’s “My Death” raises a toast to our inevitable demise
By Sean O'Neal October 30, 2014 | 6:00pm
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Snowing took morbid thoughts and made them hopeful
By David Anthony October 29, 2014 | 6:00pm
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So who’s gonna watch you die?
By Josh Modell October 28, 2014 | 6:00pm
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With Glass Houses, Billy Joel attempted to overhaul his image
By David Brusie October 28, 2014 | 5:00am
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Thom Yorke can see death’s beady eyes
By Marah Eakin October 27, 2014 | 6:00pm
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Danny Elfman on Oingo Boingo, film scores, and the Beatles almost ruining Batman
By Sean O'Neal October 27, 2014 | 5:00am
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A nerdy app, a fado legend, and a solemn singer-songwriter
By David Anthony, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, John Teti October 25, 2014 | 5:00am
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A cowboy knows he must die on the “Streets Of Laredo”
By Laura M. Browning October 24, 2014 | 5:00pm
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This is not a Pearl Jam concert review
By Josh Modell October 23, 2014 | 8:26pm
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Country Teasers mock country music sexism with “Anytime, Cowboy”
By Sean O'Neal October 23, 2014 | 4:00pm
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The Birthday Boys hate rock songs about rocking
By Josh Modell October 23, 2014 | 5:00am
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The Dixie Chicks just wanted a cowboy to take them away (but not George W. Bush)
By Becca James October 22, 2014 | 6:00pm
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Thurston Moore maps out the soundtrack to his “Best Day”
By Ryan Bray October 22, 2014 | 5:00am
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Yeezus pulls a Lazarus: 6 times Kanye West helped bring ’em back
By Corbin Reiff October 22, 2014 | 5:00am
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“Cowboy” is the kind of Sugarcubes song that made Björk’s solo career inevitable
By Josh Modell October 21, 2014 | 6:00pm
