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British Rock Didn’t Know How Much It Needed a Frontwoman Until Now

11.26.14
Songs Perverse and Songs of Lament: Reflections on Cursive’s Accidental Masterpiece, ‘The Ugly Organ’

11.25.14

By Dan Ozzi
Why Are Rap Lyrics Being Used As Evidence in Court?

11.05.14

By Brendan O'Connor
Drezus Walks: Meet the Native American Rapper Merging Old Sounds and New

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By Reed Jackson
From Fighting Neo-Nazis with Sawn-Off Shotguns to Becoming Lorde’s Favourite New Popstar

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By Joe Zadeh
Long Lost Daughters, Beach Boys, and Disco Toilets: The True Story Behind “Monster Mash”

10.26.14

By Drew Millard
Britain’s Alt-Rock Scene is Sexist and Keeping Lad Culture Alive

10.20.14
Kindness: “Otherness Is Considered a Negative Thing… But it’s Something that Should be Prized”

10.14.14

By Kate Hutchinson
Vodka, Groupies and Private Jets: Why Classical Musicians Are More Hardcore than Rock Stars

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Ten Years Ago, Def Jam Released Utada Hikaru’s ‘Exodus,’ the Genius JPop Crossover Album That Never Crossed Over

10.06.14

By Daniel Montesinos-Donaghy
Robert Plant’s Good, Big Life

10.02.14

By Eric Sundermann
Don’t Call Fela Kuti “World Music”

09.11.14

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