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"I Still Don't Know Where Joy Division Came From"

An Oral History of an Iconic Band

By Jon Savage | May 17, 2019

Why Is It So Hard to Write About Music in Fiction?

Why Is It So Hard to Write About Music in Fiction?

Anne Valente Would Rather Just Make You a Playlist

By Anne Valente | May 13, 2019

Is It Still Punk When the Musician Makes It Big?

Is It Still Punk When the Musician Makes It Big?

Vivien Goldman on Patti Smith's "Free Money"

By Vivien Goldman | May 9, 2019

Surviving False Dawns: On Joy Division and Life in a Far Distant Suburb

Surviving False Dawns: On Joy Division and Life in a Far Distant Suburb

Justine Hyde Escapes Into the World of Ian Curtis

By Justine Hyde | April 12, 2019

8 Books That Define and Defy the Canon of Hip Hop Literature

8 Books That Define and Defy the Canon of Hip Hop Literature

From Coast to Coast, Old School to New

By Will Ashon | April 12, 2019

Discovering Ralph Waldo Emerson in the Golden Age of Sneakers

Discovering Ralph Waldo Emerson in the Golden Age of Sneakers

From Run DMC to Spike Lee to "Self-Reliance"

By A. Sandosharaj | April 10, 2019

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On Kate Bush's Radical Interpretation of <em>Wuthering Heights</em>

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How Do You Set James Joyce’s Most Famous Story on the Stage?

How Do You Set James Joyce’s Most Famous Story on the Stage?

Feasting with the Ghosts of “The Dead”

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It's Been 25 Years Since Kurt Cobain's Last Rites, Nirvana's <em>Unplugged</em> Show

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When The Beatles Met Their Idol, Elvis Presley

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On Ratchet Respectability and Beyoncé's Sexual Politics

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Omise'eke Tinsley and Revolutions in Black Feminism

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On the Complicated Legacy of American Country Music

On the Complicated Legacy of American Country Music

Soundtrack to the Embattled Claims of Folk Culture

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Why Do We Love Joni Mitchell the Way We Do?

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