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20 Years Ago, Donnie Darko Turned ’80s Pop Into Nostalgic Dread

Maudlin Nu-Metal Is Becoming The Sound Of Modern Figure Skating

Spoon’s Biggest Fan Consults Britt Daniel On How To Write A Song For Her Dog

MF DOOM Leaves Earth

Why Is The Obscure B-Side “Harness Your Hopes” Pavement’s Top Song On Spotify? It’s Complicated.

The Troubled Afterlife Of The Cranberries’ “Zombie”

Everybody Everybody (But One) Dance Now: The Diva Erasure Of Martha Wash Revisited

The Joy And The Fury Of Soul Glo’s Defiantly Black Hardcore

OMD’s Organisation Is One Of The Great, Lost Synth-Pop Albums

10 Times Eddie Van Halen Shined Outside The Context Of Van Halen

We All Wanted To Be Eddie Van Halen

No Matter What Lee Mavers Thinks, The La’s Still Sounds Perfect 30 Years Later

The Social Network And 10 Years Of Reznor & Ross Scores

In Rob Halford’s New Memoir, The Judas Priest Frontman Gets Candid About His Sexuality And Alcoholism

Remember Witch House?

Cop Rock Was A Bad Idea 30 Years Ago And Feels Like An Even Worse Idea Now