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Ask an indie rock veteran: Do indie-rockers get indie-stalkers?
Yeah, it happens. Once we were opening for Broken Bells, and I had a long conversation with this nice guy in their crew. He was telling me how the night before they had played Chapel Hill outside in t
60 minutes proving the ’90s is when punk covers of pop hits first swarmed the mainstream
Punk bands love to cover pop songs. If there’s a universal thread running through the genre from practically the moment of its birth to the present, it’s the continual appropriating of sugary-sweet To
St. Vincent, No Age, and Yeasayer were the next wave of 2007
1. Beyoncé, “Irreplaceable”2. Rihanna, “Umbrella (feat. Jay Z)”3. Gwen Stefani (feat. Akon), “The Sweet Escape”4. Fergie, “Big Girls Don’t Cry”5. T-Pain, “Buy U A Drank (Shawty Snappin’)”6. Carrie Und
Ask an indie rock veteran: How do you play with a migraine?
It’s odd, isn’t it? People don’t seem to complain as much about other instruments. Personally, I’ve never come around to the saxophone, but I suppose the very boring answer to your last question is Cl
David Bowie, The Monks, and Steve Reich were buried under one of rock’s biggest years
1. The Mamas & The Papas, “California Dreamin”2. Question Mark And The Mysterians, “96 Tears”3. Jimmy Ruffin, “What Becomes Of The Brokenhearted”4. The Monkees, “Last Train To Clarksville”5. Four Tops
Ask an indie rock veteran: Do musicians enjoy listening to their own music?
I’m surprised to hear that about actors, because most of the filmmaking process doesn’t involve them. You’d think they’d be curious. With music, you’re there for the writing, the recording, and the mi
The Thermals’ best album is relevant again, but that’s not what makes it so great
When The A.V. Club put together an Inventory of George W. Bush-era political works that still hold up, we couldn’t have known just how applicable they would be in a Trump presidency. Likewise, when Th
Wearing and tearing: An hour of classic rockers grappling with punk and new wave
The various mass-extinction events in pop music history are greatly overstated. Hair metal wasn’t wiped from the face of the earth the moment “Smells Like Teen Spirit” roared to life; the pre-rock ’n’
Pulp, Team Dresch, and Autechre were the true alternative in 1995
The year: 1995
Gram Parsons, Betty Davis, and Neu! punctured the bloat of 1973
1. Tony Orlando And Dawn, “Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Old Oak Tree”2. Jim Croce, “Bad, Bad Leroy Brown”3. Roberta Flack, “Killing Me Softly With His Song”4. Marvin Gaye, “Let’s Get It On”5. Paul Mc
Ask an indie rock veteran: Is 45 too old to start a band?
When my grandparents retired in 1967, they left England in their light-blue VW Bug to see the world, and accidentally drove smack into the middle of the Six Day War. Surrounded by Israeli tanks, they
The Cars is so much more than The Cars’ greatest hits
There are one-hit wonders and one-album wonders. There are musicians who consistently craft top-notch singles, but fall short of stringing them together into consistently compelling LPs; there are rec
Get caught up on K-pop in 60 minutes
When PSY’s “Gangnam Style” dropped in 2012, everything about it felt ephemeral. Funny enough to warrant attention yet unpredictable enough to sink its hooks, it lodged into the American psyche with th
Sonic Youth, They Might Be Giants, and Ice-T livened up a numb 1986
The year: 1986
Ask an indie rock veteran: How do you bounce back from a disastrous tour?
I first saw Royal Trux at my college orientation, and I was mesmerized. My girlfriend (and future wife) had only two tapes at college, one of which was Cats And Dogs, and she played it for months stra
The Modern Lovers, Pere Ubu, and Blondie were ready to rip up 1976
1. Wings, “Silly Love Songs”2. Elton John & Kiki Dee, “Don’t Go Breaking My Heart”3. Johnnie Taylor, “Disco Lady”4. The Four Seasons, “December, 1963 (Oh, What A Night)”5. Wild Cherry, “Play That Funk
Ask an indie rock veteran: What’s the best bad Bob Dylan album?
I asked some friends to help me piece this together—or at least, make a reasonable guess for a song like this. Get ready: I’m using a small amount of actual data, and I am a little psyched about it. “
Moving out from “The Middle”: 60 minutes of eternal adolescence with Jimmy Eat World
“Sweetness,” “Bleed American,” “Work,” and an hour of the best, brightest songs Jim Adkins and company have to offer
Ask an indie rock veteran: Why is “Auld Lang Syne” the best melody?
There wasn’t much—an occasional fight maybe. Once in a while some guys would get kicked out.
Beyond The Beatles: The protopunks, French classics, and ska pioneers of 1964
1. The Beatles, “I Want To Hold Your Hand”2. The Beatles, “She Loves You”3. Louis Armstrong, “Hello, Dolly!”4. Roy Orbison, “Oh, Pretty Woman”5. The Beach Boys, “I Get Around”6. Dean Martin, “Everybod
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