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Tuesday, Jan 1, 2013 10:00 PM UTC
Music criticism is in a horrible state. It wouldn't have to be if we talked about albums like they really mattered
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Tuesday, Apr 30, 2002 7:00 PM UTC
It used to be easier for Elvis Costello to write good rock songs. Is it because on his newest album, this angry young man really isn't either?
Monday, Dec 3, 2001 2:30 PM UTC
Rather than exploit his fame, George Harrison held fast to his convictions -- and complained about the taxes.
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Tuesday, Apr 10, 2001 7:00 PM UTC
After a life custom-made for cable catharsis, the force behind the Beach Boys is now being honored even for things he didn't do. Does that card ever expire?
Tuesday, Sep 19, 2000 7:00 PM UTC
Broadside published songs by writers who wanted to change the world -- including a young Bob Dylan. A five-CD set marches through the great folk mag's past.
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Monday, Apr 10, 2000 4:00 PM UTC
There stands before you a murderer -- the band that killed rock 'n' roll.
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Tuesday, Apr 4, 2000 4:00 PM UTC
Jim DeRogatis' solid new biography argues that "America's greatest rock critic" spawned a generation of self-absorbed hacks -- and a neutered music press that wouldn't have a place for him anymore.
Tuesday, Oct 19, 1999 4:00 PM UTC
The Clash devolved from punk snots to self-destructive louts. A new live set captures the band in its ragged glory.
Tuesday, Jul 20, 1999 4:00 PM UTC
A new Ramones anthology catches America's beloved punks sniffing glue and chewing rock 'n' roll bubble gum.
Tuesday, Jun 8, 1999 4:00 PM UTC
The sweat-drenched rock 'n' rollers of the '50s knew all about good and evil. Forty years later, the Backstreet Boys are singing love songs to their moms. How did pop music get this insipid?
