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Annie Zaleski is a Cleveland-based journalist who writes regularly for The A.V. Club, and has also been published by Rolling Stone, Vulture, RBMA, Thrillist and Spin.

Kate Bush on the set of the show 'Formule 1' in Paris on March 16, 1983, France. (Jean-Jacques BERNIER/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)

Kate Bush’s bewitching “The Dreaming” turns 40

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R.E.M. (Sandra Lee Phipps)

R.E.M.’s “Chronic Town” EP at 40: An underground rock release full of mystery and magic

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Martin Fry of ABC (Paradise Artists)

ABC’s Martin Fry on writing ’80s love songs as “an act of rebellion”

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Brian Ferry and David Bowie (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

50 years ago, David Bowie and Roxy Music made history

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Curt Smith and Roland Orzabal of Tears for Fears, circa 1984 (Peter Noble/Redferns)

Why Tears for Fears deserves Rock & Roll Hall of Fame consideration

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Stevie Wonder and Paul McCartney (Getty Images/Bettmann)

Paul McCartney’s “Tug of War” at 40: A self-aware solace written in the wake of John Lennon’s death

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Elton John performs on stage during Global Citizen Live on September 25, 2021 in Paris, France (Marc Piasecki/Getty Images For Global Citizen)

Elton John at 75 isn’t winding down, but buoyed by his musical curiosity and open-mindedness

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The Byrds band members in 1967: Michael Clarke, Chris Hillman, David Crosby and Roger McGuinn (Getty Images/Ivan Keeman/Redferns)

Revisiting The Byrds’ “So You Want to Be a Rock N Roll Star” 55 years later, from the Monkees to REM

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David Bowie performing live onstage at Verizon Amphitheater (Christina Radish/Redferns/Getty Images)

Celebrating “great songwriter” David Bowie’s 75th birthday & introducing him to a new generation

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Andrew Ridgeley and George Michael of Wham! perform on stage in London, 1984. (Photo by Phil Dent/Redferns/Getty Images)

The soulful revenge of “Last Christmas,” Wham!’s potent yuletide breakup song

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R.E.M. New Adventures in Hi-Fi (Chris Bilhiemer)

“Lyric writing is not easy”: Michael Stipe looks back on creating REM’s “New Adventures of Hi-Fi”

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R.E.M. New Adventures in Hi-Fi (Chris Bilheimer)

Mike Mills on R.E.M’s “New Adventures in Hi-Fi” at 25: A record “infused by being on the road”

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Duran Duran (John Swannell)

Falling for Duran Duran’s “Future Past,” which reflects the band’s signature ingenuity and sentiment

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Gina Schock (Photo courtesy of John Stapleton)

Gina Schock on The Go-Go’s “explosive and crazy” energy together and her new book of insider photos

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Tori Amos during an in-store autograph signing for her new album, "Strange Little Girls" in 2001 (Getty Images/Scott Gries/ImageDirect)

Tori Amos’ “Strange Little Girls” is a quietly triumphant covers collection that endures 20 years on

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Pearl Jam band members Dave Abbruzzes, Stone Gossard, Eddie Vedder, Mike McCready, and Jeff Ament at Pinkpop Festival in Landgraaf, Holland, August 1992. (Gie Knaeps/Getty Images)

Pearl Jam’s “Ten” at 30: A raw, dynamic debut that’s both sonically and emotionally exquisite

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The Go-Go's, circa 1980 (Kerstin Rodgers/Redferns/Getty Images)

“Beauty and the Beat” at 40: The Go-Go’s landmark debut ushered in a musical new wave

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The band Garbage (Maria Jose Govea)

“I’m a Scottish witch, I think”: Shirley Manson on the prescient lyrics in Garbage’s dark new album

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Crowded House for "To the Island" (BMG Rights Management)

From Fleetwood Mac back to Crowded House, Neil Finn weighs in on the band’s open-hearted new album

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Cher at the 2020 Billboard Music Awards (Kevin Winter/BBMA2020/Getty Images for dcp)

In praise of Cher, the self-proclaimed “Betty White of Rock ‘n’ Roll”

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Nick Rhodes, John Taylor, Roger Taylor, Simon Le Bon and Andy Taylor (back) of Duran Duran in 1983 (Fin Costello/Redferns)

“Hungry Like the Wolf” began a new era for Duran Duran and U.S. rock charts

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Michael Stipe of REM performs at Las Ventas Bullring on October 1, 2008 in Madrid, Spain (Carlos Alvarez/Getty Images)

The unrepentant joy and popularity of R.E.M.’s polarizing “Shiny Happy People”

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Todd Rundgren (Shorefire)

Todd Rundgren on no more Trump songs, his high-tech “spectacle” of a tour, and the new Sparks collab

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Group Portrait of British band Duran Duran in London, England in 1981 (Michael Putland/Getty Images)

“Planet Earth” at 40: The perfect debut single that boldly launched Duran Duran

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