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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.

Tears for Fears’ new greatest hits record is a hello — not a farewell

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(Getty/Paras Griffin)

Peter Buck of R.E.M.: “How many people write songs when they’re 70? I want to be one of them”

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George Michael (AP/Petr David Josek)

The documentary “George Michael: Freedom,” examines the troubled years after “Faith”

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A security guard at the Bonnaroo music festival in Manchester, Tenn., June 13, 2008. (AP/Mark Humphrey)

The booming business of music festivals has a problem only gun control can solve

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Tom Petty (AP/Mark Humphrey)

Rebels with a romantic streak lose Tom Petty, dead at 66

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Automatic for the People by R.E.M (Warner Bros. Records)

R.E.M.’s “Automatic for the People” at 25: A manual for facing darkness

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The 30 must-read music books of Fall 2017

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Talking Heads (Sire Records)

“Talking Heads: 77” turns 40

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Grant Hart, Hüsker Dü’s drummer and inspiration for a rock generation, is dead at 56

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Fleetwood Mac (<a href='http://www.fleetwoodmacbook.com/'>fleetwoodmacbook.com</a>)

Mick Fleetwood only just discovered the secret reason he wound up in Fleetwood Mac

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Midnight Oil (Star Max/IPX)

Why the return of Midnight Oil matters

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Paul Weller (AP/Joel Ryan)

Modfather speaks

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Kesha; Dolly Parton; Miley Cyrus (Getty/Christopher Polk/Robyn Beck/Rob Foldy)

What every woman in music owes Dolly Parton

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Esperanza Spalding (Getty/Mychal Watts)

“We always are pleasantly surprised at what we have in us.”: Esperanza Spalding talks about making an album in 77 hours

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The band Toto accepting a Grammy Award, Feb. 23, 1983. (AP)

35 years after its release, Toto’s “Africa” is more popular than ever

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The Psychedelic Furs; Depeche Mode; Echo & the Bunnymen (Legacy/Sire)

Why 1987 remains the most important moment in alternative rock

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The Cars (Elektra)

They were just what we needed: Why The Cars matter

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The Afghan Whigs (Sub Pop Records)

The Afghan Whigs’ Greg Dulli on keeping it “fun” after death of a beloved bandmate and 30 years of touring

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Michael Stipe; Bono (AP/Getty/Salon)

A modern-day Beatles vs. Stones?: Why people love arguing about the merits of R.E.M. vs. U2

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No novelty, the B-52s may be the most subversive band America ever gave us

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Spoon (Matador Records)

Britt Daniel on Spoon’s new album, Prince and a quarter century of indie life

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Geena Davis and Tom Hanks in "A League of Their Own" (Columbia Pictures)

“There’s no crying in baseball!”: “A League of Their Own,” a film about the sport’s women pioneers, resonates at 25

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OK Computer by Radiohead (Parlophone/Salon)

At 20, Radiohead’s “OK Computer” becomes an album for the Trump era

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Buffalo Tom (John Goodman)

Buffalo Tom’s Bill Janovitz on Nirvana, “My So Called Life” and a new record

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