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Tiny Desk Domination: How NPR Music took over the tastes of the tastefully plugged-in

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(Andy_goodwin)

Robbie Fulks on how not to be “a guy in his 50s singing about sex or good times or even the opposite, about married contentedness”

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Bob Mould (Alicia J. Rose)

“I was a hope-I-die-before-I-get-old kind of guy”: Bob Mould opens up about his career’s third act, writing through loss and the presidential election “circus”

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Trey Anastasio of Phish; Jack White (AP/Alison Redlich/Scott Roth)

Jam bands are smarter than indie rockers: They made the pointless concert album all but obsolete

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(Mezzotint)

“Adventures of Pete & Pete” forever! “It’s really weird to put out a record in 1999 and tour 15 years later”

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Wayne Coyne (AP/Evan Agostini)

Wayne Coyne has gone mad: Time for the Flaming Lips singer to stop being a monstrous jerk

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Black Francis (Reuters/Hugo Correia)

Black Francis, from Pixies to porn: “The commercialization of filmed sexuality. Which continues unabated!”

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(Phox)

South By Southwest 2014: The one band you need to know today

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(Peter Larson)

South By Southwest: What you really need to know!

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Shelby Earl

South by Southwest: Meet Shelby Earl, the singer you need to know

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(Reuters/Tim Chong)

Lady Gaga’s early days: “The sexual energy was palpable. You could smell it”

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Paul McCartney performs with Kris Novoselic and Dave Grohl during the benefit concert for victims of Superstorm Sandy. (Reuters/Lucas Jackson)

Nirvana without Kurt is not Nirvana!

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(Seher Sikandar)

Producers are sucking the life out of music

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The music business is banking on your nostalgia

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“Call Me Maybe”: Like on the phone?

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