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Everyone is watching Wilco.

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The most adventurous rock band

Look no farther than Wilco.

Behind the music

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Behind the music

Important, though flawed, histories of punk and blues.

Still mutating: Beck.

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Lonesome Trail

Beck goes down a personal path and makes a Sea Change.

It's in her heart, it's in her soul: India Arie Simpson.

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Change is gonna come

And soul singer India.Arie wants to be a part of it.

Dealing with the Lord

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Dealing with the Lord

Playing gospel behind enemy lines.

All the rage: Girls Against Boys.

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Fight Club

Back after a long absence, GVSB come out swinging with their first album in four years.

Ghosts in the machine

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Ghosts in the machine

The North Mississippi Allstars hear voices.

Animal boy

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Animal boy

In the wake of his former bandmate's death, Dee Dee Ramone embarks on a difficult tour.

10. Smells like . . .

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10. Smells like . . .

The 10th anniversary of Nevermind.

KRS, 5 Rue Christine, and Lookout! serve up their variety packs.

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Sampler Platters

Punk rock compiled for your listening pleasure.

Storytellers

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Storytellers

Queercore vets team with an Indigo Girl to spread a potent musical message.

The new and not improved Dead Kennedys.

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Night of the living Dead Kennedys

Sans Jello Biafra, the DKs continue in a new incarnation.

Geek Box

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Geek Box

Taking the witness stand in a battle with U.K. bootleggers a few years back, Bruce Springsteen offhandedly mentioned…

The myth of St. Kurt

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The myth of St. Kurt

Charles Cross' new book explores the dark side of Kurt Cobain.

Mecca Normal's David Lester and Jean Smith.

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Swan Songs

Family trauma and unusual perspectives shape Mecca Normal's multimedia muse.

The Gossip: Beth Ditto, Nathan Howdeschell, and Kathy Mendonca (standing).

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Deliverance

Escaping their stifling Southern roots, the members of Olympia's the Gossip aim to reclaim rock for society's outcasts.

An Unhip Primer

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An Unhip Primer

An Eastside existence in defiance of Krispy Kreme.

Rock stars: N.E.R.D.

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The searchers

Hip-hop heroes N.E.R.D. go looking for the rock.

Greil Marcus: It may be that there will simply be no such thing

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Holy Greil

GREIL MARCUS HAS been America’s foremost expert on the subject of pop music for over three decades. Author…

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I wanna bite the hand that feeds me

PISSED OFF about half-assed reporting or wack opinions? Firing off a letter to the editor is all well…