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The world’s oldest noise band turns fifty

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Call It a Comeback

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In the ’90s, alternative music killed big shiny tunes. How pop has returned from the dead

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Working for the Weeknd

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The Canadian singer’s new record takes a turn toward pop, but the sexual politics are still complicated

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The Prime Minister’s Playlist

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“Obama’s is fine. Mine is better”

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Tongue Twister

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A Québécoise singer takes an Anglo turn—without abandoning her roots

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Alanis Morissette’s Jagged Little Pill at twenty

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Changeling Girl

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The next montage, in my mind, explodes with the rackety audacity that starts up a Clash song. It’s the moment when some crumb-bum kid in a basement finally solves the …

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Glass Boy

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A hardcore punk front man grows up