I'm stuck creatively and don't know where to turn.
By Cary Tennis Dec 15, 2008
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The Ivy-educated, button-cute musician who rocks our world with songs about the serial comma.
November 20, 2008
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With their passionate new album, "Dear Science," TV on the Radio stake their claim as a great American rock band.
By James Hannaham
September 30, 2008
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The author of "It Still Moves" discusses her road trip through America's musical past and future -- and why we still yearn for the music of yore.
By Judy Berman
September 2, 2008
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The Fiery Furnaces know how to make perfect pop songs, and they know how to rock -- but on their first live album, they just want to tear things apart.
By Michaelangelo Matos
August 19, 2008
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Singer-songwriter Conor Oberst was my guilty pleasure for years. But now that he has changed from angsty teen to Johnny Cash wannabe, why can't I enjoy his music?
By Judy Berman
August 7, 2008
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The Hold Steady are a New York indie rock band for people who hate New York indie rock bands, and their new album chronicles the country's dark underbelly.
By Michaelangelo Matos
July 14, 2008
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Radiohead! Kanye! My Bloody Valentine! Dylan! Here's what to catch -- and what to skip -- on the festival circuit this summer.
By Judy Berman and Charly Wilder
June 5, 2008
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Overheard on college radio: A home-coming of sorts for an old-school "alternative"
By Andrew Leonard
May 9, 2008
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Forget the slick mall-punk that rules the radio. If you like your music chaotic and bratty, you need to hear Times New Viking and Be Your Own Pet.
By Jess Harvell
April 15, 2008
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Why the dark and madly poetic Destroyer is my favorite rock band in ages.
By Kevin Berger
March 31, 2008
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Stars let their friends rework their best album.
June 27, 2007
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A rising indie star turns in a very Feist-like performance.
June 22, 2007
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Up there with Volvos and tennis players as Sweden's best exports.
June 21, 2007
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A Zeppelin-esque riff anchors this simple but effective song.
June 20, 2007
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Crashing, scabrous punk rock.
June 18, 2007
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Catchy, sun-splashed rock with an unsurprising familial connection.
June 15, 2007
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The minimalist minds in Spoon add some horns to the mix.
June 12, 2007
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Sexy new-wave sounds from an indie-rock queen bee.
May 28, 2007
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Electrelane serves up something tasty from simple ingredients.
April 24, 2007
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Guitar, bass and drums need never get old.
April 19, 2007
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The best of South by Southwest: An extraordinary look at Kurt Cobain's life and an absorbing film about a forgotten pop legend. Plus: A chat with a Cannes winner.
By Andrew O'Hehir
March 15, 2007
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R.E.M.'s new career retrospective reminds you of the extraordinary cultural moment the band forged in the '80s -- and leaves you hungry for more.
By Shannon Zimmerman
November 25, 2003
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It's been five years since Neutral Milk Hotel released their masterpiece and disbanded. With the arrival of the Decemberists, have indie-rock obsessives (like me) found a new mannered, quirky band to love?
By Jesse Jarnow
September 16, 2003
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Most of Radiohead's new album is pretentious jive. But by fighting their fans' expectations, the dork-rock gods continue to do important things with music -- even if those things aren't musical.
By Joey Sweeney
June 18, 2003
I'm rewriting the same paragraph over and over and over!
The indie heartthrob
Why has it been so long since a black band ruled rock?
All-Americana girl
The strangest live album ever
Turn around, Bright Eyes
Soundtrack for the great American road trip
Salon's guide to summer music festivals 
The indie-rock fall and rise of R.E.M.
The punk stops here
The music lover
Song of the Day: "Your Ex-Lover Is Dead" (Final Fantasy Mix), Stars
Beyond the Multiplex
Not quite the end of the world as we know it
Out of the aeroplane into the sea
Hail to the geeks
War Room
Broadsheet