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Thu, 23 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT By Stephanie Zacharek Thu, 23 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/critics_picks/2009/07/23/phoenix/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/critics_picks/2009/07/23/phoenix/index.html?source=rss Winsome, accessible pop songs from a band so cool they're willing to be ridiculous By Heather Havrilesky Thu, 23 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2009/06/26/michael_jackson_coverage/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2009/06/26/michael_jackson_coverage/index.html?source=rss From death photos to celebrity sound bites, the three-ring circus of mourning Michael Jackson has just begun By Cary Tennis Thu, 23 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/06/05/michael_jackson_tour/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/06/05/michael_jackson_tour/index.html?source=rss We can't afford to go to London to see the creator of "Thriller." How can we persuade him to tour here? By Stephanie Zacharek Thu, 23 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/music/review/2009/02/26/lily_allen/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/music/review/2009/02/26/lily_allen/index.html?source=rss On her gleeful new album, the British pop star defends her right to have good sex and be just a girl -- in the best possible way. By Tracy Clark-Flory Thu, 23 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/07/11/angry_young_women/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/07/11/angry_young_women/index.html?source=rss And its "emotionally self-sufficient and unforgiving" heroines. Thu, 23 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/audiofile/2007/06/21/shout/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/audiofile/2007/06/21/shout/index.html?source=rss Up there with Volvos and tennis players as Sweden's best exports. By Rebecca Traister Thu, 23 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/08/08/music/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/08/08/music/index.html?source=rss The question we keep on asking: What is music doing to kids today? By David Amsden Thu, 23 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2005/11/08/beatles/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2005/11/08/beatles/index.html?source=rss At the 25th anniversary of John Lennon's death, a handful of writers attempt to tell us something we don't already know about the Fab Four. By Charles Taylor Thu, 23 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2005/10/27/guralnick/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2005/10/27/guralnick/index.html?source=rss In a vast new biography, Peter Guralnick takes on the late, great, silky-smooth crooner Sam Cooke. By Charles Taylor Thu, 23 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/int/2004/11/17/briar_rose/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/int/2004/11/17/briar_rose/index.html?source=rss Greil Marcus and Sean Wilentz discuss their amazing new anthology of writing about the American ballad -- and wonder whether Republicans sing better songs of passion and murder than Democrats do. By Eric Boehlert Thu, 23 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2004/06/29/wilco/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2004/06/29/wilco/index.html?source=rss With a new album out and an intriguing new biography spinning the tale of his tormented career, Wilco's Jeff Tweedy looks like the leading American rocker of his generation. Which may tell you something about the state of American rock. By Thomas Bartlett Thu, 23 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/music/feature/2004/01/02/year_in_music/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/music/feature/2004/01/02/year_in_music/index.html?source=rss Forget those boring white boys with guitars. Thanks to Missy, OutKast and Timbaland, for the first time since the Beatles, the most vital forms of pop are found at the top of the charts. By Laura Sinagra Thu, 23 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/music/review/2003/12/22/tori/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/music/review/2003/12/22/tori/index.html?source=rss As Tori Amos' new greatest-hits collection demonstrates, the ultimate tortured '90s alt-girl has always used her solipsistic body-obsessions as a way to find the world. By Baz Dreisinger Thu, 23 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/music/review/2003/12/09/keys/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/music/review/2003/12/09/keys/index.html?source=rss Alicia Keys beats the odds, avoiding a Lauryn Hill flameout (or a Britney travesty) with the simple and joyous retro-soul of her new album. By David Bowman Thu, 23 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/music/feature/2003/12/03/heads/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/music/feature/2003/12/03/heads/index.html?source=rss A definitive new box set will proclaim the eclectic greatness of Talking Heads when the ugliness between David Byrne and Tina Weymouth has long been forgotten. By Shannon Zimmerman Thu, 23 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/music/review/2003/12/02/britney/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/music/review/2003/12/02/britney/index.html?source=rss On "In the Zone," Britney Spears gets in touch with her inner perv for fun and profit. But mostly, of course, for profit. By Shannon Zimmerman Thu, 23 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/music/review/2003/11/25/rem/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/music/review/2003/11/25/rem/index.html?source=rss 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 Thomas Bartlett Thu, 23 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/music/feature/2003/11/17/al_green/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/music/feature/2003/11/17/al_green/index.html?source=rss Al Green has never matched the nuanced, whispered restraint of his early-'70s classics. But a long-awaited reunion album with producer Willie Mitchell reminds us of his greatness. By Andrew Beaujon Thu, 23 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/music/review/2003/11/11/seger/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/music/review/2003/11/11/seger/index.html?source=rss In a new greatest-hits time capsule, Michigan's monumentally unhip Bob Seger stays true to his vision of a now-extinct America -- and makes you nostalgic for nostalgia. By Laura Sinagra Thu, 23 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/music/review/2003/10/16/sting/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/music/review/2003/10/16/sting/index.html?source=rss It's encouraging that Sting seems to have chugged a Red Bull-Viagra smoothie on some tracks of his new "Sacred Love" LP, but his didactic, smugly penitent music still seems designed to be played by an adulterer returning to Westchester in his Jag. By Shannon Zimmerman Thu, 23 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/music/review/2003/10/11/costello/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/music/review/2003/10/11/costello/index.html?source=rss Thanks to the pristine, prettified and precious new album "North," a longtime Elvis Costello die-hard finally dies. Hard. By Baz Dreisinger Thu, 23 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/music/feature/2003/09/20/feminem/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/music/feature/2003/09/20/feminem/index.html?source=rss Is Sarai the music industry's eagerly awaited lady Slim Shady? By Thomas Bartlett Thu, 23 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/music/feature/2003/09/06/bjork/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/music/feature/2003/09/06/bjork/index.html?source=rss As Bjork releases an extraordinary career retrospective, it's time to crown her as the most important pop musician of her generation. By Charles Taylor Thu, 23 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/music/feature/2003/08/09/mashups_taylor/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/music/feature/2003/08/09/mashups_taylor/index.html?source=rss In the bizarre and wonderful world of mash-ups, bootlegs and remixes, racial and musical boundaries disappear -- and the joy that's missing from so much of today's pop is back. By Stephanie Zacharek Thu, 23 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2003/07/24/masked_anonymous/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2003/07/24/masked_anonymous/index.html?source=rss In "Masked and Anonymous," this summer's strange and brilliant must-see film, an aging troubadour is the last gleam of hope in a corrupt and dictatorial nation.