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My coming-out mix tape: I was an alienated kid roiling with sexual anxiety. But then New Wave gave me the soundtrack -- and the courage -- to embrace my homosexuality.; By Kera Bolonik Jun 28, 2008
How Rock Band saved my marriage: My husband's video game addiction was driving me crazy. Then we found an obsession we could share.; By Rachel Shukert May 27, 2008
Tangled up in Dylan: Suze Rotolo, the musician's first muse, has written an entertaining memoir about their love affair that is also a remarkable portrait of living and making art in the 1960s.; By Stephanie Zacharek Apr 26, 2008
Rock vs. jazz: For just the second time in 50 years, the top award at the Grammys went to a jazz album. Do the two genres have anything to say to each other?; By Gary Kamiya Feb 19, 2008
Song of the Day: "Don't Tell Me to Do the Maths," Los Campesinos!: Adorable Welsh pop that contains all the necessary ingredients.; Jul 3, 2007
New Music: Ryan Adams' "Easy Tiger"; Jun 26, 2007
Song of the Day: "Tonight I Have to Leave It," Shout Out Louds: Up there with Volvos and tennis players as Sweden's best exports.; Jun 21, 2007
Slaughtering rock's sacred cows: The Beatles, Pink Floyd and Nirvana all get a smack-down from fellow musicians in a recent Guardian feature.; Jun 19, 2007
New Music: The White Stripes: A review of the band's new album, "Icky Thump."; Jun 19, 2007
Song of the Day: "Guitar," Prince: Think this song has any solos?; Jun 19, 2007
Exclusive Song of the Day: "Nag Nag Nag Nag," Art Brut: Crashing, scabrous punk rock.; Jun 18, 2007
Start believin': Don't let "Sopranos" fans and '80s embarrassment fool you -- Journey rules.; Jun 13, 2007
Little Steven speaks: Steven Van Zandt talks about "The Sopranos," Springsteen and saving rock 'n' roll.; Jun 9, 2007
Hall of shame: Dubious voting practices reported from within the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.; Mar 14, 2007
The original riot grrrl: Ellen Willis, the New Yorker's first pop critic and a pro-sex feminist, was a literary Janis Joplin to generations of women. In tribute, we present her 1976 essay on the singer.; Nov 13, 2006
The riot quiets: The breakup of Sleater-Kinney signifies the end of an era when women made a loud and unapologetic noise -- onstage and in society.; By Carlene Bauer Jul 17, 2006
Meet the Beatles (again): 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 David Amsden Nov 8, 2005
Real-life school of rock needs you: Donate instruments, CDs or money to a summer camp so girls can rock out.; Hillary Frey Nov 3, 2005
Rock 'n' roll rebellion, redux: At a Green Day concert, shouting and smiling next to my 13-year-old son, I watched the generation gap disappear.; By Joyce Millman Oct 26, 2005
He is trying to break our hearts: 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 Eric Boehlert Jun 29, 2004
Music 2003: Rock is dead (once more with feeling): 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 Thomas Bartlett Jan 2, 2004
Songs of the flesh: 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 Laura Sinagra Dec 22, 2003
The greatest week in rock history: Thirty-four years ago this week, the Beatles, Stones, Zeppelin, Temptations, Santana, Crosby Stills and Nash, and Creedence Clearwater all shared top billing on the Billboard album chart. There's never been another lineup quite like it -- and there will never be again.; By Eric Boehlert Dec 19, 2003
Burning down the house: 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 David Bowman Dec 3, 2003
Not quite the end of the world as we know it: 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 Nov 25, 2003

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