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The Grateful Dead’s afterlife.
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A field report from Electric Daisy Carnival, a three-night bacchanal in the Las Vegas desert attended by “100,000 wasted hedonists scantily dressed in furry underwear.”
Genius: The Nickelback Story
How a loathsome band makes gobs of money.
Slash and Burn
The rise of One Direction fanfiction that imagines the band members in relationships – with each other.
This Movie Is Rated Wu
A profile of RZA, hip-hop artist and kung fu film director.
Free to Be
Forty years after its release, the story of “Free to Be… You and Me.”
"The Promise"
On Bruce Springsteen’s song, and growing up in a factory town.
Down and Out in the Top 10
Grizzly Bear and the surprisingly crappy economics of indie rock stardom.
Factory Girls
On the rise of K-pop.
John Hammond, Jazz Promoter
A profile of the legendary producer at the beginning of his career.
Return to the World as a Thought
The legacy of late hip-hop producer Paul C.
Neil Young Comes Clean
At 66, Young sobers up.
Pink Slime
Inside the cluttered Los Angeles apartment of lo-fi auteur Ariel Pink.
A Guitar's Life
An instrument’s impact on a handful of Texans.
Jay-Z’s “99 Problems,” Verse 2: A Close Reading With Fourth Amendment Guidance for Cops and Perps
A law professor’s interpretation of the 2004 hit.
Kiss: The Pagan Beasties of Teenage Rock
On the road with the makeup-clad band.
The House That Hova Built
An essay on Jay-Z.
Punk Rock Fight Club
Inside FSU, the hardcore brotherhood where the wrong t-shirt can get you killed.
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The Mogul Who Made Justin Bieber
A profile of Scooter Braun.
How Lester Bangs Taught Me to Read
The rock critic’s lasting impact.
All This Light
A profile of Chan ‘Cat Power’ Marshall adrift in Miami.
Prog Spring
The history and reception of progressive rock.
The Last Outlaw
A profile of Merle Haggard.
Aquarius Wept
When the Rolling Stones played Altamont.
We Are Alive
A profile of Bruce Springsteen.
