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Annie Zaleski (page 11)

Annie Zaleski is a Cleveland-based journalist who writes regularly for The A.V. Club, and has also been published by Rolling Stone, Vulture, RBMA, Thrillist and Spin.

Mike Mills, in "R.E.M. by MTV" (MTV)

Mike Mills: “As ambivalent as my relationship is to videos, the fact is that R.E.M. and MTV kind of grew up together”

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Mark Kozelek (AP/Barry Brecheisen)

My favorite singer is a jerk: A Mark Kozelek super-fan steps down

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Refused (Epitaph Records)

“Most musicians have nothing to say. They’re not very interesting, and they’re not very smart”: Refused’s raw, radical politics return for the Bernie Sanders generation

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(Reuters/Carlo Allegri/AP/Walik Goshorn)

Lay off Miley Cyrus and Taylor Swift: We’re so unfair to women growing up in the public eye

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John Cusack in "High Fidelity" (Touchstone Pictures)

Sell your records, sell your soul?: How I learned to stop hoarding and embrace the cloud

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Jessica Hopper (David Sampson)

Rock critic Jessica Hopper on being young, female and unapologetic about her place in the canon: “If I don’t fit in it, then who the f**k does?”

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Morrissey, Johnny Marr (AP/Owen Sweeney)

Please, please, please don’t let the Smiths reunite

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The Replacements' Tommy Stinson and Paul Westerberg (AP/Jack Plunkett)

The Replacements owe us nothing — but the timing of their reunion couldn’t be better

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Carrie Brownstein of Sleater-Kinney (AP/Robb D. Cohen)

Oh no, my favorite band is a girl band! A refresher on how not to write about women in rock

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Jay Z (AP/Evan Agostini)

Jay Z and Tidal’s 1 percent backlash: Who decides the value of streamed music?

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10 amazing R.E.M. performances you’ve never seen — with guests like Johnny Marr, Thom Yorke, Eddie Vedder and more

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Exhibit A

Cheap Trick is one of the best rock bands ever — why aren’t they in the Hall of Fame?

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Mick Jagger (Reuters/Juan Medina)

Classic rock and the big arena show: Who will pack the stadiums when the legacy acts retire?

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Michael Stipe, lead singer for R.E.M., sings to an audience at the Shoreline Ampitheatre during Neil Young's Bridge School benefit concert Saturday, Oct. 18, 1998, in Mountain View, Calif. (AP Photo/John Todd) (John Todd)

R.E.M.’s “Monster” ranked from start to finish: An underappreciated, polarizing album that’s aged very well

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Peter Buck, Scott McCaughey (Yep Roc Records/Michael E Anderson)

R.E.M., Sleater-Kinney, Jeff Tweedy and the Decemberists know this secret

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Juliana Hatfield (Brad Walsh)

Juliana Hatfield: “What is the opposite of ‘I Wanna Sex You Up’?”

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Katy Perry (AP/John Shearer)

Katy Perry’s jumble of sugar and spice: Unwrapping the complicated appeal of this year’s Super Bowl half-time star

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(Reuters/Chip East)

Forget “Deck the Halls”: The best holiday songs you’ve never heard

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Jessica Simpson, Ozzy Osbourne (Reuters/Fred Prouser/Andrew Winning)

When Jessica Simpson and Ozzy Osbourne shared a stage: The most surprising duets in history

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Elvis Costello, Taylor Swift (AP/Martial Trezzini/Reuters/Lucas Jackson)

10 songs from the year 1989 that Taylor Swift should cover

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Why 1994 was the best year for music

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(AP/Warner Bros.)

The most surprising R.E.M. covers

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Deborah Harry of Blondie; Joe Elliott of Def Leppard (AP/Jae C. Hong)

The 12 best cover songs you’ve never heard

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Joan Jett (AP)

Don’t call them “one-hit wonders”!

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