Annie Zaleski (page 15)

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.

Gilmore Girls

The genius of "Gilmore Girls": When your writing is this good, you can always go home again — even to Stars Hollow Annie Zaleski

Kristin Hersh

"No one can live with this much pain and anger, it’s gonna kill me": Throwing Muses' Kristin Hersh on Vic Chesnutt's suicide, PTSD and why songwriters are "pretty broken" Annie Zaleski

Prison inmates recorded the most amazing album in 1979: "The guard was at the door saying, 'Y’all got to go, y’all got to go'" Annie Zaleski

Man Headphones

Quit chasing "passionate millennial males": Their tastes shouldn't dictate what we read and hear Annie Zaleski

Shirley Manson

"If we came out now, we wouldn’t have a chance in hell": Shirley Manson looks back at 20 years of Garbage Annie Zaleski

Laura Jane Grace

Laura Jane Grace's rebel music: "I doubt you’re gonna find a successful civil movement or social movement that doesn’t have a soundtrack" Annie Zaleski

Joe Jackson

"We’re not living in a golden age of music": Joe Jackson on why the '90s were better than the '80s and the "musical doldrums" we're in right now Annie Zaleski

Hillary's Taylor Swift problem: What the fight over “authenticity” — in politics and in pop — is really about Annie Zaleski

Lucero

Lucero loves Crowded House: How the masters of whiskey-drinking, Southern-rocking bar-room punk made their delicate, sophisticated new album Annie Zaleski

R.E.M.

"Shut up and sing" syndrome: Why do fans hate it when pop stars get political? Annie Zaleski

There's a recipe for an iconic Bond theme song — does Sam Smith have what it takes? Annie Zaleski

Taylor Swift, Nicki Minaj

Our viral ruin: Our thirst for maximum "likes" is killing live shows and pop music Annie Zaleski

Blur, Oasis

Lessons from the Britpop wars: Brush off the pre-social media era dust and the relics of 1995 feel almost fresh again Annie Zaleski

R.E.M.

R.E.M.'s "Fables of the Reconstruction" hit a major milestone this summer, quietly: A look back at the oddball album that never quite found its place in time Annie Zaleski

Morrissey

Morrissey gives the most Morrissey interview possible to Larry King: "Obama — is he white inside? It’s a very logical question" Annie Zaleski

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