Table of Contents
I HAVE A STRANGE RELATIONSHIP WITH MUSIC
VIVA LA FILTHY NOISE!: COUGHS’ SECRET PASSAGE
AND WE REMAIN, EVER SO FAITHFULLY, YOURS
CONVERSATION WITH JIM DEROGATIS REGARDING R. KELLY
TAYLOR SWIFT, GRIMES AND LANA DEL REY: THE YEAR IN BLOND AMBITION
WE CAN’T STOP: OUR YEAR WITH MILEY
LOUDER THAN LOVE: MY TEEN GRUNGE POSERDOM
WHEN THE BOSS WENT MORAL: BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN’S LOST ALBUM
VEDDERAN: NOTES ON PEARL JAM’S 20TH ANNIVERSARY CONCERT
YOU’RE RELIVING ALL OVER ME: DINOSAUR JR. REUNITES
YOU WILL ACHE LIKE I ACHE: THE ORAL HISTORY OF HOLE’S LIVE THROUGH THIS
KENDRICK LAMAR: NOT YOUR AVERAGE, EVERYDAY RAP SAVIOR
CALIFORNIA DEMISE: TYLER, THE CREATOR AND EMA FEEL THE BAD VIBES
WILL THE STINK OF SUCCESS RUIN THE SMELL?
DISPATCHES FROM THE DESERT: COACHELLA
FLIRTING WITH RELIGION: RICKIE LEE JONES
WHY MICHAEL JACKSON’S PAST MIGHT BE GARY, INDIANA’S ONLY FUTURE
BETWEEN THE VIADUCT OF YOUR DREAMS: ON VAN MORRISON
NU AGE: ANIMAL COLLECTIVE AND BELL ORCHESTRE
NEVERMIND ALREADY: NIRVANA’S 20TH ANNIVERSARY BOXSET
HOW SELLING OUT SAVED INDIE ROCK
NOT LOLLAPALOOZA: ROLLIN HUNT, SCREAMING FEMALES & ABE VIGODA
SWF, 45: MECCA NORMAL’S THE OBSERVER
SHOUTING OUT LOUD: THE RAINCOATS
MAKING POP FOR CAPITALIST PIGS: M.I.A.’S /\/\ /\ Y /\
THERE IS NO GUYVILLE IN SWEDEN: FRIDA HYVÖNEN’S UNTIL DEATH COMES