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I HAVE A STRANGE RELATIONSHIP WITH MUSIC

PART ONE: CHICAGO

EMO: WHERE THE GIRLS AREN’T

CHANCE THE RAPPER

VIVA LA FILTHY NOISE!:  COUGHS’ SECRET PASSAGE

SWEET THINGS

AND WE REMAIN, EVER SO FAITHFULLY, YOURS

CONVERSATION WITH JIM DEROGATIS REGARDING R. KELLY

PART TWO: REAL/FAKE

GAGA TAKES A TRIP

DECONSTRUCTING LANA DEL REY

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

PART THREE: NOSTALGIA

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

YOU KNOW WHAT?

PART FOUR: CALIFORNIA

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

PART FIVE: FAITH

THE PASSION OF DAVID BAZAN 

FLIRTING WITH RELIGION: RICKIE LEE JONES

WHY MICHAEL JACKSON’S PAST MIGHT BE GARY, INDIANA’S ONLY FUTURE

SUPERCHUNK: I HATE MUSIC

BETWEEN THE VIADUCT OF YOUR DREAMS: ON VAN MORRISON

PART SIX: BAD REVIEWS

MILEY CYRUS / BANGERZ

NU AGE: ANIMAL COLLECTIVE AND BELL ORCHESTRE

TYLER, THE CREATOR: WOLF

OLD YEAR’S END

NEVERMIND ALREADY: NIRVANA’S 20TH ANNIVERSARY BOXSET

PART SEVEN: STRICTLY BUSINESS

PUNK IS DEAD! LONG LIVE PUNK!: A REPORT ON THE STATE OF TEEN SPIRIT FROM THE MOBILE SHOPPING MALL THAT IS THE VANS WARPED TOUR

CHIEF KEEF

NUDE AWAKENING: SUICIDE GIRLS

HOW SELLING OUT SAVED INDIE ROCK

NOT LOLLAPALOOZA: ROLLIN HUNT, SCREAMING FEMALES & ABE VIGODA

PART EIGHT: FEMALES

ST. VINCENT: STRANGE MERCY

CAT POWER: SUN

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

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