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“Pretty Ugly” resurrects the Lunachicks as Punk Rock’s most underrated revolutionaries

Ilya Chaiken’s documentary traces the band's East Village rise and feminist punk legacy

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Alice Coltrane and No Wave’s overlooked women step out of the margins

The best music writing isn’t nostalgia, It’s cultural archaeology — These books reclaim what music history left out

14.04.2026 5

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Melissa Auf der Maur’s memoir captures the beauty and brutality of ’90s rock

"Even the Good Girls Will Cry" recounts the era's mythmaking and how the former Hole bassist managed to survive it

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U2’s “Days of Ash” is an urgent dispatch from a band that still believes

With their surprise EP, U2 channels today’s global crises into a set of familiar but heartfelt protest songs

10.03.2026 6

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Bruce Springsteen’s protest songs still hit where it hurts

Springsteen has repeatedly turned moments of violence and injustice into songs that demand moral reckoning

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The punk rock movie that taught a generation of girls not to put out

The reissue of "Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains" reclaims the film as a precursor to riot grrrl

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Merry Krimble from The Beatles: A year-by-year tour of their holiday singles

Released annually from 1963 to 1969, these collectible albums now feel like a holiday time capsule

23.12.2025 5

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These box sets and reissues make a strong case for buying the music again

Thoughtful remastering, well-chosen outtakes and archival material can make familiar albums feel newly essential

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Patti Smith opens the final door of her life story

In "Bread of Angels," Smith reflects tenderly on her life with her late husband, transforming grief into art

11.11.2025 6

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The Waterboys remind Americans how to be cool

With their latest project, the British Isles band rediscovers open road wildness through Dennis Hopper

07.10.2025 10

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Lilith Fair rewrote the rules of rock

"Lilith Fair: Building a Mystery – the Untold Story" explores the festival’s impact and the resistance it faced

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Margo Price is in her villain era

Price reflects on sobriety, honing her vocals and carrying forward the outlaw spirit on "Hard Headed Woman"

02.09.2025 9

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Low Cut Connie isn’t keeping quiet about finding it hard to be livin’ in the USA

"It's crazy to just say nothing," frontman Adam Weiner says on fostering community through defiance of Trump

28.06.2025 10

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The magic of rock and roll is a sacred archive maintained by those alive to still play the hits

Founding members of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Benmont Tench and Mike Campbell, hold the notes of memory

27.05.2025 9

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Nick Cave has been to hell and back, which is why his music sounds like heaven

Cave's “Wild God” tour reaffirms his status as an artist whose work offers both catharsis and connection

13.05.2025 10

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Bob Dylan can do whatever he wants

The spring edition of Bob Dylan’s "Rough and Rowdy Ways 2025" tour rolled into Kalamazoo, Michigan, on a Wednesday evening in mid-April. Earlier in...

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