Michaelangelo Matos
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Through the '80s, Minneapolis three-piece Hüsker Dü helped broaden the ambitions and parameters of punk rock. Now, after years of work, its early recordings have been rebuilt from the ground up. -
Two books about two crucial years in the story of rock and roll, taken together, reveal how the genre shrank to become the playground of white men with guitars. -
Van Morrison's It's Too Late To Stop Nowwas released at the height of his powers. A newly expanded version of the album helps make the case that it's among the rock era's best live albums. -
Kid Creole and his band The Coconuts are an unlikely source for one of the year's kindest songs: "Stony and Cory." -
In the 1990s, American record labels pushed European dance music. But the party didn't last forever.
