Scratch It

The American Girl is an expensive doll. She comes packaged with a history that follows a tidy narrative trajectory: She …

American Heart

Little Richard would prop one leg up on the piano and bang chords with his foot. Jerry Lee Lewis would …

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Uncloseted

“Let me tell you something about house music,” the voice says. If you’ve ever partied in a queer club, or …

Load (Remastered Deluxe Box Set)

James Hetfield sing-grunts the word “bitch” six times on “Ain’t My Bitch,” the comically distasteful opening track off Metallica’s 1996 …

“Special”

As dexter in the newsagent, Charmaine Ayoku conjures hushed acoustic ballads and down-home dance pop that draws from a similar …

“Hammer”

Like myself and, statistically, you, Lorde spends too much time online. “The liquid crystal is in my grip,” she intones …

“9 2 5”

If you’ve ever worked customer service, you’ve spent most shifts pondering your existence, weighing your options: What the hell am …

I quit

Haim say I quit as in, I’m done caring. Here’s an album based on all the oldest California-isms in the …

Tether

Annahstasia Enuke couldn’t become the star her early handlers wanted her to be. As a teenager, the Los Angeles-raised model, …