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Real Life Rock Top 10: Colson Whitehead, Pere Ubu, Beyonce
Old friends, ancient voices and a brief audience with the celestial queen.
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Real Life Rock Top 10: Robert Johnson, 'Her Smell,' Pete Buttigieg
The ghosts of Robert Johnson and Norma Desmond, a Dylan book that turns analysis into suspense and two recent albums that make the past sound new.
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Real Life Rock Top 10: Lana Del Rey, Warpaint, 'Billions'
New voices, dark memories and old flames.
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Real Life Rock Top 10: Mekons, Jewel, Russian Dada
Trump gets stomped (twice!), a rock 'n' roll fable is reborn and distant voices come alive.
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Real Life Rock Top Ten: Elvis, 'Green Book' and More
Ghosts of the past, glimpses of the future
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Real Life Rock Top Ten: Sharon Van Etten, Van Morrison, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Books, records, bumper stickers and tweets to provoke and enlighten
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Real Life Rock Top Ten
A look back at some of the notable — and lackluster — pop culture moments of the past few months
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Real Life Rock Top Ten
Lil Wayne's defiant comeback, Elvis Costello's deep dark truthful mirror and a must-see TV tribute to Prince
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Monsters of Rock Criticism: Greil Marcus Interviews Robert Christgau
The two writers and longtime friends discuss Christgau's new book and why they're as passionate about music as they were fifty years ago
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Real Life Rock Top Ten: All-Bob Dylan Edition
Going deep on a forthcoming reissue of 'Blood on the Tracks,' taste-testing Dylan's new brand of whiskey and checking out a cover of "Maggie's Farm" that'll make you hear the song in a whole new way.
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