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Those "Influential" Albums Being Discussed on Facebook? They're Garbage

Influentialalbums.com is a "quiz" one of your Facebook friends might've posted, boasting "Very few people own 70 or more. How many have you got?" and listing 100 albums ranging from the duh (Blonde on Blonde, Pet Sounds) to the hmmm (Gerry Rafferty? Felt??) to the genuinely bizarre (well, see below) ... More >>

First Worsts: Remembering When Bon Jovi Gave "Hair Metal" A Bad Name

This month, to celebrate the Internet's unbridled love for wallowing in nostalgia and even greater relishing of talking about why certain cultural artifacts are horrible, Sound of the City presents First Worsts, a series in which our writers remember the first time... they ever hated a song enough t ... More >>

The Cribs+Adam Green

Hugs and Kisses 58: Comet Gain

Hugs and Kisses: French Glue Wave

New Column: Hugs and Kisses, the Outbursts of Everett True

Live: Patrick Wolf at the Bowery Ballroom

Light and Dark

Scottish and French outfits as different as day and night

Bird of Many Feathers

The candy paint changes every time she switches lanes

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Blurred Visionaries

Ye Olde Cyber Prophets Age by the Nanosecond