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HIGH FIVE: 5 COVER SONGS I'LL FIGHT SOMEONE OVER

Five covers worth fighting over: Ryan Adams, Jude, Better Than Ezra, Gus Black and The Commitments reinterpret songs from Taylor Swift, Bread, Love and Rockets, Blue Öyster Cult and the 1930s.

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Remembering Duncan Sheik and the Music He Left Us

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DOLLY PARTON: WE WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU 1946-2026

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You Might Not Know Jude Christodal. I Think It’s Time You Do.

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The Greatest Hits Curse

Five artists were still white hot when their greatest-hits albums arrived. What happened next makes the timing look a little too fucking suspicious.

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Chris Cornell’s “One” Isn’t a Cover. It’s a Ghost Rising From Two Different Songs

Chris Cornell combined U2’s music with Metallica’s lyrics to create a haunting third version of One that became impossible to escape.

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The Lunacy We Played at Early ’90s Middle School Dances

The adults screened for swear words, ignored everything else and handed middle-school kids one wildly inappropriate soundtrack.

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Five Bands Built on Big, Dumb, Perfect Drums

No drum solos. No technical gymnastics. Just blunt-force rhythm, filthy guitars and songs that hit like a bar fight with a backbeat.

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Why The Best Album To Make Sweet Love To Is Mama Said by Lenny Kravitz

One album, one very specific mood and a completely serious investigation into the best record ever made for making sweet love to.

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5 Female Singers You’d Never Know I Love

Sarah McLachlan, Fiona Apple, Liz Phair, Natalie Merchant, and Kasey Chambers walk straight through the soft spot.