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Michael Azerrad

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  • Lyrical Assassin

    Magazine

    Lyrical Assassin

    For a music critic, being immortalized in song could be the highest compliment...unless the song is a death threat.Read More

    Oct 27, 2008
    11:33 AM
  • R.E.M.: R.E.BORN

    Cover Story

    R.E.M.: R.E.BORN

    It's rare that a band gets the opportunity to grow older and wiser together -- rarer still that one does so by sounding younger and snottier than ever. After losing their way with a string of ho-hum albums, here's how R.E.M. found their noisy deliverance.Read More

    Mar 18, 2008
    12:41 PM
  • The Dirty Projectors, 'Rise Above' (Dead Oceans)

    Dirty Projectors, 'Rise Above'

    8 of 10

    Visionary Brooklynites record the year's weirdest tribute.Read More

    Nov 12, 2007
    3:00 AM
  • The Spin Interview: Thurston Moore

    Magazine

    The Spin Interview: Thurston Moore

    With a stripped-down solo album and an unlikely partnership with Starbucks, Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore -- the perpetually boyish elder of underground rock -- embraces the new reality: "I don't care if it's Dunkin' Donuts, those guys are selling CDs."Read More

    Aug 23, 2007
    2:00 AM