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Metric take us back to their roots

Metric Romanticize the Dive Cover Me

Cover Me: Emily Haines reminisces on the stories behind her band’s album covers, including the frantic process for Fantasies, the unnoticed references in Formentera, and the callback to their origins on Romanticize the Dive.

The Strokes call out U.S. foreign intervention during Coachella set

The Strokes Coachella

The band made a statement against the CIA and Gaza genocide during their weekend 2 performance at the Indio festival.

L.A. Woman and Jim Morrison’s map of Los Angeles

The Doors L.A. Woman LA Woman

The Doors’ final album captures the gap between the city of Morrison’s former fling, Eve Babitz, and the city he couldn’t escape.

Slayyyter’s WOR$T GIRL IN AMERICA is a dirtbag dance party

Slayyyter Wor$t Girl in America Worst girl in america

On her third album, the Missouri pop singer emerges fully-formed: distinguished and disgusting. It’s a massive level-up from her previous work, which failed to set itself apart from other head-empty, hyperpop-adjacent tunes of its time.

There’s a riot still goin’ on: 30 years of Evil Empire

Rage Against the Machine Evil Empire

Time Capsule: Rage Against the Machine’s second album was meaner, sleeker, more focused. The volatile songs, fronted by “Bulls on Parade,” urged listeners to throw a molotov at the powers that be.