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Magazine
Can You Retire if You Never Had a Job? NOFX Will Try.
After 40 years, the punk band NOFX is walking away with a farewell tour that is nothing short of a victory lap. When they were teenagers, the group developed an extreme do-it-yourself ethos. They had no interest in working for anyone else. As “the ...
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Arts
The Jesus Lizard, Underground Rock Heroes, Surface With a New Album
The band known for its raucous early ’90s records made with Steve Albini is returning with fresh music in September: “Rack,” a new LP that amps up its legacy.
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Arts
She Landed One of Music’s Great Gigs, but First Came Boot Camp
Classical musicians have limited options to play professionally, so some turn to the U.S. military. Those who emerge successfully from the audition process must then endure boot camp. For several months, musicians train as soldiers without any access ...
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World
In Kyiv, Blinken Adds Rock Notes to a ‘Free World’ Message
The secretary of state, a longtime guitarist, strummed along to a song chosen to underscore a central message of President Biden’s foreign policy.
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Arts
Steve Albini’s 10 Essential Recordings
The musician and audio engineer, who died on Tuesday at 61, gave artists including Nirvana and PJ Harvey an authentic representation of their work at a reasonable price.
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Arts
Is ‘The Idea of You’ Harry Styles Fan Fiction? The Answer Is Complicated
The filmmakers do more to align star and character than the novel did. But somehow that doesn’t make the movie indebted to the musician.
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Arts
How ‘Stereophonic’ Made Musicians Out of Actors
The new Broadway play conjures a group as dazzling as peak Fleetwood Mac. This is how five actors with limited training (one never held a bass) became rock stars.
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World
Dickey Betts, Fiery Guitarist With Allman Brothers Band, Dies at 80
He traded licks with Duane Allman and proved to be a worthy sparring partner. He also wrote, and sang, the band’s biggest hit, “Ramblin’ Man.”
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World
Piknik, a longtime Russian rock band, is now at the center of a tragedy.
Early Saturday, Piknik, one of Russia’s most popular heritage rock bands, published a message to its page on Vkontakte, one of the country’s largest social media sites: “We are deeply shocked by this terrible tragedy and mourn with you.” The night ...
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World
Mars Williams, 68, Saxophonist Who Straddled New Wave and Jazz, Dies
He made his name in the 1980s with the Waitresses and the Psychedelic Furs, but his roots were in the exploratory jazz of Eric Dolphy and Ornette Coleman.