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Why Do We Hate Modern Classical Music?

(The Guardian)

Does Jazz Music Really Suck?

(Medium)

Kamasi Washington on 21st Century Jazz

(The Talkhouse)

Thundercat is Modern Music's Secret Weapon

(Wired)

Born To Run and the Decline of the American Dream

(The Atlantic)

How "Kung Fu Fighting" Came to Represent Asia

(Code Switch)

AMAZING GRACE: The Tortured 4-Decade History of the Film 

Aretha Franklin Wants to Stop

(Hollywood Reporter)

COSMIC ZOO: Inside the L.A. Studio That's Shaping L.A.'s Underground Hip-Hop Scene

(FACTMAG)

Remembering the Real Lessons of 2-Tone Ska

(The Pitch)

How Many of These Velvet Underground Songs Have You Heard?

(Clickhole)

WHAT GOES ON: How Sterling Morrison Left the VU for UT
(The Alcade)

The 13 Most Insidious, Pervasive Lies of the Modern Music Industry

(Digital Music News)

Buddy Rich's Legendary Tirade. . .Set to Music

(YouTube)

Top 10 Albums of the South African Jazz Diaspora

(Hub Pages)

THE SURGEON'S CUT: What Do Doctors Listen To In the the Operating Room?

(The Guardian)

The Misunderstood Power of Michael Jackson's Music

(The Atlantic)

How Flying Lotus Built Brainfeeder

(The Fader)

Machines and Fleshapoid Falliability: Electronic Music and Halt and Catch Fire

(Grantland)

TIMELESS SONGS: Using Spotify To Measure the Popularity of Older Music

(Polygraph)

From Nirvana to GG Allin: Flipside's Krk Dominguez Photographs L.A.'s Post-Hardcore Scene

(Huffington Post)

L.A.'s Ten Best Up-and-Coming Rappers

(L.A. Weekly)

The 25 Best Rock Acts with Unique Setlists

(Consequence of Sound)

ELECTRIC FLING: Sun Ra's Free Space

(Pitchfork Media)

How Guitarists Form A Giant Hyperbrain...wait, WHAT?
(Fast Company)

11 Bands That Skipped Woodstock For Incredibly Lame Reasons

(11 Points)

LISTEN: The One Real Problem with Rolling Stones' "Greatest Songwriters of All Time" List

(The Record)

THE BEST SONGS OF THE 1980s: Picking Apart Pitchfork's Fascinating, Frustrating List

(Salon)

THE GOOD LISTENER: Are Tall People Obliged to Stand in the Back During Concerts?

(NPR)

Morton Subotnik on the Dawn of Modular Synthesis

(Electronic Beats)

This Squeaky Door in Chicago Does A Great Miles Davis Impression

(Dangerous Minds)

Chance Discovery Casts New Light on Origins of Polyphonic Music
(The Guardian)