Thanks to a renewed sense of cooperation and some good old-fashioned marital relations, the forever youngish kings of power pop get back their mojo.
BY STEVE KANDELL
This spring, gangs of punks and metalheads poured onto the streets of major Mexican cities to pummel emo kids. Is it just a case of cliquish rivalry, or do these bullies have a more sinister m.o.? BY JOSEPH CONTRERAS
In 1978, the Village People turned gay cruising into a song so catchy that no one, not even the grounds crew at Yankee Stadium, bothered to question its meaning. The oral history of the original boy-toy band’s crowning achievement.
BY JEFF PEARLMAN
A cape-wearing electro maverick skips town for love, flirts with decadence, and finds his soulful inner Jim. BY PHILIP SHERBURNE
With controversy already brewing over the Roots’ latest album, coleader ?uestlove describes the hard work (thanks, Dad), luck, and generous recording advance that helped a live drummer make it in a digital world.
BY CHARLES AARON
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No living classical composer is more famous or more important to rock music. Here’s how the maestro of minimalism continues to inspire new generations. BY WILL HERMES
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