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By offering the promise of magic connections in small clubs, Westward Fest is your chance to say "I saw them when"

Nothing beats getting close enough to see the whites of their eyes.

From Greek barley cake and Woodstock mudbaths to SKOOKUM's long tables, music fests have come a long way

Somewhere along the line things got classy.

More of a drug than mere nostalgia, PNE’s Summer Night Concerts tap into something deep

Remember that first time you felt high as a kite?

Today marks the 14th anniversary of Dave Matthews Band shitting on an unsuspecting gaggle of Chicago boat people

Nothing like a taste of rock stardom.

Horrifying as this might sound, Hedley’s Jacob Hoggard has actually done something good for the world

The party is over.

FVDED in the Park signals rock’s decline

It’s little surprise that festivals like this one are passing over guitar-based groups entirely for rap and EDM–based performers.

Fans need to ask themselves if XXXTentacion deserves their tears as arrest made in wake of fatal shooting

And you thought "Chuck Berry farts on a hooker" was as low as it got.

The irresistible queer femininity of Janelle Monáe

Sometimes art is so good and so fucking real.

After three decades of offending everyone, NOFX finally loses its hard-earned punk rock cred

Fat Mike deserves, ironically, your respect

By making the argument that the U.S. is fucked, Childish Gambino's "This Is America" is art at its most masterful

If the hallmark of great art is the way it gets people talking, Childish Gambino’s “This Is America” video has managed to achieve full-on

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