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2013 Stories by Rae Alexandra

• Girls Season Finale: Meltdowns and Misguided Love Everywhere

  published Mar 18, 2013

  On last night's season finale of Girls, we saw Adam run half-naked through the streets, onto the subway and all the way to Hannah's house, to scoop up his ex-girlfriend in his arms and emotionally res... More >>

• Bringing Funny Back: Justin Timberlake Owns Television This Week

  published Mar 15, 2013

  If we were going to nominate a Song of the Week this week, it wouldn't go to any ordinary single. It wouldn't go to a song that's about to set the Billboard chart on fire. It wouldn't go to anything t... More >>

• Five Musicians' Kids Who Have Better Jobs Than You

  published Mar 13, 2013

  Guess what, everybodyr Despite the invention of child labor laws, there are whole gangs of marauding teens with careers more dazzling and exciting than any of ours. How does this depressing turn of ev... More >>

• Black Lips: Show Preview

  published March 13, 2013

  The four misfits who make up the Black Lips never look like they're making any kind of effort to perform at all, but still never fail to... More >>

• Walking Dead, Season 3, Episode 13: The Governor Gets In Rick's Head

  published Mar 12, 2013

  The latest episode of The Walking Dead commences with a showdown between Rick and the Governor, who meet in a derelict building. "I coulda killed you all. I didn't," the Gov tells Rick, as Daryl and H... More >>

• Girls Episode 9, Season 2: Tackling Sexual Politics Like No One Before

  published Mar 11, 2013

  Something really fucking important happened in last night's episode of Girls. Women have been dealing forever with the parameters of rape -- what constitutes it, what validates it, and what makes a ra... More >>

• The Aptly Named Mindless Behavior Is a New Wannabe Boy-Band

  published Mar 08, 2013

  Every week, we search high and low, all over the Internet, to find the worst new song of the week. This week, we took kind of a long time figuring shit out. Our original choice was a track called "The... More >>

• Flogging Molly: Show Preview

  published March 6, 2013

  If you're not quite sure what you're doing for St. Patrick's Day, we suggest you celebrate it eight days early with Celtic rockers Flogging... More >>

• Carly Rae Jepsen Attempts to Get No One to Call Her Ever

  published Mar 02, 2013

  Last year was the year of "Call Me Maybe". Carly Rae Jepsen nailed everything that was awesome about pop music with that song: It was infuriatingly catchy, had a great video, was adopted and openly lo... More >>

• Kanye West Says He's Like Picasso. Here Are 5 Equally Egomaniacal Musicians

  published Feb 28, 2013

  Well, it's been a few months, so we shouldn't be all that surprised but Kanye West's ego has been running amok again. This time the behemoth emerged while West was onstage in Paris last Saturday, and ... More >>

• DIIV: Show Preview

  published February 27, 2013

  The members of DIIV truly adore three things: reverb, misspellings, and water. Zachary Cole Smith, the centrifugal force of the Brooklyn... More >>

• Pennywise: Show Preview

  published February 27, 2013

  The exit of original Pennywise vocalist Jim Lindberg in 2009 devastated many a skate-punk fan. But it was the ensuing public feud... More >>

• The Walking Dead Episode 11, Season 3: Andrea Plays Peacemaker

  published Feb 25, 2013

  As you may recall, last week everything went batshit crazy (even more so than usual) on The Walking Dead. Axel's dead, Rick's insane, and the Governor's on the war path in a massive way. What could po... More >>

• Girls Episode 7, Season 2: Explaining Jessa

  published Feb 25, 2013

  Tonight, we get a glimpse into why Jessa is Jessa. Of course, it's all down to her goddamn family (isn't it alwaysr). And even ever-self-entitled Hannah can see that the way Jessa is treated by her la... More >>

• Murder City Devils' Spencer Moody: Five Reasons He Fucking Rules

  published Feb 22, 2013

  Spencer Moody, who played with the Murder City Devils, is playing the Hemlock Tavern this Sunday. And if you care about rock 'n' roll and punk and experimentation and all that is right with music, you... More >>

• Yo Gotti and French Montana Brag About Money and Bore Us to Tears

  published Feb 22, 2013

  Remember when mainstream hip-hop had something to sayr Back in the day, Public Enemy were an educational force to be reckoned with. NWA, who had their misogynistic moments, were in their own way teach... More >>

• Walking Dead, Season 3, Episode 10: The Governor's Revenge

  published Feb 19, 2013

  First question of the morning. Why the hell hasn't anyone given the Governor a proper eye patch yetr He doesn't look nearly enough like a pirate, with that stupid little flesh-colored bandage stuck to... More >>

• Girls: Episode 6, Season 2: No Such Thing as Real Jobs

  published Feb 19, 2013

  Attention, older generations. You know how you hear on CNN all the time that college graduates have no job prospects nowr Well, if you want to get a good view of what it's really like out there, just ... More >>

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  Pink Goes Stunt-Crazy in San Jose, 2/18/13

  published Feb 19, 2013

  PinkMonday, Feb. 18, 2013HP Pavilion, San JoseBetter than: Every other show on earth that doesn't involve dropping the star 50 feet from the ceiling.Before we saw tonight's show, we thought Pink was k... More >>

• Lil Wayne, Drake, and Future Play Misogyny Mad Libs in "Bitches Love Me"

  published Feb 15, 2013

  Occasionally, a music video comes along that plumbs the depths of absurdity to such a grand degree, we feel like we're watching an SNL parody. Or a Dave Chapelle skit. As far as we're concerned, the o... More >>

• Green Day Needs to Stop Releasing So Many Things at the Same Time

  published Feb 13, 2013

  Hold onto your skinny jeans, everybody, because Green Day has not one, but two movies showing at this year's SXSW film festival in Austin next month. One is titled Broadway Idiot (a documentary about ... More >>

• The Walking Dead Is Back -- and Everyone's Making Bad Decisions

  published Feb 11, 2013

  In case you've forgotten what was going on in The Walking Dead all the way back on December 2, you're not alone. It might be wise to refresh your memory with a recap of that mid-season finale -- becau... More >>

• Girls Season 2, Episode 5: Bad Outfits and Topless Ping Pong

  published Feb 11, 2013

  Last night's episode of Girls commenced with Hannah in probably her frumpiest outfit to date -- a deeply unflattering pair of beige short shorts (that crept up her butt) and were attached to a tie-up ... More >>

• Bruno Mars' "When I Was Your Man": An Effective Cure for Insomnia

  published Feb 08, 2013

  Hey insomniacs, how are you dealing with your sleep deprivation these daysr Nothing worse than lying around all night, unable to switch your brain off, watching the clock and knowing you're going to f... More >>

• Dear Morrissey, Will You Ever Actually Make it to San Franciscor

  published Feb 06, 2013

  Dear Morrissey, If a double-decker bus crashed into us right now, we almost would be happy to die by your side -- not because we think vehicular slaughter is "such a heavenly way to die," but rather b... More >>