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In 1984, Born in the U.S.A. made Bruce Springsteen the biggest rock star in the world. Along the way, one chapter of the album's legacy has nearly vanished from official history: club remixes of three of the album's biggest singles. Illustration by Jackie Lay. Photos by Aaron Rapoport/Corbis and SGranitz/WireImage (Getty Images) hide caption
Cibo Matto's 1999 album, Stereo Type A Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Eric Slick Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Dirty Three Imm Noone/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
The four original members of R.E.M. — Mike Mills, Michael Stipe, Bill Berry and Peter Bucks — reunited and performed at the 2024 Songwriters Hall of Fame induction ceremony. L. Busacca/Getty Images for Songwriters Hall of Fame hide caption
Eliza Hardy Jones Paige Walter/WXPN hide caption
On Santa Cruz, the third in Pedro the Lion's planned five-part album series, David Bazan continues to understand himself and the world that made him. Ryan Russell/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
"Make It Me" sounds like Mickey Guyton's roséwave playlist come to life Joseph Lanes/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
T Bone Burnett in front of a painting by Larry Poons. Jason Myers/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
From left: Robyn, Christine and the Queens, Janelle Monáe, MUNA, Arlo Parks and Perfume Genius From left: Heji Shin, Eloïse Labarbe-Lafon, Mason Rose, Isaac Schneider, Alexis Waespi and Gilles Laurent/Courtesy of the artists hide caption
Maya Hawke Alex Ross Perry and Robert Kolodny/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Maya Hawke on World Cafe
Jon Muq Larry Niehues/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Jon Muq on World Cafe
Gary Clark Jr. Mike Miller/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Bad Bunny performs on SNL on Oct. 21, 2023. NBC/WIll Heath/NBC hide caption
The retro-pop artist Cindy Lee doesn't sit for interviews, use social media and rejects the streaming era's demands on independent artists. Photo by Meaghan Garvey/Illustration by Jackie Lay/NPR hide caption
'I Saw the TV Glow' dives deep into the pop cultural obsession of two outcast suburban teenagers, with a curated soundtrack that matches their malaise. Photo by A24/Illustration by Jackie Lay/NPR hide caption
Telemarket Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Artists like Superchunk, Neurosis, Pixies, Low, Mogwai and Joanna Newsom came to recording engineer Steve Albini when they had something righteous or defiant to proclaim. Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty hide caption
Wuxtry Records in Athens, Ga. Kimberly Junod/WXPN hide caption
"When I first started being in Bikini Kill, I thought of myself as a feminist performance artist who was in a punk band," Kathleen Hanna says. Jason Frank Rothenberg/Ecco hide caption
Kathleen Hanna on life as a 'Rebel Girl,' and the joy of expressing anger in public
Steve Albini in his Electrical Audio studios in Chicago in 2023. John Semley/WXPN hide caption