Mike Rastiello - Downbeat.fm

Josh Homme of Queens of the Stone Age performing in Austin, TX.

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This month's playlist features The Dodos, Living Hour, Kicking Giant, Abby Sage, VIAL, The Beths, and more!

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness by The Smashing Pumpkins playing on a record player.

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The latest edition of Downbeat.fm features songs from Pool Kids, Peach Fuzz, ALINA, Penfold, Weakened Friends, and more!

Tom Morello playing guitar on stage in front of a banner with an upside-down American flag with the text "NAZI LIVES DON'T MATTER."

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This month's Downbeat.fm playlist features Slothrust, Pool Kids, Nine Inch Nails, Have Mercy, Iron & Wine, Le Tigre, and more!

The album jacket for Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen propped up next to a record player, which is playing the album.

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This month's Downbeat.fm playlist features: La Dispute, Ovlov, Slothrust, Wednesday, Lowertown, Gina Young, and more!

Turnstiles by Billy Joel playing on a record player.

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This month’s Downbeat.fm playlist features Bear vs. Shark, Girl Tones, MJ Lenderman, Milemarker, Cursive, Tennis, Spanish Love Songs, and more!

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This month's playlist features songs from Pool Kids, girlpuppy, Seko, Dahila Seed, Greta O'Leary, Me in Capris, and more!

Rilo Kiley playing on stage in Phoenix, Arizona

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This month’s playlist features Blush, SOAK, Pool Kids, Gustaf, and more!

A black and white photo of a busted up television sitting in an overgrown field in front of a brick wall.

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I want my MTV.

Chino Moreno of Deftones, singing on stage in Austin, TX

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Well I've got a secret, I cannot say

An exhibit of a radio DJ booth from the 50s.

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Radio is a sound salvation

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Earlier in January, we saw the passing of David Lynch. Lynch was someone whose name I knew going back to February 1997. I know this because it was when the Lost Highway soundtrack came out. I was just about 16 years old and a big Nine Inch Nails fan and

A photograph of a retail shelf full of records with a colorful checkerboard floor.

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A quick note before getting things started... A long-time Twitter friend recently launched a new website called "I Have That on Vinyl," where people from all walks of life and musical preferences gather to discuss their love of records and music. Check it out; there are a lot