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Content:Cover Story Planet Earth 911 Behind Big Oil and Big Coal's lobbying campaign to block progress on global warming.
The Climate Killers: 17 polluters and deniers who are derailing efforts to curb the climate catastrophe.
By Jeff Goodell and Tim Dickinson Feature The Psychedelic King of L.A. The trippy wisdom and supremely strange sounds of Devendra Banhart, high priest of Los Angeles' new bohemian nation.
By Vanessa Grigoriadis Video: The folk rocker explains the dual meaning of his album title
What Will We Be and why the single "16th and Valencia Roxy Music" will make you want to chicken dance.
Patti Smith's New York Love Affair In an excerpt from her new book, Smith looks back on her years of lean living — and artistic revolution — with the photographer Robert Mapplethorpe.
Close-Up Beck's French Connection The rocker teams up with French singer Charlotte Gainsbourg — daughter of Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin — on her new album.
Photograph by Sam Jones Rock & Roll 2009 Wrap-Up From big tours to album sales, a look back at the year in music.
Q&A: Jimmy Buffett on surfing in a hurricane, meeting Bob Marley and chilling in the Sahara.
In the Studio: Malibu and Bruce Springsteen inspire Melissa Etheridge's new album.
Breaking: San Francisco duo Girls mix sweet Fifties pop with a punk-rock vibe.
PLUS: Southern rapper Gucci Mane.
Video: The tale of Girls, a California punk band with a chilling history and a beautiful sound.
Profile: How a 15-year-old R&B singer by the name of Justin Bieber became the biggest teen idol since the Jonas Brothers.
Checking In: Jeff Beck on his 2010 arena tour with Eric Clapton and reuniting with Rod Stewart.
PLUS: M.I.A. checks in from the studio about her new disc, due this summer.
Rock Hall: The Hall of Fame's Class of '10 includes Genesis, Abba, the Stooges, Jimmy Cliff and the Hollies.
Flashback: Retrace the remarkable careers of the class of 2010 through photo galleries and interviews.
Movies: Jeff Bridges channels Merle, Waylon in
Crazy Heart, earns Oscar buzz.
On the Road: Zac Brown celebrates smash LP, Grammy noms and meeting Kid Rock and Jimmy Buffett.
TV The Anti-'Hills' Inside MTV's raucous new smash,
Jersey Shore which stars hair gel, booty shorts and guidos.
RECORDS Dueling Divas Can
Mary J. Blige and
Alicia Keys make it in a post-Auto-Tune world?.
PLUS: Vampire Weekend,
Gucci Mane, Timbaland, OK Go, Surfer Blood, Ke$ha,
Clipse, Ringo Starr and
Thirty Seconds to Mars.
Fricke's Picks: Bob Seger, Boris and RedDog.
MOVIES King of the World James Cameron's 3-D epic,
Avatar, is a sensory blast.
PLUS: Sherlock Holmes,
The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus,
Youth in Revolt and
The White Ribbon.
The Travers Take: More movie news and reviews from Peter Travers.
Travers Hits Twitter: Tap in for daily Twitter updates — juicy interview tidbits and knee-jerk reviews — from our film critic.
ONLINE EXCLUSIVES Video: Vampire Weekend's Rostam Batmanglij and Chris Baio tell you how to listen to the band's new album
Contra: while "shaving, showering and anything that keeps you fresh."
Coming Soon American Idol: We mark the return of the reality show with a live blog of the January 12th season premiere and full coverage of every episode after.
PLUS: RS experts and
Idol alumni bid a final farewell to ex-judge Paula Abdul with a look back at her best, worst and weirdest moments through the years.
Video: Dashboard Confessional's Chris Carrabba and John Lefler hit our studio to perform cuts from their latest disc,
Alter the Ending.
Album Preview: Dance rockers Hot Chip talk about their upcoming LP
One Life Stand, an new dad Alexis Taylor tells how fatherhood has affected his songwriting.
Q&A: Thirty Seconds to Mars' Jared Leto on how the band invited hundreds of fans into the studio for their latest album,
This is War. Photos: Exclusive shots of Elvis Presley at 21, from the Grammy Museum's new show.
Coming Soon Video: TAB the Band, a.k.a. Boston-area rockers Tony And Adrian Perry — Joe Perry's sons — play tunes from their new album,
Zoo Noises.
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