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Jay Reatard
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Jay Reatard didn't just play rock 'n' roll — he [i]lived[/i] it. The sonic saboteur spent his tragically short life bursting at the seams with so many ideas that he seemed to turn out raucous, raging tunes with every single breath, each one a stiff middle finger in the face of complacency, exploding with blistering, punk-powered energy. But even at his most unhinged, Reatard held pop as close to his heart as punk, and every one of his songs revolved around infectious riffs and steel-sharpened melodic hooks. When he died, he was well on his way to a level of stardom beyond the cult anti-hero status he'd already achieved, but he lived so fast that his manic momentum caught up with him too quickly and cut it all much too short. The best way to remember him is by bashing, slamming, and bopping along to the best of the bounty he left behind — and lucky for you, that's exactly what we've gathered up right here.