Neon Indian is featured on this month's Heavy Rotation. Karo Cantú/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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The Pretenders
"They were very musical and they made great songs and had great harmonies," Chrissie Hynde says of The Beach Boys. "I only didn't appreciate them then because I was tripping my brains out and listening to Jimi Hendrix." Jill Furmanovsky/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Chrissie Hynde On World Cafe
A photo of the Ribaudo family tomb in the Staglieno Cimitero Monumentale in Genoa, Italy was used as the cover art for Joy Division's "Love Will Tear Us Apart." Courtesy of the artist hide caption
(From left to right) Chrissie Hynde of The Pretenders; Debbie Harry of Blondie; Viv Albertine of The Slits; Poly Styrene of X-Ray Spex; Siouxsie Sioux of Siouxsie And The Banshees; and Pauline Black of The Selecter in London in 1980. Michael Putland/Getty Images hide caption
The Pretenders perform live at World Cafe Live in Philadelphia. Tiana Timmerberg/WXPN hide caption
The Pretenders On World Cafe
Chrissie Hynde released her debut solo record, Stockholm, this June. Dean Chalkley/Courtesy of the artist hide caption