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 SUM 41 DISCUSS THEIR NEW ALBUM, AND HOW THEY DECIDE WHICH SONGS TO CHUCK.
Most
pop-punk bands who make a name for themselves singing about avoiding
homework don’t make it too far beyond the adolescent phase.
Understandably so: ...
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 GETTING HYPED
UP ON THE DOWN-LOW.
With thumping
beats, an off-the-wall sense of style, videos straight out of a ’90s
art school project, and song titles like “Music is My Hot Hot Sex,”
the Brazilian band CSS clearly enjoys being ...
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 THE PARTY MONSTER AND MOTIVATIONAL
SPEAKER CONNECTS THE DOTS
I was a child of the 1980s,
back when rock stars led debauched lives of sex, drugs and rage
antics. For that reason, I wasn’t particularly thrilled at ...
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 RAEKWON.
There are leaders
and there are followers. There are originators and there are
imitators. As fads in music come and go, one constant in hip hop
has been the ability of the best maestros to make real, gritty rap
about ...
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 TAMAR-KALI TALKS AFRO-PUNK, AFRO-PUNK AND HER NEW ALBUM, BLACK BOTTOM.
Although she has
been playing the New York club circuit and building a name for
herself for over a decade, Tamar-kali is perhaps better known for her
appearance as ...
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 WILD CHILD KE$HA MAY BE TOUGH TO TAME, BUT THERE’S MORE TO HER THAN PARTY ANTICS
Ke$ha is
known for being cheeky, irreverent and juvenile. With songs that
glorify teenage recklessness, off-colour lyrics that make no effort
to subtly ...
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 SEMI PRECIOUS WEAPONS LOVE THEMSELVES,
AND DON’T CARE HOW MUCH YOU HATE THEM.
Even in an amorphous pop climate that’s
increasingly embracing eccentricity and difference, Semi Precious
Weapons demand to be noticed. They are misfits in a ...
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 IN IT FOR THE MUSIC.
Perhaps it is their ability to
create music that sounds completely mysterious, heart-achingly sad
and profoundly beautiful all at the same time. It could be Ben
Bridwell’s voice that guides you through each ...
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 THE MULTI-TALENTED ARTIST CLIMBS OUT
OF THE CAVE AND INTO THE SPOTLIGHT.
Some people just don’t know how to stop working. When your full-time job is fronting a successful band like Gym Class Heroes, the ...
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 THE XX’S ROMY MADLEY CROFT AND
HER BANDMATES ARE UNABASHED
CREATURES OF THE NIGHT.
By now, you probably know everything there is to know about The xx and their unexpectedly mature, Mercury Prize-nominated 2009 debut: the hushed ...
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 THE PARTY NEVER STOPS
WITH THE SCISSOR SISTERS.
The cover of the new Scissor Sisters album Night Work features an eye-catching clenched male butt clad in tights. It screams gay.
“It was something that [lead singer] ...
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 THE ARTIST’S FREAKY POP
KNOWS NO BOUNDS.
Though it has long been the purview of electro head geeks to wonder if we really are in the Matrix, sci-fi is now quickly gaining momentum in unexpected places. ...
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 OUR SPECIAL CONTRIBUTOR SARA
BOOBOOSH MOUTHS OFF WITH P-THUGG.
It’s been over
three years since Chromeo released the electrofunk classic Fancy
Footwork, and the fact that the
Montreal duo is now gearing up to unleash a third album, Business
Casual, ...
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 THE BAND TALKS UP THEIR NEW
ALBUM CONGRATULATIONS
When I told a friend that I had an advance copy of MGMT’s new album she almost peed herself, and then exploded with uncontrollable glee. Rock stars have ...
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 SIX MONTHS AFTER THEIR FORMATION, NEW YORK TRIO BRAHMS ARE SCORING STRINGS OF FANS.
With the birth rate of bands in Brooklyn rapidly approaching the birth rate of babies worldwide, it was only a matter ...
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 “IF SKILLS SOLD, TRUTH BE TOLD,” JAY-Z
RHYMES ON HIS THREE-MILLION-SELLING
BLACK ALBUM, “I’D PROBABLY BE,
LYRICALLY, TALIB KWELI.”
With socially conscious, literate lyrics that still remain honest and streetwise, former Black Star member Kweli is one of ...
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 GRUNGE IS BACK, AND NO ONE SIGNALS ITS ROAR BETTER THAN THE KINGS OF FUZZ.
Nirvana got more press and Pearl Jam sold more records, but
anyone who lived through the grunge years knows that the ...
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 THE RELEASE OF XAVIER RUDD'S LATEST ALBUM, KOONYUM
SUN, PROVES THAT THE SINGER'S DARK DAYS ARE OVER.
Xavier Rudd is a man who follows his heart more than his mind, and a man who accepts that everything ...
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 HAVING STARTED OUT AS A TRIBUTE TO CANADIAN ROCK LEGENDS
THE BAND, HAMILTON'S ARKELLS HAVE SINCE COME A LONG WAY.
Touring coast to coast
opening up for bands like Sam Roberts Band and Matt Mays & ...
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 THE L.A. DJ’S NEW PUNK COLLABORATION,
RIFOKI, TAKES HIM BACK TO HIS “BLOODY” ROOTS.
A lot can be said about Steve Aoki, and most of it
already has been. At 32, the Californian has dipped his ...
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 THE LEADER OF CANUCK PUNK LEGENDS D.O.A. TELLS NAKED EYE HOW HE'LL BE SPENDING HIS JULY 1st.
Up here in Canada, we have a lot to feel good about. Free healthcare, plenty of natural resources, good ...
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 After hitting a quarter life crisis, Michael Lee – lead singer of Letting Up Despite Great Faults – quit his 9 to 5 job in search of something that he felt was missing from his life.
It may ...
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 GLOBAL SYNDICATE ARE POISED TO TAKE OVER.
Global Syndicate are the luckiest hip hop act this side of the border. Despite being brand spanking new and completely unknown, the Vancouver duo have managed to snag opportunities ...
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 The Naked Eye
crew just arrived back from an amazing trip to Toronto. We were there
taking in the madness of the Much Music Video Awards at This Is London,
where the Official Universal Music Canada M.M.V.A. After ...
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