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Riffs, Rants and Rumors: Boxing The English Beat With Dave Wakeling
posted: June 20, 2012
The late ˜70s and early ˜80s were a boom time for bands blending New Wave’s urgency and energy with the Jamaican rhythms of ska and reggae. The biggest-selling exponents of that musical merger were The…
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Riffs, Rants and Rumors: The dB's Amp It Up Again
posted: April 25, 2012
It only took Francis Ford Coppola two years to follow The Godfather with Godfather II. Even less time separated Charles Dickens’ last serialized installment of David Copperfield and his first for Bleak House. Sometimes artists…
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Riffs, Rants & Rumors: The Rise, Fall, and Rise of Gary Numan
posted: January 4, 2012
“For me it’s the machine that works best,” says Gary Numan of the synthesizer, the instrument whose use in rock he helped to revolutionize back in the late ’70s. It’s an axe that has certainly…
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Riffs, Rants & Rumors: Rockin' Holiday Gift Guide
posted: December 7, 2011
The holiday season is supposed to appeal to all of our finer instincts as sentient earthlings ”at least that’s the idea that’s been inculcated in us practically since birth. So why is its annual arrival…
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The Bolts Vs. Cage the Elephant
posted: October 8, 2011
Rock and roll has had a profound impact on the culturally history of the United States. Beginning in the 1950s with artists like Elvis Presley, rock music has always been a symbol for youthful rebellion.…
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Triggers Vs. The Hush Sound
posted: August 20, 2011
In this week’s edition of Vs. we’ll be taking a look at Triggers and putting them up agains indie poppers The Hush Sound. Triggers hail from Pittsburgh, but have recently relocated to Los Angeles and have…
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