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Game On
posted: September 18, 2012
Afrocentric rock bands are a rare but beautiful thing. Living Colour, Bad Brains, Fishbone ” these guys stepped boldly into the mostly white arena of punk and hardcore, bringing with them styles and genres as…
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Code Red
posted: July 23, 2012
Blameshift’s steady rise to the upper strata of commercial music is the product of not just talent, but serious marketing mojo. First the band became road warriors, criss-crossing across the country in a bus fueled…
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Playing Dirty
posted: July 4, 2012
Stephanie White was one of the Top 21 female vocalists on American Idol season five, and though the New Jersey native didn’t make it as far as Taylor Hicks, it wasn’t for a lack of…
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Fire and Ice
posted: June 11, 2012
Just across the Hudson, tucked between the Lincoln and Holland tunnels, is Hoboken, NJ. A less frenetic, friendlier version of New York City, Hoboken still functions as sort of a microcosm of Manhattan with its…
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Cheers
posted: April 30, 2012
Champagne Morning seems to have it all figured out. The band, based in Kiev, spends part of their time creating euphoric indie pop, and when they’re not doing that, they drink champagne. It might explain…
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The Kind-Hearted Kid
posted: April 23, 2012
Bad stuff is out there”in nasty Facebook posts, shocking headlines and mean people looking to kill your buzz. Next time you feel a deep and abiding despair about humanity, put on Roads, a Washington-based band…
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