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Sound and Vision: Is Gotye This Year's Foster the People?

posted: May 25, 2012

Here today, gone today, one-hit wonders make the world of pop go round”but never for long. The late ˜70s gave us a plethora of short-term disco stars who lived”and quickly died”by the groove, while the…
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Sound and Vision: Why Lana Del Rey Might Be the Most Important Thing to Happen in Pop Since Adele

posted: March 9, 2012

On the subject of short-lived stardom, Andy Warhol said it best: “In the future, everyone will be world-famous for fifteen minutes.” Surely in 1968, when Warhol uttered that soon-to-be immortal prediction, he couldn’t have foreseen the…
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Lana Del Rey's SNL Appearance: A Mainstream Gambit

posted: December 26, 2011

If you have a life outside of the Internet, then there’s a good chance that you haven’t heard of singer-songwriter Lana Del Rey. In that case, consider yourself introduced. Del Rey, the handle of one…
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Sound And Vision: Can Florence + the Machine End 2011 Where Adele Started It (on Top)?

posted: September 23, 2011

Florence Welch must be in a state of extreme suspense right about now. And if she is, no one would understand how she feels better than Adele. At the dawn of 2011, Adele was in…
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88 MPH: Goo Goo Dolls Are More Than Just Replacements

posted: September 2, 2011

The Goo Goo Dolls have all the trademark characteristics of any generic, commercially-viable pop rock band: the numerous multiplatinum albums, the heavy radio play, the chart-topping monster singles. But behind these established markers of commercial…
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Live Wired [Review]: Jack's Mannequin And Guster

posted: August 16, 2011

Last Friday was a perfect summer night and thus the best evening atmosphere anyone could imagine for a concert. The Bank of America Pavilion was packed with people of all ages who were treated to…
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