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STRIPPED (BUT SAFE FOR WORK)
posted: November 2, 2009
Some say less is more. And some take it a step further and say anything other than a guitar, a voice and maybe a couple handclaps is overkill. Adherents to that rule will seriously dig…
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CATTLE CALL
posted: October 30, 2009
The term maverick gets thrown a lot these days, but only a fraction of the people who use it truly earn the title. The word dates back to Samuel A. Maverick, an American pioneer who…
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METAL MONDAY: Q&A WITH WOODHAVEN
posted: October 26, 2009
Taking the necessary cues from death metal and hardcore, OurStage band WoodHaven have created a unique deathcore sound”something the genre is in dire need of right now. Three Top 10 finishes in OurStage’s Death Metal/Grindcore…
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DEEP IN THE HEART OF TEXAS
posted: October 26, 2009
Big, burly men don’t normally write tunes called The Friendship Song, or say things like, Speak freely and know that I take joy in your voice without the slightest trace of irony. Which is part…
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OMNIVORE'S DELIGHT 6: BREAK OF REALITY
posted: October 24, 2009
As music performance majors from upstate New York, Patrick Laird, Martin Torch-Ishii, Phil Borter and Ivan Trevino don’t initially appear to be your typical rock stars. Their visual appearance raises no red flags. But within…
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LOVE GONE BAD
posted: October 23, 2009
There was a time, not that long ago, when the pop world was infused with romantic ennui. This cavalcade of weary-hearted artists was led by the Smiths, whose woebegone tales of love and loathing gave…
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