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Metal Monday: Happy Belated Birthday, Heavy Metal
posted: March 1, 2010
February 13, 1970 “ the day metal was “born.” The event was the release of Black Sabbath’s first release, Black Sabbath. Metal is now forty-years-young. It sure has been a wild ride where trends have…
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Hey Nikki
posted: March 1, 2010
Dubbed the Queen of Englewood by Lupe Fiasco himself, there’s no doubt Nikki Lynette‘s got Chi-town clout. But even Lupe knows that big talent finds its way past city limits. To date, Lynette’s opened for…
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The Great Dane
posted: February 24, 2010
When Danish songwriter Jonas Rendbo set out to record his second release as Jonasoul, he did something few musicians would dare do in the studio ” he introduced his band to the songs only when the…
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iRock: Q&A With Wayward
posted: February 23, 2010
When some people think of Reno, Nevada, the popular Comedy Central show Reno 911 comes to mind. Others envision a city that sits in a high desert valley at the foot of the Sierras. Now the city…
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Metal Monday: The Art of the Metal Solo
posted: February 22, 2010
“Shred ’til death” ” the battlecry of thrash metal dudes (and chicks) around the globe. With the advent of faster and more extreme metal genres like thrash, the tradition of the metal solo has been a mainstay. A…
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All Keyed Up
posted: February 22, 2010
Things happen when you’re 13 ” first kisses, first cigarettes, first piercings ” and, if you’re like Jes Hudak, first albums. Maybe it’s a little precocious for a 9th grader to drop a record on her classmates…
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