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Exclusive Q and A: Converge Talk Creativity, Lunar Cycles, And Hanging With Hydra Head
posted: October 16, 2012
Hardcore heroes Converge should have the right to rest on their laurels. After putting in years developing their sound in the ’90s and then releasing a string of albums during the last decade that culminated in a…
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Songs Of The Revolution: The Spring Standards
posted: October 12, 2012
While tuning my UHF dial and fiddling with my foil-covered coat-hanger antenna, I came across the Conan show, which was featuring a pretty dazzling young band. Ok, it was on YouTube. Turns out this entrancing…
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PSY’s K-Pop Invasion: The Continued Decline of Western Pop Courtesy of the East
posted: October 12, 2012
As if A-Pop wasn’t bad enough already. Just when one might have thought that American pop, with all its auto-tuned voices and fake plastic beats, couldn’t possibly make the eyes and ears bleed more, it’s…
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Your Country's Right Here: Anais Mitchell Barnstorms for Good Folk
posted: October 11, 2012
Anais Mitchell wants listeners to fully immerse themselves in her music. Such passion for her songs and her efforts to have them reach listeners on a visceral level is one reason that Mitchell is loved…
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"Watch This!" Wednesday: Jitta On The Track, P!nk, And Matt & Kim
posted: October 10, 2012
We love passing new music videos around the OurStage office, and now we’re going to be sharing our finds with you. Here’s this week’s freshest new clips! Jitta On The Track – “Smoke Signals” As…
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Riffs, Rants & Rumors: Justin Rice Jumps Between Bishop Allen and The Last Names
posted: October 10, 2012
First you hear the hazy, languid tones of a young woman whose voice falls somewhere in the ethereal zone between Mazzy Star‘s Hope Sandoval and Cat Power. At times, a male vocal partner’s warm pipes…
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