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How The Songwriters Behind One Direction Secretly Control Your Mind
posted: January 2, 2014
About a month ago, after One Direction dropped their latest release, Midnight Memories, most reviewers couldn’t help but point out the album’s shameless knock-offs of some of the biggest pop hits of the ’80s including “Jessie’s Girl,” “Pour Some Sugar On Me,” and pretty…
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2014 Resolution: Let's Treat Women In Music With Respect
posted: January 2, 2014
By Em Cassel Critics everywhere seem to agree that women dominated music in 2013. The Boston Globe, Vice’s Noisey blog, NPR “ all of these fine journalistic institutions published year-end review pieces that were like,…
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Rock In Pieces: The Biggest Breakups Of 2013
posted: December 31, 2013
With a loving, “Thanks jerks, we’re out,” The Gay Blades officially announced their breakup via Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram (because it’s hard to get closure without fancy photo filters) earlier this week. The goofy trash-pop duo…
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5 Animated Cameos From the Artists You Love
posted: December 26, 2013
There are two super important pieces of information that you may have missed as you frantically finished buying, wrapping and trading your presents this holiday season. First: The Powerpuff Girls is getting a reboot in 2014, returning…
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If You Aren't Following These Artists On Twitter, You Should Be
posted: December 24, 2013
Katy Perry was crowned the Queen of Twitter earlier this week, after figures released by the site showed that she gained more than 15 million followers in 2013. Which is good, because while KP has already received…
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The Best Music Books of 2013
posted: December 20, 2013
Oh baby, it is literally so damn cold outside. I have no interest in walking in a winter wonderland because the weather outside is actually frightful and I’m terrified that if I try to go anywhere I’ll…
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