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Download The Shred Or Alive Playlist

posted: April 29, 2011

OurStage has been rocking hard lately, and last month was no exception. In honor National Guitar Month and in celebration of the excellent selection of riffs on OurStage, artists competed in the “Shred Or Alive” Song…
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Metal Monday: The Best And Worst Of 2011-So Far

posted: April 25, 2011

Four months into the year 2011, and there have almost been enough great metal albums this year to build a very respectable “Best of the Year” list from. It’s been an uncharacteristically great year thus…
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Boy With A Guitar: An Iron And Wine Show Review

posted: April 21, 2011

It’s no surprise that Iron and Wine, a.k.a. Sam Beam and his backing band, sold out the House of Blues on Tuesday. Between his new album Kiss Each Other Clean, the fortuitous decision to tour…
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Rapper's Delight: The Study Of Dreams

posted: April 16, 2011

Every once in a while, an album will drop and instantly affect the evolution of its genre. A Piece of Strange, the CunninLynguist’s devastating concept album, hit the nail on the head five years ago.…
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Metal Monday: Protest The Hero Get Scandalous With Scurrilous

posted: April 11, 2011

Ontario-based progressive metal band Protest The Hero are asking us to break out the dictionary to figure out what their new album Scurrilous means. For those who don’t feel like looking it up, it essentially refers…
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Rapper's Delight: Instrumental Hip Hop

posted: April 9, 2011

Emceeing and hip hop go hand in hand, it’s as simple as that. It’s rare to hear a beat without someone spittin’ over it, especially in mainstream hip hop, and let’s face it: the formula…
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