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New Blur!
posted: July 2, 2012
Damon Albarn has been playing with our emotions lately, first claiming that both Gorillaz and Blur were done for, then backing away from so definitive a final judgement. Seems that he was right to do…
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Divided We Fall
posted: July 2, 2012
The genesis story of June Divided isn’t that different from the vast majority of bands. Boy meets girl at college. Boy and girl write songs in dorm rooms. Boy and girl find drummer through Craigstlist;…
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Small Room, Big Sound And The Next Huge Rock Band
posted: June 29, 2012
If you’ve looked at the Billboard Rock Charts lately you may be wondering what’s happening to the state of the genre. With chart-toppers like Grouplove, fun., and M83, it feels like the industry is in…
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Megaupload Warrants, Seizure Ruled Illegal In NZ
posted: June 28, 2012
The past week has seen a lot of good news for file sharing service Megaupload and founder Kim Dotcom as he fights his extradition to the US. Judge Helen Winkelmann of the New Zeland High…
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Riffs, Rants and Rumors: Peter Hammill Plays Truth or Consequences
posted: June 27, 2012
What the hell is a Van der Graaf Generator anyway? That’s the question a lot of people were probably asking back in 1969, when the first album by a young British band of that name…
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The Five Best Music Podcasts Of All Time (As Of Right Now)
posted: June 26, 2012
Podcasting is the modern equivalent of pirate radio, with hobbyists and big names all competing for the same ears. It’s a medium that reward the nerdy and obsessive. It’s unglamorous. And that’s why we love it.…
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