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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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Great Poets Whose Words Inspired Songs
posted: December 11, 2013
Tim Kinsella Tim Kinsella, the Chicago-based musician who accidentally helped invent what we know as emo while cutting his teeth in bands like Cap’n Jazz and Joan of Arc, just released one of the more…
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Sell-Out: Is Music Licensing The Saving Grace For Artist Income?
posted: October 10, 2012
Let me just bypass the whole “record industry is failing” and “illegal downloading is on the rise” introduction. We all know that professional musicians need to get paid, but this means finding new means of…
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Exclusive Q and A: Pony Boy Talks Poetry, Pop, and Production
posted: September 11, 2012
Pony Boy, the brainchild of Marchelle Bradanini, is a self-described “junkyard country” group that sounds like a dusty old Ford rumbling down a deserted road. Having already put in time as a member of the…
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Tuesday, August 28, 2012
posted: August 28, 2012
Why is Mom in bed with that alien? Tom Waits plays his most authentic role ever. So pop is louder, blander, and more depressing than ever? Honestly, who would ever want these? “No good, no…
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Tuesday, July 31, 2012
posted: July 31, 2012
Aw, Pitbull’s being such a good sport. Let the continuous bass drop commence. Well, there goes our 14-year-old innocence, Courtney. Aye, Aye, Captain! Insert pun on the name “fun.” here. She’s a real hip Queen.
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