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8/24/2011
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Genres & History
8/23/2011
Despite its edge and its ultra-cool image, new wave still had a big, sloppy heart beating at its center. "Love Will Tear Us Apart" is Joy Division frontman Ian Curtis' tragic, keyboard-kissed farewell …
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Genres & History
8/23/2011
New wave was about a lot more than wearing skinny ties and sporting gravity-defying haircuts. It was about breaking from the past to find a new sound for a new generation, but without abandoning perenn …
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Artist Essentials
8/23/2011
The beauty of the Wu is that just when you think you've got them pegged, they pop out in a different direction, and their story is loaded with twists and turns. The late, great Ol' Dirty Bastard was al …
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Artist Essentials
8/23/2011
Part of the Wu-Tang magic comes from the mythology the Clan has created over the years. There's the collective's own convoluted history, and then there's the freaky, freewheeling flow of imagery that's …
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Artist Essentials
8/23/2011
Think Cream did the definitive take on "Crossroads" outside of Robert Johnson? Well, then, you haven't spent sufficient time with Skynyrd, whose '76 live version could go toe-to-toe with Clapton & Co.' …
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Artist Essentials
8/23/2011
"Free Bird," "Sweet Home Alabama," "What's Your Name?," "Gimme Three Steps" . . . from their 1973 debut Pronounced Leh-Nerd Skin-Nerd, straight up to 1977's Street Survivors, no band in t …
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Genres & History
8/23/2011
"I Haven't Stopped Dancing Yet," insists the Gonzalez disco-whistle extravaganza, and we've mined the Disco Hits archives to make sure you never have to. We're bringin' the boogie and makin' it last, f …
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Genres & History
8/23/2011
There is a place in the iTunes universe where time has no meaning, where decades collapse and the effervescent sounds of yesteryear remain as bright as a brand-new mirror ball, as fresh as a hot-and-he …
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