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6/21/2011
When Ben Gibbard and Jimmy Tamborello (see also: Dntel, James Figurine) of the Postal Service delivered their electro-pop debut to Sub Pop, very few people expected it to explode into an actual phenome …
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6/21/2011
These days, Death Cab for Cutie is considered one of the leading acts of the post-O.C./Garden State generation - the teens and 20-somethings who were reared on the indie-centric soundtrac …
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6/21/2011
Quirky, humor-driven alt-rockers from the Great White North, the Barenaked Ladies splashed onto the Canadian scene with the first-ever indie release to reach platinum. Their success translated across t …
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6/21/2011
Like a lot of first-generation rock 'n' rollers, Roy Orbison fell below the radar after the British Invasion exploded in the mid-'60s, despite helping to ignite its flame in the first place. But he was …
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6/21/2011
With his skyscraper-scaling tenor and God-given gift for pop tragedy, Roy Orbison created the original rock operas when Pete Townshend was still learning skiffle riffs. But the lonely figure with the b …
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6/21/2011
You know that song ("Just Like Honey") that scored the final moments of that movie (Lost in Translation) about loneliness, traumatizing time zones, and the hunger pangs of love? We …
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6/21/2011
On her 2002 album, Legacy . . . Hymns & Faith, Amy Grant treats "Holy, Holy, Holy" more like a love song than a hymn, with its elegant string section and graceful mandolin arrangement cradling h …
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6/21/2011
Amy Grant is by no means the first artist south of the Mason-Dixon Line to plant one foot in the gospel world and another in pop - both Tennessee Ernie Ford and a guy named Elvis leap to mind - but she …
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6/21/2011
Pitbull is the rare rapper who has managed to balance hip-hop cred with chart-topping pop success. The bilingual MC from Miami first broke onto the scene in 2004 with "C**o," an homage to ladies' backs …
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