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Artist Essentials
3/22/2011
Here, we supply the bread for EBTG's endlessly nourishing musical sub - some of the work they put out before their debut album, and after the band's 1999 hiatus. Marine Girls showcased Thorn's vocal sk …
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Artist Essentials
3/22/2011
Under the name Everything But the Girl (borrowed, incidentally, from a furniture store that claimed, "For your bedroom needs we sell everything but the girl"), Ben Watt and golden-voiced Tracey Thorn h …
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Artist Essentials
3/22/2011
In addition to the pop-skewed, butter-wouldn't-melt R&B vibe that he mines on tracks like "I Love U" - a hook-up with Ester Dean from the Deluxe Edition of 2009's Graffiti - and the soulful romantic ba …
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Artist Essentials
3/22/2011
When Chris Brown arrived midway through the '00s, he looked every bit the complete contemporary R&B package - boasting that too-rare triple-whammy of looks, moves, and vocals, the prodigiously gifted t …
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Other Mix
3/21/2011
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Other Mix
3/21/2011
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Other Mix
3/21/2011
Like any generation-defining band, Foo Fighters are a Frankenstein's monster of artistically defining roots and influences. And when you're talking about those roots and influences, you simply can't ge …
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Other Mix
3/21/2011
Grunge, hard rock, emo, heavy metal . . . Needless to say, Foo Fighters aren't merely one more alternative in the Alternative Nation, but they do share styles - and the dial - with the movement's great …
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Genres & History
3/17/2011
Downtempo comes out of club culture, but it's about much more than just beats. Bands who base their sounds around singers and pop-schooled song structures dive into the downtempo pool all the time, and …
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