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My Groove
2/15/2011
You can't blame a country when, after it's weathered one of the most turbulent decades in its relatively brief history, it just wants to take a year or ten to chill out. The '70s may have been known as …
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Artist Essentials
2/15/2011
Now that Iron & Wine's a decade into a discography that only gets better with age, one thing's become abundantly clear: some of Sam Beam's best work is scattered across a growing stack of filler-free E …
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Artist Essentials
2/15/2011
The beard is the first thing that comes to mind. Thicker than chimney smoke and as soft and scratchy as a two-sided sponge, it screams long, blustery winters and souls that are wiser than their years. …
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Genres & History
2/15/2011
So what did our '00s pop stars do to while away the decade? While he was dating some of the hottest ladies on the planet, John Mayer was also hanging out with his guitar and "Waiting On the World to Ch …
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Genres & History
2/15/2011
It was, as the writer once wrote, the best of times and the worst of times, the momentous beginning of nothing less than a brand new millennium. And if it was a decade of triumphs and tribulations, on …
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Genres & History
2/15/2011
While the familiar flows of Jay-Z, Nas, and Busta Rhymes held the East Coast down in the '00s, the Dirty South was having its greatest decade yet. Following the lead of Atlanta's own dynamic duo, OutKa …
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Genres & History
2/15/2011
Now that we're three decades into the ever-evolving history of hip-hop, the scene isn't showing any signs of slowing down. If anything, it's manhandled pop music itself, topping the charts year after y …
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Artist Essentials
2/15/2011
"Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)" is more than just the curtain-raising cut on Arcade Fire's breakthrough album, Funeral; it's a cold-shower shot between the eyes, a call to arms that'll send a chill straigh …
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Genres & History
2/15/2011
If there's one thing that defines great '80s rock, it's that there's no one sound to define it. Billy Squier may have scored with rafter-raising arena rock on his heavy-pettin' "The Stroke," but the Ge …
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