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Artist Essentials
5/25/2010
Chicago's Wilco has slowly but surely evolved into something . . . phenomenal. Over the course of seven groundbreaking studio albums, and a fistful of fascinating collaborations - notably the two-part …
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Artist Essentials
5/25/2010
Whether we're talking about their final, Reinventing the Steel days (the sputtering drums of "I'll Cast a Shadow," the dizzying guitars of "You've Got to Belong to It") or a sorely overlooked ro …
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Artist Essentials
5/25/2010
Ask Pantera about their "overnight success" in the early '90s and they'll probably laugh right in your face. After all, they spent nearly ten years slugging it out on the cover-band circuit and issuing …
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Artist Essentials
5/25/2010
To get a real sense of Aimee Mann's genius, it pays to delve further into her beginnings with post-new-wave popsters 'Til Tuesday. Although she went solo back in '93, she collaborates regularly with fo …
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Artist Essentials
5/25/2010
Aimee Mann's career has seen its fair share of record-company wrangles, but she has emerged from all of them defiant and bursting with the pure talent that makes her one of the most vital artists activ …
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Genres & History
5/25/2010
The Deep Cuts of our Alterna-pop set can't be pinned down to any one sound. In fact, they'll send you scrambling for your dictionary, looking for new ways to describe tracks that change the song …
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Genres & History
5/25/2010
Ever wonder what Top 40 radio would sound like if it was run by your friendly neighborhood record shop? You know, the one with the High Fidelity look-alikes and impeccable taste? Well, the follo …
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Artist Essentials
5/25/2010
To understand just how influential Depeche Mode's been for decades, all you need to do is dust off their many remixes. On the more recent side of things, Booka Shade delivered a full-bloom edit of "Mar …
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Artist Essentials
5/25/2010
The fact that Depeche Mode is one of the most massive British imports of all time is more than surprising. It's downright shocking. And not just because Martin Gore's leather-bound stage look is …
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