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5/11/2010
Starting with two Johns (Flansburgh and Linnell) and a drum machine in Brooklyn, They Might Be Giants set out to quietly infiltrate New York's indie rock scene in the mid- to late '80s. And they certai …
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5/11/2010
With Buffalo Springfield and Crosby, Stills & Nash (and sometimes Young), Stephen Stills planted the flags of folk-rock, country-rock, and the L.A. singer-songwriter scene. Springfield's twangy "Pay th …
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5/11/2010
Even if he never did anything else after Buffalo Springfield folded, Stephen Stills would be hailed as a boundary-bashing musical hero. His creative volcano continued to erupt long after that initial b …
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5/11/2010
"Cryin' Drunk" - what a song title, and what a way to sum up Old 97's' appeal in two simple words. Not that the Dallas natives are downers, per say - they're just here for you in good times and bad, li …
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5/11/2010
An alt-country legend on par with Wilco and Whiskeytown, Old 97's survived several sonic shifts and Rhett Miller solo albums on their way to becoming critical darlings and a reason for living among die …
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5/11/2010
With his six-string scythe, Viking politics, and endless gift of gab, the Nuge carves a wild, wooly path through Planet Earth. His live-for-the-hunt lifestyle comes through loud and clear on the hard-c …
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5/11/2010
If Ted Nugent didn't exist, we'd have to invent him. How else could we find one man who so perfectly embodies each and every one of our most primal instincts with his dinosaur-ridin' rock-caveman image …
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5/11/2010
If songs like 2009's "Morning Sun" play like yet another welcome installment in Sugar Ray's long line of easygoing daydreamers, it doesn't mean it's all the band has up its sleeve. The fact that Sugar …
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5/11/2010
It's an old story - band steps out of its comfort zone to try something new and scores a smash, only to wind up a one-hit wonder when they can't sustain the success. It was the fate that seemed to lay …
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