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12/29/2009
Given his fierce independence, you might expect Elvis would have trouble sharing the spotlight . . . and you'd be wrong. Fact is, in the presence of other pop powerhouses, he's inspired to even greater …
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12/29/2009
Green Day proved that pop plus punk could produce platinum many times over; don't think that equation was lost on the wave that came in their wake. With a Beastie Boys-style beat-backed brat attack spo …
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12/28/2009
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12/23/2009
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Artist Essentials
12/22/2009
Many detractors assumed John Mayer would never replicate the crossover smash status of his GRAMMYr-winning single "Your Body Is a Wonderland." Yet, the slinky-voiced singer/songwriter has surpassed exp …
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Artist Essentials
12/22/2009
To understand the ridiculous range of Cedric Bixler-Zavala - the Mars Volta's mercurial frontman - you might want to blast the following cuts: his elbow-throwing Black Flag cover ("I've Had It"), the c …
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Artist Essentials
12/22/2009
No, really. The mad prog-rock scientists behind the Mars Volta are the same two Texans who screamed and soloed their way across the slash-and-burn soundscapes of At the Drive-In. Those shamanistic punk …
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Genres & History
12/22/2009
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's most beloved composition of all, "The Nutcracker, Op.71: No. 12d Character Dances: TrTpak (Russian Dance)" is a perfect, and familiar, place to begin our Russian musical expe …
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My Groove
12/22/2009
Wanna know how open-minded modern rock was during the '90s? Aside from welcoming the frenzied synth pop of acid freaks ("Pepper," the sudden breakthrough of the Butthole Surfers after more than a decad …
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