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7/29/2009
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Artist Essentials
7/28/2009
Sonic Youth may have rewritten the rock 'n' roll rulebook - or burned it in a Lower East Side trashcan fire and assembled a new one from the ashes - but they didn't develop in a vacuum. Visiting the wo …
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7/28/2009
Through three decades, Sonic Youth has wrung beauty from discord, dreaming up a musical universe all their own and then allowing us all in to party in their playground. It's been a long journey from th …
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Genres & History
7/28/2009
From out of the church and onto the concert stage, gospel harmony groups took much of America by storm in the early 20th century. Quartets and quintets brought a sense of showmanship to the passion of …
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Artist Essentials
7/28/2009
Pop goes back to pre-school with the Wiggles, Australia's world-conquering song 'n' dance troupe. Join the four-strong gang of color-coded kiddie icons - Jeff, Murray, Anthony, and Greg - as they sing …
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Artist Essentials
7/28/2009
Bikini Kill is truly the band that put the "grrr" in riot grrrl, the girl-centric punk rock movement of the early '90s. Singer Kathleen Hanna became a feminist icon with songs like "New Radio," which w …
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7/28/2009
Millions of television viewers voted, and Taylor Hicks was chosen American Idol on May 24. It was a star-studded night that featured a tribute to legendary composer Burt Bacharach. Throughout the two-h …
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7/28/2009
Burned out and bored with rock's behemothness, the class of '77 turned over record store bins and tore into Trouser Press in a pop culture dig for rock's primordial swag. In Roxy Music's …
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7/28/2009
Think punk had it tough in the U.S.? Think again. While glam's gender-bending trashiness and pub rockers' rootsy swagger delivered a one-two punch to the dinosaurs roaming America's radio dial, an enti …
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