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5/19/2009
Rough as day-old stubble and tougher than a two-buck Vegas steak, garage rock's cropped up in pop's consciousness every decade or two since the mid-'60s, as generation after generation rediscovers its …
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5/19/2009
Enough with all this rough-and-tumble punk and indie stuff. Rock 'n' roll is all about revolution, and what could be more revolutionary than a whole new era of rockers drawing on the cosmically …
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5/19/2009
Nastier than grunge, noisier than a buzz saw caught in a jet engine, and most definitely not teased 'n' coiffed, alt metal parted the pit somewhere between hardcore, hip-hop, and hell to redefin …
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5/19/2009
Talk about a revolution: from college campus to commercial radio to industry colossus, alt rock broke its Seattle-based bonds and flew off in a dozen different directions. And like a kid in a candy sto …
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5/19/2009
Take a porkpie hat brimming with rankin', skankin' Jamaican ska and a jackboot stuffed with D.I.Y. punk attitude, and what've you got? The official uniform of yet another - the third, in fact - …
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5/19/2009
Say hello to gangsta rap's little friend - the shotgun-blastin', cannoli-chompin', pinky ring-smoochin' Mafia flick. Tony Montana and Michael Corleone loomed large in the G-rap imagination, their explo …
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5/19/2009
Long before gangsta rap reared its Jheri-curled head, the music of choice was soul . . . and disco . . . and doo-wop . . . and funk - sounds that would one day be sampled and reimagined by the gangsta …
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5/19/2009
Flanked by New York on one side and L.A. on the other, the Midwest's gangsta rap scene pumped loud and proud to get recognition. For mile-high-top-sportin' Detroit MC Kid Rock, getting noticed was no p …
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5/19/2009
From its underground-treasure status at hip college radio (and even hipper record stores), indie rock took up just too much historical and psychic space for a single playlist. So we've returned for a s …
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