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Artist Essentials
4/28/2009
Hard to believe that Feist was playing to 100 or so people just a couple years ago, what with the sudden career-catapulting success of "1234" - the song that, in 2007, made her a mainstream curi …
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Other Mix
4/28/2009
Like a musical version of the Garbage Pail Kids, new wave's one-hit wonders devoured their entire 15 minutes of fame in less than four . . . before disappearing in a flash of Day-Glo brilliance. If any …
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4/28/2009
New wavers didn't invent the synthesizer, but did they ever perfect it, ransacking prog's gig bag and momentarily shoving the guitar out of the spotlight with a sound that could swing from dark …
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4/28/2009
From Fleetwood Mac to ELO, Jackson Browne to Elton John, our Album Cuts guide us past the hits' sizzle to the steak within, revealing the extra dimension that turned casual listeners into hard-c …
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4/28/2009
The tear-in-beer croon of country and the hard-driving wallop of rock were destined for union like words and music, but in the '70s it achieved perfect yin-yang proportions. Nudie suit-bedecked Gram Pa …
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4/28/2009
During the '70s industry-standard four-track recorders blew up like a pan of Jiffy Pop, swelling to as many as 24 tracks, and the masters of this new technology, like Todd Rundgren and Brian Eno, often …
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Other Mix
4/28/2009
From Tom Petty to Billy Joel, Meat Loaf to Rush, our Album Cuts guide us past the hits' hard candy shell to the rich, creamy center within, revealing key ingredients that converted passive audiences in …
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4/28/2009
The lights dim, the piano ripples beneath the singer's aching plea, and the drummer, sticks poised, takes a final breath before dropping the 16-ton hammer that can signify only one thing - the power …
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Genres & History
4/28/2009
Once upon a time, bringing the far reaches of future-jazz genius to your own personal chill space was a laborious and time-consuming process. But the future is now, friends, and amassing the collaborat …
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