2/15/2011
We have to admit it, we're pretty proud of this one - an entire playlist devoted to the best of Britpop, a catalog of cool Britannia brilliance in one easy download, your one-stop shop for years' worth …
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2/15/2011
The best of unsung Britpop bubbles up in Deep Cuts, where we've gathered together those worthy combos that don't always get their fair share of the limelight - bands like Kenickie, who give their fun-l …
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2/15/2011
What's the first thing you think of when you hear the term "French music"? Probably the quirky, incomparable pop of Serge Gainsbourg or the raw chansonnier power of Edith Piaf, right? But one of …
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2/15/2011
If you think the laser-canon lashings of "Rainbow Man" sound a lot like Daft Punk, it may be because Pedro Winter (aka Busy P, the owner of Ed Banger Records) got his start as that duo's manager. But i …
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2/15/2011
A decade that kicks off with Pink Floyd's scary-good alienation anthem "Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)" and closes out with Elvis Costello's momentous collaboration with Paul McCartney, "Veronica," …
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2/15/2011
If there's one thing that defines great '80s rock, it's that there's no one sound to define it. Billy Squier may have scored with rafter-raising arena rock on his heavy-pettin' "The Stroke," but the Ge …
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2/15/2011
Now that we're three decades into the ever-evolving history of hip-hop, the scene isn't showing any signs of slowing down. If anything, it's manhandled pop music itself, topping the charts year after y …
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2/15/2011
While the familiar flows of Jay-Z, Nas, and Busta Rhymes held the East Coast down in the '00s, the Dirty South was having its greatest decade yet. Following the lead of Atlanta's own dynamic duo, OutKa …
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2/15/2011
It was, as the writer once wrote, the best of times and the worst of times, the momentous beginning of nothing less than a brand new millennium. And if it was a decade of triumphs and tribulations, on …
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