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British writer-director Edgar Wright teamed up with actors Simon Pegg and David Frost prior to their latest endeavor, The World’s End. Not only were all three involved with the cult TV show Spaced, but the trio joined forces to...
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Before a recent solo show, Whopperjaw got a chance to talk to Phil Anselmo backstage about his long-rumored book and the legacy of Pantera. If you want to hear more from one of heavy metal’s great screamers, read our recent Q+A...
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]A couple of years ago, former Runaways singer Cherie Currie finished recording a still unreleased studio album with Velvet Revolver/Guns N Roses drummer Matt Sorum at the helm as producer. Currie is taking the show on the road...
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An Australian band that doesn’t fit neatly into any one musical category, Hiatus Kaiyote counts a wide-ranging array of fellow musicians among its fans. Everyone from The Roots drummer Questlove to London DJ Gilles Peterson has...
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For almost 30 years now, the Melvins have operated on the fringes. Too heavy to be indie and too weird to really fit in with what passes for alternative, they influenced many of the Seattle bands that emerged in their wake but ...
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Former Pantera singer Phil Anselmo is known as one of heavy metal’s great screamers. He lives up to the billing on his first-ever solo effort, Walk Through Exits Only. Mixing metal, hardcore and industrial rock, Anselmo never l...
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Formed in New York more than 30 years ago, Swans are a seminal post-punk band providing an outlet for the primal instincts of frontman Michael Gira. Although there was a break up in 1997, the band reconvened in 2010 and has bee...
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In The To Do List, Aubrey Plaza plays Brandy, a straight A high school student determined to lose her virginity before heading off to college in the fall. She makes a checklist of the sexual acts and starts checking them off as...
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A couple of years ago, Imagine Dragons were just another indie rock band trying to scrape by. But now the Las Vegas group has hit the jackpot, becoming the biggest thing in the alt-rock world with a sold out North American tour...
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We recently participated in a conference call with Donald Fagen and Walter Becker of Steely Dan, who took the opportunity to have a bit of fun with the questions that a group of journalists asked about their upcoming tour, Mood...