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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...
Flicks
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...
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Since forming in 1994, the pop rock act Train has consistently released albums that sell by the truckloads. Their latest album, California 37, is no exception. The band just reissued with three additional studio recordings, inc...
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Once banned from clubs in its Austin hometown, …And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead has regularly toured and recorded since forming some 15 years ago. Last year’s aggressive and noisy Lost Songs offered politicized...
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Just over ten years ago, Australian singer-multi-instrumentalist Xavier Rudd made his debut with To Let, an album that showcased his ability to play everything from guitar to didgeridoo and drums. His laid-back music drew compa...
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Formed in 1976 in England just as the punk rock scene was exploding, Wire decided to draw upon punk but do something sorta different for its 1977 debut, Pink Flag. The result: an album of short, sharp songs that sound more like...
Movie
20 Feet from Stardom is director Morgan Neville’s documentary about talented people who sing in the shadows of superstars like Sting, Bruce Springsteen and Elton John. Neville focuses on the individual stories of several signif...