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In the course of the five years since it formed, the pop-rock band fun. has quickly gone from indie rock hero to mainstream sensation. “We Are Young,” the single from 2012’s Some Nights can regularly be heard in TV commercials ...
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Actor/rapper Ice Cube is currently in the midst of an extensive tour with old school acts LL Cool J, Public Enemy and A Tribe Called Quest. He recently phoned to discuss the tour and the legacy he left behind with N.W.A., the c...
Flicks
The 1980 horror movie Maniac is such a cult classic, director Frank Khalfoun was reluctant to remake it. But when he realized he could film the entire movie from the point-of-view of the serial killer, he realized he could put ...
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Revered as the leader of hardcore heroes Minor Threat and Fugazi, singer-guitarist Ian MacKaye has spent the last decade touring and recording with the Evens, an indie pop band that features his wife, singer-drummer Amy Farina....
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Much like he did with its predecessors, 1995’s Before Sunrise and 2004’s Before Sunset, writer-director Richard Linklater emphasizes dialogue over action in Before Midnight. This time around, Jesse (Ethan Hawke) and Celine (Jul...
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Produced by Danger Mouse (Gnarls Barkley, The Black Keys, Sparklehorse), the new album Evil Friends from Portugal. The Man has a groove to it and features infectious songs such as “Purple Yellow Red and Blue,” one of the summer...
Flicks
Director Gary Jones started making low-budget horror movies in 1995 when he released Mosquito, a movie about a deadly giant bug. Since then, he’s made close to 20 flicks. His latest, Axe Giant: The Wrath of Paul Bunyan depicts ...
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Rock critics in L.A. quickly praised native sons The Airborne Toxic Event as soon as the band issued its 2007 self-released debut, Does This Mean You’re Moving On? Now, several studio albums later, the band’s hymns have caught ...
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Named after two characters in Dostoevsky’s The Brothers Karamazov, the folk-rock group Ivan and Alyosha had a minor hit two years ago when “Easy to Love” picked up some radio airplay. The group has just issued its full-length d...
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Bloc Party made a big splash when they released Silent Alarm. The British rockers’ 2005 debut was nominated for a Mercury Prize, British music magazine NME voted it “album of the year” and it even managed to sell a few hundred ...