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, Jan 15, 2013
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Every inspirational rap-rock cliche in one handy package
"Hall of Fame" sticks to the script
by Miles Raymer
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Artist on Artist: Honky-tonk torch carrier Dale Watson talks to local country journeyman Lawrence Peters
"It's like they bought the name 'Harley-Davidson' and then stuck a Schwinn out there."
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On the charts: Taylor Swift goes dubstep
The leading edge in pop's love affair with EDM
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, Nov 6, 2012
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On the charts: Insurgent country
Brad Paisley challenges his base
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, Oct 23, 2012
On the charts: Kendrick Lamar's "Swimming Pools (Drank)" hangs on
An odd and compelling flip on the hip-hop booze anthem
by Miles Raymer
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, Oct 16, 2012
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On the charts: Mumford & Sons are our new rock overlords
One self-consciously old-timey quasi-bluegrass band to rule them all
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, May 9, 2012
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Kitty Pryde and the Year of the White Girl Rapper
The first great suburban-white-girl hip-hop anthem
by Miles Raymer
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, Nov 9, 2010
A Kanye West/Taylor Swift Porno. Sure.
Did you expect someone not to make it?
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, Dec 31, 2009
My Favorite Things: Aughties Edition
Because no list of albums could sum up what’s happened to music in the past ten years
by Miles Raymer
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, Dec 24, 2009
Make Rock-Star Dreams Come True
Thinking of giving a charity gift? Options for Girls Rock! efforts across the country
by Jessica Hopper
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, Dec 9, 2009
The Top 5 Pseudo-Feminist Anthems
The top 5 pop songs that sound empowering to women but aren't.
by Amanda Hess
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, Dec 3, 2009
Patience Is a (Feminist) Virtue
On Taylor Swift, "Leap Year," and Twilight: Pop culture's attempts to re-code patience as a feminist virtue
by Amanda Hess
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, Sep 15, 2009
Kanye Figures Out Other People Have Emotions, Discovers Shame
Kanye on Leno
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, Sep 13, 2009
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Kanye West literally loses his cool at the VMAs
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, Mar 20, 2009
The lite science to figuring out who's playing Lollapalooza
Lollapalooza has announced its headliners, but who else might be playing the festival? Here are my best guesstimates.
by Jessica Hopper
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