Essential Guide

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  An Essential Guide to Stars

  PUBLISHED May 11, 2018

  Pop veterans Stars started out as a collaboration between Torquil Campbell and Chris Seligman in New York City in 1998, combining their lov...

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  An Essential Guide to the Smashing Pumpkins

  PUBLISHED Apr 4, 2018

  Perhaps the greatest obstacle to the Smashing Pumpkins being widely recognized as one of the most vital and innovative rock bands of all ti...

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  An Essential Guide to Superchunk

  PUBLISHED Feb 13, 2018

  The plethora of new sounds that exploded out of the '90s was staggering. And while many of the decade's most singular artists continue to d...

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  An Essential Guide to U2

  PUBLISHED Nov 21, 2017

  It's not easy being a U2 fan these days.   The band's massive popularity and scale, coupled with their populous rhetoric, makes it kind of...

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  An Essential Guide to R.E.M.

  PUBLISHED Nov 6, 2017

  R.E.M. are indie rock's Beatles.   Like the Fab Four, Michael Stipe, Peter Buck, Mike Mills and Bill Berry codified the genre, then laid ou...

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  An Essential Guide to Cannibal Corpse

  PUBLISHED Oct 31, 2017

  When it comes to extreme metal, Cannibal Corpse unquestionably lead the pack. Their success and popularity is unparalleled in their genre,...

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  An Essential Guide to Julie Doiron

  PUBLISHED Sep 12, 2017

  From her humble beginnings to her prolific solo career (not to mention a diverse array of collaborations), Julie Doiron's music is woven in...

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  An Essential Guide to Queens of the Stone Age's Josh Homme

  PUBLISHED Aug 21, 2017

  They don't make rock stars like Josh Homme anymore. Frankly, they never did.   A one-of-a-kind songwriter, producer and performer with a st...