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  Dance Music's Détente

  Peace Breaks Out Between Intellectual and Instinctive

  PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2005

  There's this song I can't get out of my head, a song about clubs, a song about losing yourself in the groove, a song that suggests dance mu...

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  Partners in Grime

  UK Hip-hop Thrives On Its Own

  PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2005

  Mercury Prize-winner or not, Dizzee Rascal will probably never find much of an audience in North America — not outside hipster anglophile c...

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  Bright Future

  M.I.A. Makes 2005 Look Good

  PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2004

  The passing of another year offers us a chance to cherish those superb acts that debuted on the scene over the past 12 months, including th...

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  The Legacy of DJ Screw

  Live Slow, Die Young

  PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2004

  The state of Texas has, over the last 20 years, played an integral (if largely unsung) role in the development of two crucial musical movem...

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  Money Where Their Mouths Are

  Critics Back Up Their Claims on MP3 Blogs

  PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2004

  Operated by a fierce band of independent critics, weblogs have revitalised the critical discourse surrounding music, offering writers a col...

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  In Defence of Girl-Pop

  Brandy Provides Summer's Sweet Soundtrack

  PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2004

  Story-time #1: A friend of mine works in a family-owned coffee shop. During a recent shift, one of her co-workers accepted a counterfeit $1...

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  Radio Is A Sound Salvation

  Indie 103.1 FM Sparks A Revival

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2004

  If you are serious about rock music, you've probably given up on commercial radio - just as commercial radio once seemed to have given up o...

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  Shots From The Canon

  Attacks Led By Resentment, Not Reassessment

  PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2004

  There was a time when I avoided going to libraries and bookstores, disheartened that I would never get to read all of history's great works...