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  Haydain Neale's Lonesome Highway

  PUBLISHED Nov 22, 2009

  On Sunday, November 22, Jacksoul front-man Haydain Neale died, after a private seven-month battle with lung cancer. His death came as a hug...

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  Green History

  PUBLISHED Oct 25, 2009

  Greenpeace has become so ingrained in our culture that's it's easy to forget where it all began. Amchitka: The 1970 Concert That Launched G...

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  Sufjan Stevens' Inner State

  PUBLISHED Oct 25, 2009

  Though recently implying that he's tapped out musically, Sufjan Stevens has never created something as pointedly ambitious as The BQE. Orig...

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  Writer's Rock

  PUBLISHED Sep 27, 2009

  Though revered for their prolific output as musicians, Nick Cave and Joe Pernice placed their respective careers on hold to craft books whi...

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  Play the Record

  PUBLISHED Sep 27, 2009

  It's hard for artists to entice you to buy CDs, but San Francisco-based music producer Moldover has found a way to win that battle. After y...

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  Dethklok's Extreme Slapstick

  PUBLISHED Aug 24, 2009

  Brendon Small doesn't care if you think his band is a joke. The co-creator and writer of Adult Swim animated cartoon Metalocalypse - who do...

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  Hip Hop's Global Reach

  PUBLISHED Aug 24, 2009

  The validity of hip-hop culture has been entrenched by reams of critical analysis and Dalton Higgins' book Hip Hop World adds a fresh voice...

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  A Year In the Life of the Rentals

  PUBLISHED Jul 26, 2009

  With their horn-rimmed glasses and synthesizers, the Rentals always leaned in the A/V club direction of high school clique hierarchies. But...