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  LAL

  PUBLISHED May 3, 2012

  The fact that, back in the day, three kids from Canada chose to buck the all-encompassing rock and hip-hop trend to craft introspective wor...

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  Lotus Plaza

  PUBLISHED May 3, 2012

  On the surface, Deerhunter have always appeared to be Bradford Cox's band. But Cox has demonstrated that there are four people in Deerhunte...

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  Estelle

  PUBLISHED Apr 30, 2012

  After the massive success that was 2008's "American Boy" with Kanye West, there was nowhere for singer (and sometime rapper) Estelle to go...

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  The Ting Tings

  PUBLISHED Apr 30, 2012

  The Ting Tings' multi-platinum debut, We Started Nothing, offered catchy, frenetic pop ditties that proved fun for club freak-outs, cross-t...

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  Hilltop Hoods

  PUBLISHED Apr 25, 2012

  While Adelaide-based rap group Hilltop Hoods are veterans of the rap scene in their native Australia, with 15 years in the game and several...

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  -16-

  PUBLISHED Apr 25, 2012

  Miserable people worldwide who listen to miserable music had a pretty good year in 2009, as Los Angeles' sludge/downer-rock trailblazers -1...

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  Eamon McGrath

  PUBLISHED Apr 25, 2012

  On his third album proper, Eamon McGrath blazes a jingoistic path in an attempt to capture what defines Canada and its music. And while it'...

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  Paradise Lost

  PUBLISHED Apr 25, 2012

  Paradise Lost, as part of the original unholy trinity of UK gothic doom, have a great deal of history to live up to. The band's path forwar...