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With the seasons changing comes a wave of Americana steeped indie-folk. The ethereal Avett Brothers, the Southern fried Band of Horses, and the elder statesman Bob Dylan himself
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This is a new feature here on Inside Pulse Music where I, your old pal Ryan T. Murphy, will break down a different pop chart from Billboard.com or
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The only way that Corgan was going to achieve what he wanted with these residencies was to keep in mind that for every two people who just wanted
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Eagles of Death Metal are Jesse "Boots Electric" Hughes and, moonlighting from Queens of the Stone Age, Josh "Baby Duck" Homme. And Eagles of Death Metal are rock,
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The first time I heard Cold War Kids' excellent "Hang Me Out to Dry", thinking that they sounded like at any second they might lose the rhythm and
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On her new solo record, Acid Tounge, Lewis steps confidently into her solo role. This record genre-hops more than Rabbit Fur Coat (and almost as much as Rilo
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I'm gonna lay it out for you, Everlast. What people liked about your solo work was that it was stripped down, gritty, raw and acoustic. I'll give you
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It seems strange to say that a group of tattooed white boys could play reggae and be genuine, but sincerity is the name of OPM's game. On Golden
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Unwritten Law have staked their claim for most of their careers through touring. While a lot of bands fall into the Frampton Comes Alive trap and make a
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Of the summer's two comedy juggernauts, Pineapple Express was clearly going to be the one with the bitchin' soundtrack. Judd Apatow's films aren't necessarily known for their soundtrack
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Even those soulless kids at the mall are gonna call b.s. when any power-chorders don't pick one genre and play the hell out of it. Zebrahead have a
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I knew it would happen eventually. Around 2001, when the garage-rock renaissance came roaring in as a reaction to the hyper-technologized sounds of nu-metal, rock fans were in
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On their new record, End Titles... Stories for Film, they collaborate with indie notable Gavin Clarke on several tracks. More interesting—to myself anyway—is their collaborations with some bastions
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The Offspring have spent their whole career as the Salieri to Green Day's Mozart. While the band has had the kind of career that their Cali-punk peers would
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Supergrass caught me off guard; I knew the name but I couldn't swear in a court of law that I've ever heard them before. Imagine my surprise when
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In their '70s heyday, Jethro Tull took acid-damaged hippie-folk-rock and scored an arena-size stage show with it that was sheerly Dadaist in execution. I heard tell of band
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The Love Guru: Music from the Motion Picture Lakeshore Records (6/17/08) Soundtrack (Rock / Pop / Comedy) Myers’ latest farce every raga-like pop song not by Harrison.
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The Dirtball – Crook County Suburban Noize (5/13/08) Rap rock Hailfar and bustification, jessup! This here good ol’ boy from up in the woods of Oregon state (believe
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Switches – Lay Down the Law Interscope (3/18/08) Rock / Garage / Alternative Irony-posturing is the coat of arms for an indie-rock band doing the “garage” thing these
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Santogold's record is good enough to warrant at least a portion of the hype in which it's currently being drowned. Listened to in a media vacuum and knowing
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Young Knives – Superabundance Rykodisc (4/22/08) Geek rock / Post-punk revival 1. It doesn’t matter how educated your band members are; songs sung in certain British accents can
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Atmosphere – When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold Rhymesayers (4/22/08) Hip-hop / Rap Much like the Coen Brothers, Atmosphere are a two-man outfit from
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Salutations and good morrow. Before we begin, I’d like to get my hustle on for a moment if you don’t mind. I’m trying to sell my guitar and
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Gnarls Barkley – The Odd Couple Atlantic (3/18/08) Hip-hop / Neo-soul / Alternative Watch, next album they add a third member and call it Three’s Company. Almost two
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The Black Keys – Attack and Release Nonesuch Records (4/1/08) Blues-rock The story goes like this: Danger Mouse, über-producer for the ’00s, was working on an album with
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The Raconteurs – Consolers of Lonely Warner Brothers (3/25/08) Rock / Blues Let’s call it, for now and perpetuity: It looks like The Raconteurs are going to replace
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New Found Glory – Hits Geffen (3/18/08) Pop-punk / Alternative Uh, miss. Not popular for even ten years yet, New Found Glory are already getting the greatest-hits treatment
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Come inside, come inside. There’s some musical philosophy, a review of a free EP, a rant against posers, fun, frivolity, and a whole heaping helping of snark. Poppin’
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Hellfire and bustification, it’s about damn time I came back. For those who didn’t read 411, I’m Ryan T. Murphy; I used to write this column over there
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