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My Life with Annie Lennox: Don’t Let it Bring You Down

Whereas I once was “Abby, the girl who harbored a ridiculous but harmless amount of love for that weird ’80s singer, Annie Lennox,” I was now suddenly “Abby, the girl most parents might want their teenage children to avoid.”

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This Week in Posivibes: Sheer Mag

Philadelphia’s Sheer Mag has received posivibes for the series of EPs it has released, beginning with Still Single’s praise for Sheer Mag I. The third EP, logically titled III, is still walking the power-pop/pop-metal line…

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Watch Prince Cover Bowie’s “Heroes”

Prince played two shows in Toronto on the Piano & A Microphone tour, and his sets featured a series of covers: the artist performed his take on David Bowie’s “Heroes,” along…

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D’Angelo Gets Funky at the Sydney Opera House

We’ve spoken before of D’Angelo’s ever-evolving live shows, and his recent performance at the Sydney Opera House was no different: this time definitely leaning toward the funk in his rendition of…

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Memoir from Against Me!’s Laura Jane Grace

The Against Me! frontwoman Laura Jane Grace has announced that Hatchette Books will be publishing her memoir Tranny: Confessions of Punk Rock’s Most Infamous Anarchist Sellout. The book was written with…

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Song of the Day: “Devil In A New Dress”

We can accuse Kanye West of a lot of things—arrogance, insensitivity, paranoia, ingratitude… the list goes on. But one thing he is not guilty of is dishonesty. The longer he spends…

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Mountain Goats - The Sunset Tree | Rumpus Music

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Albums of Our Lives: The Mountain Goats’s The Sunset Tree

I knew if I could make it out of town, make it to college, I would survive. But I wasn't sure I would.

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Joe Corré and Claiming Punk

Joe Corré, co-founder of Agent Provocateur lingerie and son of Vivienne Westwood and Malcolm McLaren, has once again raised the issue of what it means to “claim” punk: in what…

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This Week in Posivibes: The Feelies Reissues

If you don’t know The Feelies, you’ve been given the opportunity to remedy that: Bar/None records has re-released 1988’s Only Life and 1991’s Time for a Witness. Both hit stores March 11th and can…

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I Want You Turns Forty

Marvin Gaye’s incredible record has turned forty and to celebrate the greatness of the work, Pitchfork has published a tribute to I Want You and to Gaye’s tactile sound and the history…

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DC Politicians Unhappy with PJ Harvey

The singer’s “The Community of Hope,” off her upcoming album The Hope Six Demolition Project, has been out a week and is already drawing attention from unhappy politicians. The song was…

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Of Theremins and Star Wars

Georgia Tech hosts a yearly competition in musical instrument design called the Guthman Musical Instrument Competition, where MIDI players are reborn in new forms that may expand the possibilities for…

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