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In this week's edition of Pop is Not a Dirty Word, columnist Douglas Greenwood unpacks the breakout success of young singer/songwriters going against the grain of glitzy pop stardomI can’t tell you how sad it was to see my queen Rita Ora‘s long-awaited sophomore album ‘Phoenix’ chart outside of the UK Top 10. It was like watching your little sister slip and fall on her face some 10 feet from the finish line on Sports Day. How long I’d waited for the pop […]The post Pop Is Not A Dirty Word: warbling, twee, ‘authentic’ EmotiPop anti-stars are ruining my beloved trashy pop culture appeared first on NME.
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In 1988, when Billboard launched its Modern Rock Tracks chart, the magazine’s first listing of alternative rock, Siouxsie And The Banshees’ “Peek-A-Boo” was sitting at #1. Siouxsie Sioux and her band dominated that chart in its first few years, and they were also pretty much co-headliners with JaneR...
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Tool: Tool are releasing a collectible Fetus Skull just in time for Christmas
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Fretting about what to buy that beloved Tool fanatic in your life for Xmas? Worry no more!
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Pavement: The Pavement Musical Didn’t Harness Our Hopes
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If you’ve ever wanted to see a dance ensemble writhe on the floor to “Summer Babe” or twerk to the Pacific Trim EP, then Alex Ross Perry’s new Pavement musical Slanted! Enchanted! may be the ticket for you. For a brief three-day engagement at the Sheen Center — a 273-seat theater tucked away in NoHo, bil...
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Beloved: Naughty Dog and new Sony studio are co-developing a game from “a beloved franchise”
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The studio is seeking "to impact SIE positively by inspiring the thoughts and emotions of players worldwide"The post Naughty Dog and new Sony studio are co-developing a game from “a beloved franchise” appeared first on NME.
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Mastodon: Mastodon: "Hushed And Grim is our proggiest album."
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Inspired by the tragic death of their beloved manager Nick John Mastodon created another prog metal classic in Hushed And Grim
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