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The Freddie Mercury Movie
A film documenting the life of charismatic Queen frontman Freddie Mercury is currently in the works. The surviving Queen members Brian May, Roger Taylor, and John Deacon are all involved. Guitarist May explained, "There is a film in the pipeline...
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Muder By Death - In Bocca Al Lupo
The Wolf Swallows You WholeAfter their previous album Who Will Survive and What Will be Left of Them?, the members of Murder by Death returned to college and wrote what would become their latest endeavor, In Bocca al Lupo. Listening to it is like...
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UB40 with Elan, Live at The House of Blues Los Angeles, March 29, 2006
Ah springtime, warmer days and an end to soggy weather are just around the corner. It is a time when the thoughts of many city dwellers begin to turn to the coming of summer and, of course, reggae shows. The House of Blues was quick to oblige,...
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Strummer Documentary to Premiere at Sundance
The Future Is Unwritten, a new film from Julien Temple (director of The Filth and the Fury, a film about punk legends The Sex Pistols) documents the life and times of the legendary Joe Strummer. The film includes interviews with such Strummer...
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IMA Robot - Monument to the Masses
Cool Cool UniverseNot since “Another One Bites the Dust” has the “80’s clap” been more apparent and integral to the song catalogue of an artist, but IMA...
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Grizzly Bear - Yellow House
Expansive, Ambitious, Intimate, Gorgeous.There's a moment of pure magic that opens Grizzly Bear's Yellow House. It's a subtle crackle that's similar to that of an old 78 rpm record, followed by eleven ethereal seconds of brass and woodwinds that...
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Press - The Fine Art of a White Label
You Call This Fine Art?One of these days the ghost of Scott Stapp will once again haunt us, with some group of disgruntled music fans suing an artist for a performance under bad circumstances or false pretenses. Chicago DJ Press may well be on the...
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Tenacious D Premieres on YouTube
The first six minutes of Tenacious D's new film, Tenacious D and the Pick of Destiny, has been posted on YouTube.com. Opening with a cartoon full of fart jokes and cameos by Meatloaf and Ronnie James Dio, the movie promises to be as rocktacular (or,...
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