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The Song Is Ended - analysis of pop music today
On a fine summer day the inhabitants of the Wiltshire valley where I live gathered in a neighbor's garden to celebrate the Queen's jubilee. There was ......(Continue Reading) Beastie boys: they were once a band of rhyming hopefuls who were dismissed as a novelty act. But two decades later, and with a new album, they're at the
Nearly 20 years ago, three hip-hop-obsessed Jewish teenagers from New York City--Adam "Adrock" Horovitz, Michael "Mike D" Diamond, ......(Continue Reading)Eminem Is Right
The primal scream of teenage music IF THERE IS ONE SUBJECT on which the parents of America passionately agree, it is that contemporary adolescent popular ......(Continue Reading)Eminem and Green Day smarties: American pop stars attempt to inspire youth voters: musical messengers of hate and apathy get on the Fahrenheit 9/11 bandwagon
Rapper Eminem ditched misogyny, and punk rockers Green Day abandoned apathy to join the ranks of old "fogies" like Steve Earl and Bruce Springsteen ......(Continue Reading)Bloc Party: once again, British music is coming on strong. Here are the leaders of the pack
Are Bloc Party the only new band that matters? On the basis of the group's debut album Silent Alarm (Vice), the answer is definitely maybe. Bloc Party ......(Continue Reading)
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