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| Popaganda is what happens when old musical souls inhabit younger bodies. It's what happens when white boys co-opt a predominantly black form of music. It's what happens when talented musicians understand the value of pop music in the classic song structure sense, as opposed to the Britney Spears/American Idol/Jessica Simpson pop-tart sense. |
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AFI
Puget's intellectual side, along with Havok's penchant for vegan cuisine and the duo's fashionable electronic side project, Blaqk Audio, are just a few AFI amenities to fly under the radar during the recent media blitz. But the soft-spoken Puget concedes he's not as concerned with what people don't know about his band as he is about the things they assume to be true... READ MORE |
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NOFX
It's been more than 20 years since NOFX began playing together as a band. Within those two decades, they've watched the style of punk rock they helped create creep its way into the mainstream (often times unsuccessfully). They've had more than their fair share of opportunities to "sell out," but have never entertained the pipe dream of rock 'n' roll stardom. READ MORE |
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SONIC YOUTH
Over the last 25 years, Sonic Youth has become a name synonymous with integrity. Make a list of the best rock 'n' roll records during this time and titles like Daydream Nation, Sister, and Goo pop up often. All this without mentioning many of the band's underrated releases, or the fact that SY has made a career on its own terms while aging gracefully and retaining its tastemaker status. READ MORE |
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THE WALKMEN
"We were just terrible," Hamilton Leithauser admits flatly when I ask him about an under-rehearsed daytime street fair performance in Los Angeles last summer, and he's not joking. "I think, maybe, we were god-awful. But that was a good kick in the pants that day. We've figured everything out since then, and gotten a lot better." READ MORE |
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| Other Issue Features avaiable in June/July 2006 Issue: • The Futureheads
• Shadows Fall
• The Bronx
• Peeping Tom
• Black Heart Procession
• Art Brut
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