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Cultural Hegemony and Rock’n’Roll

Apparently, Hampton Stevens forgot to take his crazy pills on Monday. He published this rant about the bifurcation caused by “red-state” and “blue-state” culture (because apparently somebody still uses those identifiers) as manifested by… …the Rock’n’Roll Hall Of Fame Selection Committee? His…

The Basics: Cowboy Mouth

You might as well listen to this while you read: Light It On Fire by Cowboy Mouth on Grooveshark There are times I wish I went to college in the ’90s. For one thing, finding a job would have been…

The Black Keys — El Camino

If there’s one thing you can count on from Nonesuch Records, it’s great package design. Between the letterpress-printed CD jackets for The Low Anthem’s Smart Flesh (which, as far as I’m concerned, is a minor work of art), or the heat-activated…

Question:

What do these bands have in common? Cowboy Mouth — “How Do You Tell Someone?” Roxie Watson — “Jolene” Two Cow Garage – What Dying Is For from Cory Hearns. Xylos — “In The Bedroom” In terms of genre, some…