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Stagecoach’s smaller acts not exclusively for country fans


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The thousands of music fans who invaded Indio’s Empire Polo Grounds for Coachella have finally returned home, but polo players won’t be able to enjoy their playing fields for long. On May 30, Stagecoach Festival, a two-day country music extravaganza, will be held in the same area as Coachella. And like Coachella, Stagecoach allows for […]

Record Store Day proves true value of buying records


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I steal music. Most people reading this probably do too. I’m not saying it’s right, but I rarely feel guilty. Much of my generation has fallen into the easy routine of downloading music for free. As a result, record release dates mean nothing, as albums leak weeks in advance. Yet while the Recording Industry Association […]

LCD Soundsystem will leave behind legacy


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LCD Soundsystem did just about everything right. In the span of only six short years, the band basically accomplished all the things any aspiring rock band could possibly dream of achieving. And now, the band has quit. After Saturday’s sold-out show at Madison Square Garden, LCD Soundsystem is no longer an active band. Based on […]

Rebecca Black similar to most of today’s hits


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By now you’ve probably heard about Rebecca Black, the new teen pop singer who’s been terrorizing the Internet with her auto-tuned, android-like voice on the relentlessly mocked viral video for her song “Friday.” I’ve been doing my best to refrain from chiming in with my own opinion on the singer, mainly, since my opinion greatly […]

Importance of scores and soundtracks often overlooked


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Imagine Inception or The Social Network without a soundtrack. Inception would be a slow-moving, boring film with too many Leonardo DiCaprio close-ups, and Jesse Eisenberg and Co.’s fast-paced whines would be much more audible, and thus annoying, in The Social Network. Both of those movies feature intense, prominent and well utilized scores, and both were […]

American Idol hype does not equal success


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For those who haven’t tapped into the reality television world for a few years, a quick glance at the TV Guide listings can come as a bit of a shock. Survivor is still on the air? I’ve been asking that same question every new season for the last 10 years. It’s amazing how repetitive reality […]

U.S. record labels need to see benefits of digital streaming


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The music world’s battle with digital streaming and illegal downloading rages on, but one of the newest computer programs shows the problem to be most prevalent in the United States. Spotify is a computer program that allows completely legal and ad-supported streaming of a wide variety of music. It’s somewhat akin to the original Napster, […]

Romance does exist in rap music tracks


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When it comes to Valentine’s Day songs, hip-hop is probably the last genre lovebirds look to for romantic music. For years, hip-hop has been branded as a male-dominated, chauvinistic music style. Those accusations are largely accurate, as rappers have been calling women names and rapping about mistreating them for more than 20 years. Dr. Dre […]