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A punk-like stab at the English heart *
There is no such thing as punk rock. There hasn't been for a decade, maybe two. Yes, a lot of pop music capitalizes (or anticapitalizes) on the territory punk cleared, while the hardcore-punk hobbyist network ploughs that same ground over and over again.
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Cobain fans still struggling to face the music *
Ten years after the tortured Nirvana singer's death, 'a major new investigation' timed with a book is rumoured to question his suicide.
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Drawn into Courtney's tar-pit trap *
This month marks the 10th anniversary of Kurt Cobain's suicide, an occasion that has merited only the mildest of media attention.
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Grammys down half a buck *
50 Cent has finally explained his strange behaviour at the Grammy Awards, vowing to boycott the annual event from now on.
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Johnny Rotten to appear in reality TV show *
Johnny Rotten – the icon of angry punk music who once revelled in being “an antichrist” and compared Britain to a fascist regime – has agreed to appear in the reality show “I'm a Celebrity ... Get Me Out of Here!”
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New Nirvana box set released on anniversary of Cobain's death *****
The box set "With the Lights Out" contains 81 tracks, 68 of which were previously unreleased. The box set spans Nirvana's entire career, from a recording of Led Zeppelin's "Heartbreaker" to the debut version of "Smells like Teen Spirit," plus many extras, including a DVD of rare live appearances.
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Rap on the Rez: soundtrack of native youth *
Wretchedly intricate! The song is beautiful and haunting; it is grand. Yet I cannot quite grasp it. The tune moves along at a marked pace, the drum accompaniment to another. Now listen to the melody itself. How plaintively the voice rises and falls, like the wind in a storm. For modernity, it goes beyond all the moderns; yet how strangely moving.
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Sex Pistols: Fings ain't wot they used to be *
"I might be nearly 50, but that's 50 years ahead of the (expletive deleted) competition."
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Straight outta London *
British rapper Dizzee Rascal isn't really gangsta, but he has survived the tough life in the east end, ROBERT EVERETT-GREEN writes.
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The anti-Eminem *
Winnipeg's Fresh I.E. swears that a series of miracles saved him from a life of drug dealing, pimping, booze and sex -- and even helped garner a Grammy nomination for his 'rap songs for Jesus,' GRAEME SMITH writes.
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The best rapper you've never heard of *
Hip-hop loves the street, and loves to escape it. P. Diddy's Bentley does not often roll through the broken boulevards of Harlem. His peers earn their wheels by chanting American-dream cartoons of bitches and bling-bling. When someone comes along to verse the street again, without the humbug of an instant millionaire, you hear the emptiness of all the show-biz thuggery that's been posing as the sound of the real.
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The story of O and the band *
Punk trio The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, fronted by Karen O, have wowed the New York scene and sparked a bidding war for their first record deal
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Sexual lyrics linked to sexual activity? Is this for real? *
We all know statistics can be bent to support any thesis, so take this report with a grain of salt. Or even a PILLAR of salt.
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