Chris Bowen
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WASHINGTON — The Smithsonian Institute presented guitar icon Slash with the rare opportunity of performing while wearing the exact top…
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Joe Rumrill
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NAPERVILLE, IL — Recently gifted a four-track tape recorder, local musician Lee Ferrante recorded an especially timid and breathy vocal…
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Richard Circuit
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BOSTON — Local indie rock fan Nathan Rottenberg finally fixed the squeaky-sounding vocal track in Neutral Milk Hotel’s “In the…
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Patrick Coyne
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LOS ANGELES - Nefarious rockstars Kid Rock, Ted Nugent, Marilyn Manson, and Gene Simmons combined forces to become the world’s…
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Zach Hudson
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Every once in a while something will happen that reinforces my belief that free will is merely an illusion. For…
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Ted Pillow
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Each Sunday, The Hard Times travels back and reviews a notable album from the past. This week we’re taking a…
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Doug Kolic
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No discussion of Britpop is complete without mentioning the brash Mancunian brothers of Oasis and the two things they were…
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Dave McNamara
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SEATTLE — Dr. Sharon Oldham, Director of the International Musicology Association, recently concluded a year-long study and determined that every…
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Patrick Coyne
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SOMERSET, Mass. — Local cool boss Kirk Rayner chose a Cameo video from Creed singer Scott Stapp to inform his…
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Stephen Bell
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SEATTLE – An enormous black hole sun capable of devouring the entire world and casting it into the void would…
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