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• The bizarre musical landscape of the early '00s

  by Lucas Kwong December 29, 2011
  Anyone else think it's weird that at one point in our recent history, garage rock and "nu metal" were competing for the favor of mainstream rock audiences?  I don't think there was ever a point at which two visions of rock music - i.e., rebellious versus "rebellious," unvarnished versus slickly corp...
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• Where has this been all my life

  by Lucas Kwong December 14, 2011
  First time user.  I spent a couple years in a band in Korea, then moved onto a folk rock duo, and now making noise in a bassless three piece - sure the fad's passed, and the Black Keys are playing with a couple dudes lurking in the background these days, but pure rock and roll isn't really about bei...