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Bill Murphy

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Hanni El Khatib, Head in the …

Tracked entirely at Dan Auerbach’s Easy Eye studio in Nashville, Ha… more »

Eels, Wonderful, Glorious…

For about two decades now, Mark Oliver Everett has worn misanthropy and i… more »

Toro Y Moi, Anything in Retur…

To this point, Chaz Bundick, aka Toro Y Moi, has worn most of his influen… more »

Soundgarden, King Animal…

Even after 16 years off the grid, banging out a killer rock record, it tu… more »

Soundgarden, King Animal (Del…

Even after 16 years off the grid, banging out a killer rock record, it tu… more »

Deftones, Koi No Yokan…

Adversity has pretty much been the currency of Deftones’ existence … more »

Interview: The Coup’s B…

It’s never easy to walk the precarious line between art and activis… more »

Gary Clark Jr., Blak and Blu…

True guitar heroes don’t come along often. So when one threatens to… more »

No Doubt, Push and Shove…

It’s been more than 10 years since No Doubt’s last studio alb… more »

Aimee Mann, Charmer

Few songwriters today can dig into the messy guts and gristle of relation… more »

The Raveonettes, Observator…

Last year’s Raven in the Grave was as bleak and elegiac as anything… more »

MONO, For My Parents

Experimental noise rock has long been a prime commodity on the Japanese m… more »

The Flatlanders, The Odessa T…

More a Legend Than a Band, the title of the Flatlanders’ 1972 debut… more »

Ry Cooder, Election Special…

Has Ry Cooder gone all Woody Guthrie? With his “California trilogy,… more »

Taj Mahal, The Hidden Treasur…

Some “official bootleg” compilations dispel the notion of bei… more »

The Gaslight Anthem, Handwrit…

There’s something big-sounding and portentous about The Gaslight An… more »

The Gaslight Anthem, Handwrit…

There’s something big-sounding and portentous about The Gaslight An… more »

JEFF the Brotherhood, Hypnoti…

Despite their youth, JEFF the Brotherhood — Nashville-born brothers… more »

JEFF the Brotherhood, Hypnoti…

Despite their youth, JEFF the Brotherhood — Nashville-born brothers… more »

Smashing Pumpkins, Oceania…

Love him or hate him, Billy Corgan is rarely at a loss for words, whether… more »

Metric, Synthetica

Electronic artists have been tackling a “ghost in the shell” … more »

Alejandro Escovedo, Big Stati…

For all the heartbreak, tragedy and near-death experiences he’s suf… more »

Eels, Wonderful, Glorious (De…

For about two decades now, Mark Oliver Everett has worn misanthropy and i… more »

Deftones, Koi No Yokan (Edite…

Adversity has pretty much been the currency of Deftones’ existence … more »

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Kicking at the Boundaries of Metal

By Jon Wiederhorn, eMusic Contributor

As they age, extreme metal merchants often inject various non-metallic styles into their songs in order to hasten their musical growth. Sometimes, as with Alcest and Jesu, they develop to the point where their original… more »

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