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Joe Gross

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Joe Gross hails from Falls Church, VA, one of the Chocolate City’s most vanilla suburbs. He has written for Spin, Rolling Stone, the Village Voice, the Washington CityPaper, Radio On, and more.He covers culture, popular and un-, for the Austin American-Statesman, and lives with his family in Austin, TX. Yes, it really does get that hot.

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The 10 Best Big Star Songs Yo…

2013 is a better time to be a Big Star fan than any time since the band w… more »

Who Are…Slug Guts

Maybe it’s the country’s colorful history, maybe it’s t… more »

Icon: Fugazi

“Beautiful, funny people. Generous to and respectful of the people … more »

Fugazi, Red Medicine

Now confident behind the boards, Red Medicine is the first broad expansio… more »

Fugazi, Repeater

If 13 Songs was a soup of dubbed-out Stooges songs, Repeater boiled it al… more »

Fugazi, Steady Diet of Nothin…

A divisive record, Steady Diet is seen as either a fan favorite or Fugazi… more »

Fugazi, In On The Kill Taker…

Kill Taker arrived as the rise of alternative rock no longer seemed like … more »

Fugazi, End Hits

In some ways, End Hits is a cruelly slept-on masterpiece, an ode to the e… more »

Fugazi, Instrument Soundtrack…

This is the pseudo soundtrack to the documentary of the same name made by… more »

Fugazi, The Argument

Recorded in the first quarter of 2001 and released in October of that yea… more »

Fugazi, 13 Songs

Not an album but a double EP comprised of 1988′s self-titled debut … more »

Who Are…Tombs

Mike Hill is old school. The 42-year old Hudson Valley native has been in… more »

John Denver & The Muppet…

Many have tried to sing with the Muppets. It's tougher than it sounds… more »

Joe Lally, Nothing Is Underra…

First things first: Yes, Nothing Is Underrated reunites the erstwhile Fug… more »

The Nation of Ulysses, Plays …

You either hated or loved Nation of Ulysses. I did plenty of both, hating… more »

Shudder to Think, Funeral At …

Shudder to Think was both like and unlike every other band on Dischord. O… more »

Fugazi, In on the Kill Taker…

Underground leaders at the time but all but unknown compared to, say, Pea… more »

Fugazi, End Hits

Critics adored Fugazi's 2001 album The Argument, but for me, 1998… more »

Lungfish, Talking Songs for W…

Deepest in their aching, breaking hearts, most emo-punk bands would give … more »

Lungfish, Pass and Stow…

This and 1996's Sound in Time, are the band's most cohesive and c… more »

Void, Side B

Void's cult is up there in fanaticism with those of David Koresh and … more »

Jawbox, Jackpot Plus! / Motor…

Most emo bands think they're simulating Rites of Spring. They wish. R… more »

Happy Go Licky, Will Play…

If Happy Go Licky had made a studio album during their meteoric run, it m… more »

Black Eyes, Black Eyes…

Had this come out on almost any label — or, had these young lions b… 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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