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<!– –> <!– –> “I wanted to be alive,” George Lewis Jr., who performs as Twin Shadow, tells Rolling Stone of his motivation to leave his Brooklyn home and spend two months recording in Los Angeles. The result of that westward adventure, a new album that he calls Confess, is due out on July 24th. [...]

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<!– –> <!– –> Click to listen to Kevin Rudolf’s ‘Don’t Give Up’ Cash Money Records rocker Kevin Rudolf broke out in 2008 with the anthemic “Let It Rock,” which featured Lil Wayne. On his latest track, “Don’t Give Up,” the singer-songwriter embraces a pure pop feel. Having recently relocated from Los Angeles to his [...]

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<!– –> <!– –> Anonymous music critic @Discographies (even we don’t know who he/she is) has earned tens of thousands of Twitter followers by distilling artists’ entire discographies to 140 characters (example: Bruce Springsteen: 1-5 “You ride the road…” 7-8 “…until you arrive…” 9-10 “…or run out of gas…” 6,11-17 “…or your country does.”). So for the [...]

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<!– –> <!– –> Jon Stewart has interviewed Bruce Springsteen for the cover story in the next issue of Rolling Stone, on newsstands March 16th. “It’s not at all surreal,” Stewart says with heavy sarcasm, referring to his friendship with the legendary rocker. “It’s very hard to reconcile sitting and fishing in a little pond [...]

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<!– –> <!– –> This time last year, Polica didn’t exist. Now the Minneapolis-based band finds itself garnering praise from a Grammy winner. In a Rolling Stone interview following his win for Best New Artist, Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon name-checked the psychedelic RB outfit as a band for which he’s head over heels. “They’re the [...]

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Grateful Dead bassist Phil Lesh recently announced plans to open a new mixed-use performance space called Terrapin Crossroads in San Rafael, Calif. Not to be outdone by his bandmate, guitarist Bob Weir has now revealed his involvement in a similar venture just down the road from Lesh’s spot. The two musicians still perform together in [...]

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<!– –> <!– –> On a recent afternoon, the rapper Young Jeezy sits in an alcove above a marble hotel lobby in New York City, his shoulders larger than expected, wearing a tri-colored 8732 varsity jacket emblazoned with words on caps-lock: “STREET DREAMS,” “FIGHT” and “SURVIVAL.” Appropriate messages in uncertain times: his latest album, TM103 [...]

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<!– –> <!– –> Back in hack? Yesterday, Amy Winehouse’s official website was hacked by what appeared to be a cheery gang of Lil B fans. Just one day after the internet-savvy rapper released long-anticipated new album I’m Gay (I’m Happy), Winehouse’s webpage was manipulated to show a picture of the MC, blinking text, an [...]

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<!– –> <!– –> Britney Spears will release her seventh studio album Femme Fatale on March 29th. It’s her most thrilling and inventive record yet, a set of songs that just as danceable as they are unusual and forward-thinking. Rolling Stone caught with Spears to discuss how she goes about selecting songs and collaborators for [...]

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<!– –> <!– –> Original Guns N’ Roses bassist Duff McKagan may now be a financial guru, but that doesn’t mean he’s stopped making music: On April 19 he’ll release The Taking, the third album from his current band Loaded. A vinyl version will precede it by a week, while proceeds from downloads of the [...]

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