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![Taiwan Rising]()
FeaturesTaiwan Rising Published Jul 25, 2010In the middle of an open field, you can hear music from everywhere, particularly the DJ stage situated in the centre. Almost 200 bands have...
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![State of the World How Globalistas Are Tearing Down Cultural Barriers]()
FeaturesState of the World How Globalistas Are Tearing Down Cultural Barriers Published Feb 21, 2009There's a steady downpour outside Toronto's Mod Club on a Tuesday in November 2007. It's a lousy night to go out, but inside, it's packed; t...
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![Horns of Plenty The Red Bull Music Academys School is in Sessions]()
FeaturesHorns of Plenty The Red Bull Music Academys School is in Sessions Published Oct 26, 2008The October sun has sunk behind the towering brick walls of a once-abandoned textile factory in San Andreu, on the outskirts of Barcelona. T...
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![Tropicália Thunder Forty Years Ago in Brazil, A Cultural Upheaval Foreshadowed Modern Music]()
FeaturesTropicália Thunder Forty Years Ago in Brazil, A Cultural Upheaval Foreshadowed Modern Music Published Sep 30, 2008Drawing from stereotypes and oversimplifications, you might call Brazils Northeast region the nations id the primitive unconscious under...
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![Strange Brew Vancouver's Weird Punk Scene Invents Itself]()
FeaturesStrange Brew Vancouver's Weird Punk Scene Invents Itself Published Aug 25, 2008Dreary, rainy, and occupied with a class war visible as you walk down the street, Vancouver's Downtown Eastside has an oppressive, negative...
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![Sound of Confusion How Shoegaze Defied Critics and Influenced A Generation]()
FeaturesSound of Confusion How Shoegaze Defied Critics and Influenced A Generation Published Jul 28, 2008They call it the "holocaust section and it can last upwards of 25 minutes. For almost 20 years give or take a 13-year hiatus its been...
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![Blues At The Crossroads What form will America's indigenous music take in the 21st century?]()
FeaturesBlues At The Crossroads What form will America's indigenous music take in the 21st century? Published Jun 21, 2008On a frigid night late last December, the familiar howl of Mississippi Delta blues was heard within the upscale confines of Torontos premie...
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![We Got It 4 Free How Hip-hop's Mixtape Culture Is Changing the Game]()
FeaturesWe Got It 4 Free How Hip-hop's Mixtape Culture Is Changing the Game Published May 24, 2008Kardinal Offishall is a busy man these days. His latest single "Dangerous, featuring R&B superstar Akon is poised to be the biggest song of...
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![To by:Larm or Not to by:Larm One Mans Unexpected Trip to Oslo]()
FeaturesTo by:Larm or Not to by:Larm One Mans Unexpected Trip to Oslo Published May 09, 2008"I cant believe it: Ive never been to Norway. That was me after learning that I was going to attend the tenth anniversary edition of the...
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![Measuring Up Declining record sales mean less opportunity for self-congratulation. Will web views be any more reliable for an industry in crisis?]()
FeaturesMeasuring Up Declining record sales mean less opportunity for self-congratulation. Will web views be any more reliable for an industry in crisis? Published Mar 24, 2008Gold and Platinum awards for album and single sales exist both as a tool of the music industry and as a symbol of its decline in a digital a...
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![Dark Angels and Death Songs How myth made martyrs of Ian Curtis, Kurt Cobain, Richey Edwards and Tupac Shakur]()
FeaturesDark Angels and Death Songs How myth made martyrs of Ian Curtis, Kurt Cobain, Richey Edwards and Tupac Shakur Published Feb 22, 2008From religious martyrs to reality TV, from rubbernecking at accident sites to building celebrity death shrines, our attraction to other peop...
