Dungeon Master
In the D&D game that is the 2005 Spin Readers Poll, Gerard Way and My Chemical Romance ran the table
By Kyle Anderson; Spin Staff 02.28.06 4:00 AM
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Saint Etienne, 'Tales From Turnpike House' (Savoy Jazz)
The soundtrack to London gets a mailing address.
By Michaelangelo Matos 02.23.06 4:00 AM
A poster on the online message board I Love Music once posited that Saint Etienne were England's answer to Beastie Boys. The superficial similarities are there -- both trios are culture junkies with massive record crates and music critics among their ranks.
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Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti, 'House Arrest' (Paw Tracks)
Noise-pop experimentalism: crazy good, or just crazy?
By Laura Sinagra 02.21.06 4:00 AM
Remember in The Wall when no matter how high poor Pink got, he couldn't break free from the bricks, and the worms ate into his brain?
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Various Artists, 'Run the Road, Volume 2' (Vice)
U.K. rap's coming-out party gets its second act.
By Will Hermes 02.16.06 4:00 AM
T-Pain, 'Rappa Ternt Sanga' (Konvict/Jive)
Part rapper, part crooner, all man.
By Chris Ryan 02.14.06 4:00 AM
A long, long time ago (say the '90s), R&B and hip-hop were like The Odd Couple's Felix and Oscar, often grouped together even though they were at odds.
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Test Icicles, 'For Screening Purposes Only' (Domino)
London's hippest new band! At least until next week.
By Joe Gross 02.09.06 4:00 AM
British tradition dictates that bands occasionally appear out of thin air complete with decent tuneage and loads of random praise.
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