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16 Rock Myths Debunked!

SPECIAL SECTION: Rock'n'roll's greatest fallacies -- exposed!

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Tegan and Sara: Across a Crowded Womb

They're identical twins who make pop music about intense relationships. But they'll never find one more intense than their own.

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Metal in the Garden of Good and Evil

By David Peisner

With bands like Baroness, Kylesa, and Blacktusk turning up the volume, Savannah, Georgia, has gotten a whole lot heavier.

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In My Room: Vampire Weekend's Ezra Koenig

By Stacey Anderson

VIDEO: Vampire Weekend frontman Ezra Koenig shows us his Brooklyn, New York apartment.

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Album Reviews

Chris Brown

Graffiti

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He seeks forgiveness -- and a great beat.
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Mudvayne - Mudvayne

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Rihanna - Rated R

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Tough love fails this tender Barbadian balladeer.
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The Bravery - Stir the Blood

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Synth-rock hams go from Hot Fuss to hot mess.
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Adam Lambert - For Your Entertainment

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A debut even Simon Cowell could love.
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50 Cent - Before I Self Destruct

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It's not the G-Unit leader's birthday anymore.
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Norah Jones - The Fall

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Don't know why she didn't do this before.
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Them Crooked Vultures - Them Crooked Vultures

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Three's company for Grohl, Homme, and Jones.
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Kid Sister - Ultraviolet

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House-music shout-outs overshadow rhyme skills.
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Wale - Attention: Deficit

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Post mix-tape acclaim, D.C. MC finally makes his case.
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Omar Rodriguez-Lopez - Xenophanes

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Mars Volta mad scientist edits his experiments.
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Dashboard Confessional - Alter the Ending

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King of emo-folk pain embraces two-state solution.
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Julian Casablancas - Phrazes for the Young

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New York's grooviest rocker spiffs up his sound.
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Weezer - Raditude

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Rock's most maddeningly hummable practical joke continues.
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