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April 2009

What Makes U2 Run?

Love 'em or hate 'em, U2 have fashioned a charmed career unrivaled by any other rock band. After all these years -- and all that money -- why do they refuse to stand still?

Identity Crisis: Are You Being Cyberstalked?

By David Kushner

For the new breed of teenage microcelebs, exposure to hackers and predators is the price to pay for online fame. But as one attacker learned, Amor Hilton is not gonna take it lying down.

Bat for Lashes: Bat Power

By Phoebe Reilly

She sprinkles her haunting chamber pop with Karate Kid references and landed a reclusive legend for a cameo. But is Bat for Lashes' Natasha Khan ready to take flight?

As the mutton-chopped brains behind Motörhead, Lemmy has always rocked -- and lived -- by the credo "Everything louder than everything else." "Once, at soundcheck," he says, "this guy rang up from four miles away and said he couldn't hear his TV." Do tell...

Album Reviews

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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Norah Jones - The Fall

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Don't know why she didn't do this before.
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Shakira - She Wolf

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Latin pop mami down for whatever, wherever.
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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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Slayer - World Painted Blood

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The godfathers of thrash bleed for you again.
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Omar Rodriguez-Lopez - Xenophanes

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Mars Volta mad scientist edits his experiments.
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Rakim - The Seventh Seal

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Unforgettable MC makes do with forgettable beats.
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The Rakes - Klang

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Stoking nostalgia for the Gang of Four revival.
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Nirvana - Live at Reading

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Ultimate rock gig from ultimate outsider-insiders.
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The King Khan & BBQ Show - Invisible Girl

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Trash-rock hullabaloo with a slurp and a burp.
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Gift of Gab - Escape 2 Mars

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Blackalicious MC stays begrudgingly grounded.
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Jack Johnson - En Concert

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In the European Union, they call him Jacques.
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Florence and the Machine - Lungs

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Flame-haired flamethrower sets alt-rock boys ablaze.
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