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  Watch EMA's Badass Home Movies in 'Take One Two' Video

  February 14, 2012 – EMA dropped a new single via her website today, "Take One Two," along with a corresponding video pieced together with footage the South Dakotan singer, née Erika m. Anderson, took as a teenager with her friends. In her post, she writes: This footage comes from a South Dakota trailer park in the mid-90s, and features a small group of freaks and misfits who seem to be having the time of their lives. …
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  EMA Adds Nirvana Cover to Deluxe 'Past Life'

  December 13, 2011 – On solo debut Past Life Martyred Saints, SPIN's No. 3 album of 2011, Erika M. Anderson "rips open her stitches and lets us crawl inside," we wrote. The former member of noise-folk band Gowns must've had some more viscera she wanted to expose, as she's all set to put out an iTunes deluxe edition of the album on February 7. The expanded release adds a new bonus track, "To Leave With Love," plus the videos for "California" (our No. …
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  SPIN's 20 Best Songs of 2011

  December 9, 2011 – Check out more of SPIN's countdowns of 2011's best music here: SPIN's 40 Best Rap Albums of 2011 20. FLEET FOXES, "Helplessness Blues" An earnest orphan raised by '60s wolves turns up on the doorstep of 2011, tries to write a generational folk anthem, muddles allegiances, imagines he owns a frickin' orchard -- poignant confusion reigns. 19. …
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  WeekSauce: SPIN's Friday Night Highlights

  November 4, 2011 – • This week we found out the first posthumous Amy Winehouse album will be released on December 6. Perhaps more importantly, we learned the cover of said Amy Winehouse album was photographed by Bryan Adams. Yes, this guy! • We made you laugh (and cry, and then laugh again) at our countdown of the 40 Greatest Comedy Albums of All Time. …
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  First Spin: Hear EMA's Mesmerizing 'Angelo'

  November 1, 2011 – Today, EMA is uncaging her Marked digital single and its B-side, "Angelo," is streaming right here. (There will be a limited run of 7" vinyl available on November 21). It's a cut that finds the Northern Californian songstress marching even further into the napalmed spaces that comprised this year's Past Life Martyred Saints, as she howls through hills of distortion and hum. …
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  EMA Launches Tour With Beautifully Disastrous Seattle Show

  October 11, 2011 – Most musicians come out kicking and screaming on the first show of a new tour. Most artists get motivated by the excitement of starting a fresh chapter, seeking a wider audience. But Erika M. Anderson, known as EMA, is exceptionally unconventional, as she proved at her Seattle concert Friday night. The kick-off of her new tour was more a deconstruction of a traditional rock show than it was a joyous kick-out-the-jams. …
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  The Style Issue: EMA

  August 14, 2011 – After her band imploded, Erika Anderson was ready to give up on music. then she made one of the year's unexpectedly great albums. TMI: Erika M. Anderson is usually okay with things that make other people squeamish, like blasting out scrap-metal guitar sounds and singing about self-mutilation, but worms -- those are a problem. …
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  EXCLUSIVE: Watch EMA's 'Nevermind' Music Video

  August 3, 2011 – "Endless Nameless" was the secret track on Nirvana's Nevermind, a shocking barrage of aggression, hidden after 10-plus minutes of silence on early CD versions of the album. Oakland's rising rocker EMA covered the song for SPIN's Nevermind tribute, and her version evokes the same punched-in-the-gut feeling of the original. …
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  FREE ALBUM: SPIN Tribute to Nirvana's 'Nevermind'

  July 19, 2011 – SPIN's August issue pays tribute to the 20th anniversary of Nirvana's Nevermind, and as part of our package we tapped some of our favorite contemporary artists to cover the influential album's 13 songs, in their original order. …
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  Best of Berlin: U2, Jay-Z, Beyonce

  November 6, 2009 – Thursday, MTV's European Music Awards took place in Berlin, Germany, 20 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall. U2, Jay-Z, Katy Perry, Shakira, and others performed -- and Beyonce walked away with three trophies, the night's biggest winner. …
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