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  Breaking Out: G-Side

  April 11, 2011 – Before self-releasing 2008's Starshipz and Rocketz, David Williams and Stephen Harris -- a.k.a. Yung Clova and ST 2 Lettaz, the Huntsville, Alabama rappers collectively known as G-Side -- had never played outside their home state. But when blog love helped them land a show in Oslo, Norway, they learned that Scandinavia isn't necessarily so different from home. "Outside the club," ST, 25, recalls, "there was a couple fighting. …
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  Best & Worst Moments of SXSW 2011: Day 2

  March 18, 2011 – BEST POWER (POP) TRIO: DINOSAUR PILE-UPIt's difficult to write about this trio from Leeds, England, without mentioning thattrio from Seattle. Nirvana's gritty (but not grungy) DNA is all over the buzzy din.The difference here is that it's all relatively angst-free. Loud, boisterous, and with a bassist on the right side of hammy, they leaven pummeling riffs with the kind ofsweet melodies not heard since the last Ash album. …
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  Best Photos from SXSW: Day 2

  March 18, 2011 –  …
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  The Rise of Rap's Regular Guys

  March 4, 2011 – A rapper's narrative is pretty much always the same: Enter the young, hungry wordsmith who has finally, gloriously, made it. …
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