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  Ke$ha Talks New Album, CBGB Movie + More

  May 17, 2011 – For her follow-up to 2010's Animal, Ke$ha says she will be moving away from synth-heavy dance-pop for songs inspired by '70s arena rock. "It's gonna be balls-out, irreverent rock'n'roll," she said. …
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  Sara Quin Bashes Tyler's "Sickening Rhetoric"

  May 16, 2011 – Tyler, the Creator, the controversial leader of L.A. …
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  'Goblin Redux': Touching Up Tyler's New Album

  May 12, 2011 – "They don't get it, 'cause it's not made for them," declares Tyler, the Creator on the title track from his long-awaited, real record-label debut Goblin. …
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  Bruno Mars Responds to Tyler, the Creator's Dis

  May 10, 2011 – In his breakout song "Yonkers," Tyler, the Creator, the madcap 20-year-old leader of Los Angeles rap collective Odd Future, threatens to "stab Bruno Mars in his goddamn esophagus." Well, take a number, Tyler: In an exclusive interview with SPIN, the Hawaiian pop crooner responded to the dis for the first time ever: "[Tyler] has to wait in line if he wants to stab me," he said. …
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  Female Trouble: Is Rap More Mature than R&B?

  April 15, 2011 – Rap and R&B right now are, for the most part, interchangeable. That's not a complaint, it's a simple fact of contemporary urban music. …
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  Odd Future Plot Tour, Rilo Kiley B-Sides + More

  April 13, 2011 – Odd Future — the insanely buzzy rap trio who've earned a rep for delivering wild live shows — have announced a string of club dates this Spring. After performing at Coachella this weekend, the group will kick off a 7 date trek on May 12 in Boston; the tour wraps May 19 in Baltimore. …
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  Terrific Twitter Trio of the Week

  April 1, 2011 – Lots of musicians tweet -- but all that Twitters is not gold. That's why you'll want to check out SPIN.com every Friday to see whose tweets we're reading this week -- then update your TweetDeck! …
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  No Blood, No Glory: Thrasher Party Wilding at SXSW

  March 19, 2011 – In a SXSW sideshow with no shortage of highlights -- the proposition of Odd Future, Das Racist and a 40-year-old doom metal band sharing a bill hosted by Andrew W.K. frankly boggles the mind -- there was an irrefutable apex to Friday's Thrasher Magazine day party. As Los Angeles rap misfits Odd Future wrapped up their second song, crew leader Tyler the Creator eyed the onstage double-stack of massive speakers with a wicked grin. …
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  Best Photos from SXSW: Day 3

  March 19, 2011 –  …
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  SXSW: Foo Fighters, Wiz Khalifa Rock mtvU Woodies

  March 17, 2011 – It's not a real party until MTV shows up with the cameras. Which is what happened on Wednesday, when the network's dorm-room offshoot mtvU brought the open-bar Woodies Award show to Austin, TX, for the opening night of SXSW. But first things first: Um... "Woodies"? Sure, flown-the-coop students love sexual innuendos as much as cheap beer and open bars, but, really, what's with the name? …
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