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  Watch Bruce Springsteen Win SXSW with Arcade Fire and Tom Morello

  March 16, 2012 – After sexagenarian legend Bruce Springsteen delivered his SXSW keynote speech, he took over the Moody Theatre in Austin to perform to a relatively tiny crowd of 3,000 festgoers. …
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  Watch Tom Morello Explain Power of Bob Dylan, Rage's Clear Channel Battle

  February 2, 2012 – "One thing I'm blessed with is a tremendous sense of self-confidence," jokes Tom Morello, explaining what gave him the courage to take on Bob Dylan's "Blind Willie McTell," for Chimes of Freedom, the just-released Amnesty International USA benefit compilation of Bard cover songs performed by artists like Pete Seeger and Gaslight Anthem. Perhaps you remember Ke$ha's startlingly minimal rendition of "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right"? …
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  Dimebag Darrell and Dio Tribute Brings Metal Elite to Hollywood

  December 15, 2011 – "You think Dimebag can hear you?" shouted Sebastian Bach, standing centerstage in full Diamond Dave mode, early in last night's tribute to guitarist Dimebag Darrell at the Key Club in West Hollywood, California. …
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Nightwatchman, 'World Wide Rebel Songs' (New West)

  August 30, 2011 – God (or Noam Chomsky) bless Tom Morello for his latest lefty-folk morass under the tag Nightwatchman -- ?a Dylan/Guthrie/Seeger/Bragg love letter that fearlessly tangoes betwixt the admirable and the absurd. Only the electric "It Begins Tonight," righteous of riff and bonkers of solo, plays to his strengths; the rest is like watching Michael Jordan bat .235 in Birmingham. …
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  Hear Pearl Jam Reissues, Casablancas Collabo

  March 29, 2011 – Pearl Jam are offering up full streams of the expanded reissues of Vs. and Vitalogy, which include rarities and demos. Highlights: an early version of 1993's "Nothingman" and a cover of Victoria Williams' "Crazy Mary," originally featured on a '93 charity album Sweet Relief. …
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  Rage Against the Machine Protest 'Racist' Arizona Law

  July 26, 2010 – About halfway through Rage Against the Machine's sold-out benefit show to support organizations fighting to overturn Arizona's controversial SB-1070 immigration law, singer Zack De La Rocha's lyrics took on new meaning. …
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  Rage's Morello on Arizona Boycott Reunion Gig

  July 23, 2010 – Friday, July 23, Rage Against the Machine will play their first gig in a decade in their hometown of Los Angeles, but it's no ordinary show: All proceeds will support a number of organizations fighting against SB 1070, the controversial Arizona legislation that gives police broad powers to arrest and detain anyone suspected of being an illegal immigrant. "We're just honored to lend our music to trying to overthrow this awful Arizona la …
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  Tom Morello, Stripper -- Chris Brown, Space Traveler

  November 5, 2009 – Here are some of the weirdest stories we've seen on the web this week: Weezer have come a long way from destroying sweaters. Check out the Weezer Snuggie! [YouTube] Attention Lady Gaga stalkers: the pop star's giving away locks of hair from her wig with a new holiday art book. Creepy! …
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  Jane's Addiction, Porno for Pyros Rock "Perrypalooza"

  April 13, 2009 – Nothing quite says "happy birthday" like a semi-tipsy dude dropping rhymes about banging your girlfriend. Such was the case at Perry Farrell's 50th birthday party Saturday night in Las Vegas, where hornball rapper Mickey Avalon kicked off the festivities with a phalanx of go-go girls in glittery lingerie and naughty sex raps that sounded as if they were plucked from some teenage boy's over-active imagination after too much late-night C …
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  New Albums from Ben Folds, Mercury Rev, Murs, and More

  September 30, 2008 – Here's a rundown of the essential albums available online and in record stores today: Ben Folds, Way to Normal Ben there, done that -- crafty piano man hits creative impasse. READ REVIEW Listen to "Bitch Went Nuts" Jack's Mannequin, The Glass Passenger SoCal rocker survives personal catastrophe with tuneful flair. READ REVIEW Listen to "The Resolution" Mercury Rev, Snowflake Midnight Flaming who? …
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