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  Take Cover: Common Unleashes Fiery Drake Dis

  January 9, 2012 – No longer content to beef with Maya Angelou and Sarah Palin, conscious hip-hop icon Common has found the softest target humanly possible for his ire: Canadian hunk, television superstar, and occasional rapper Drake. Apparently, Common was able to download Rick Ross' DatPiff-crashing Rich Forever mixtape and managed to make it all the way to the end of the 80-minute behemoth. …
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  In Bed With Feist

  October 12, 2011 – Leslie Feist is exhausted. She's curled up beneath the covers of the stately oak-framed bed in her room at the Lafayette House hotel in downtown Manhattan. I ask if she'd like to talk in the ivy-covered private backyard, but she insists on staying put. …
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  Yeasayer Record "Demented R&B" for Next LP

  October 6, 2011 – In SPIN's eight-out-of-10 review of Yeasayer's 2010 album Odd Blood, we praised the Brooklyn psych-rockers' bold and flamboyant dance sound, and asked, "What's coming next?" Now we know: "It's like a demented R&B record," singer-keyboardist Chris Keating tells SPIN of the band's upcoming third album, expected in late spring or early summer of 2012. "It's like an Aaliyah album if you played it backwards and slowed it down. …
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  Tough Questions for Evanescence's Amy Lee

  October 4, 2011 – After a decade of multiplatinum sales, two Grammy awards, and the messy departure of band cofounder Ben Moody, Evanescence siren Amy Lee took a hiatus from her painfully earnest public existence to be a wife, learn the harp, and, perhaps counterintuitively, listen to M.I.A. "She's so freaking powerful and awesome," the singer-pianist gushes. …
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  Noel Gallagher Tells Stories About Solo LP

  October 4, 2011 – "These songs never would have ended up on an Oasis record," Noel Gallagher says about the 10 tracks on Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, his solo debut. …
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  IN THE STUDIO: Emily Haines Talks Metric LP

  October 3, 2011 – Last November, Metric capped their first decade as a band with gigs at NYC's Museum of Modern Art and Miami's edgy Art Basel festival, and tied a bow on their touring cycle behind 2009's Fantasies. …
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  BACKSTAGE PASS: Fucked Up & Wavves

  September 30, 2011 – Nathan Williams, singer-guitarist for the San Diego surf punks Wavves, is a weed-puffin' bro with a "Life's a Beach" 'tude. Fucked Up's Damian Abraham is a human cannonball who barrels across the stage shirtless, his gut bouncing while he bashes himself bloody with the mic. They're an odd couple, but they're close friends -- and their bands are currently on tour together. …
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  Q&A: Neon Indian Conquers 'Creative Paralysis'

  September 14, 2011 – You could call Alan Palomo, the 23-year-old mastermind behind atmospheric synth-pop outfit Neon Indian, a detail-oriented person. He deconstructs and reassembles, tweaks and customizes all sorts of synthesizers, tuning them to find a very particular sound. An avid film buff, he dissects movies scene by scene, pointing to certain moods, dialogue, camera angles in influential works like A Clockwork Orange that have helped shape his art. …
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  Q&A: Noel Gallagher on Solo LP, Oasis

  September 9, 2011 – For nearly two decades Noel Gallagher was the songwriting genius behind Oasis, penning radio-ruling classics like "Wonderwall" and "Champagne Supernova," while his younger brother Liam became Britpop's most volatile frontman. …
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  Q&A: The Rapture's Luke Jenner On New LP

  September 1, 2011 – New York City's influential dance-punk outfit the Rapture will end a five-year hiatus on September 6 with the release of their fourth album, In the Grace of Your Love. …
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