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Tuesday, May 17 2011

AC/DC’s Anti-iTunes Stance and the Cult of the Album

By AJ Ramirez

While AC/DC's still-standing refusal to make its music available on iTunes is rooted in the widely-held view of the album as a complete work, it’s important to acknowledge that LPs really aren’t the immutable documents we tend to think of them as.

Tuesday, March 1 2011

Bullet: Highway Pirates

By Adrien Begrand

The Swedish band's third album swipes early '80s hard rock/metal clichés and runs absolutely wild with them.

Wednesday, February 16 2011

Santana and Various Artists: Guitar Heaven

By Jessy Krupa

Guitar Heaven: The Greatest Guitar Classics of All Time comes off as a celebrity version of American Idol.

Friday, January 14 2011

The Year in Music: April 2010

By Jessy Krupa

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