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Nick Catucci

  1. jerks
    Obama Granny Ignites Controversy’I assume that she will live in the White House at the tax payer’s expense.’
  2. See Ya, SpringsteenThe Killers give up their Born to Run fixation, and instead deliver first-rate, multi-flavored pop.
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    Is Taylor Swift Really All That?According to the New York ‘Times,’ Swift “has quickly established herself as the most remarkable country music breakthrough artist of the decade.”
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    Slideshow: The Ladies and Men of Lights and Ex Reverie, True CMJ HighlightsThe bands actually represented a vital indie subcurrent rather than whatever it is magazines are telling us to listen to.
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    Chuck Klosterman, Robert Christgau, Rob Sheffield: Rock-Geek Slideshow!Uh-oh — you just nerdgasmed at work!
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    Not Waving But Drowning Play What Is Perhaps the Nuttiest Loft Show We’ve Ever SeenAll that was missing was a fetus preserved in a jar, although there might’ve been one of those in the bedroom.
  7. Heart of a StonerDevin the Dude strikes a blow for laid-back rap.
  8. Brit PackOasis and the Verve may be geezers, but they are not going out quietly.
  9. The Year in PopRadiohead rediscovered their instincts, Rihanna’s great summer hit was all about rain, LCD Soundsystem and Arcade Fire made it cool to be a geek […]
  10. Playing FavoritesWe asked three music obsessives to pick a recent album they can’t stop listening to.
  11. ‘Reunion Tour’ Good band makes their best album.
  12. ‘Graduation’Kanye West wins because, overall, 50 sucks.
  13. Hair Band, Next GenerationThe most remarkable thing about Coheed and Cambria, which this fall will release the terrific third installment of a bizarre quadrilogy about a […]
  14. Playing FavoritesWe asked six music obsessives to pick a recent album they can’t stop listening to.
  15. Hum Yourself to SerenityA blissful mix.
  16. Three of a Kind: Geeks With Old SoulsNellie McKay Pretty Little Head (Hungry Mouse) Twenty-four-year-old Harlemite McKay, a nervy piano chanteuse who received nice marks for her […]
  17. The Misery IndexThese are boom times for the bummed out—the record shops, iTunes, and [fill in your favorite file-sharing service here] are awash in white-boy s […]
  18. Playing FavoritesWe asked five music obsessives to pick a recent album they can’t stop listening to.
  19. Losing Their ReligionEvanescence, caterwauling Christian rockers, suffer a crisis of faith.