Akron Beacon Journal (MCT) -- The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation announced its 2010 enshrinees Tuesday: ABBA, Genesis, Jimmy Cliff, the Hollies and the Stooges. Of this class, ABBA and the Stooges have been nominated before. Artists are eligible for enshrinement 25 years after their first release. Nominees who will have to try again next year are Donna Summer, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, ...
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Albums that missed our Top 60 Albums list, but at least one of our writers loves.Artist: Doves Album: Kingdom of Rust Label: Astralwerks Image: http://www.popmatters.com/images/blog_art/k/kingdomofrust.jpg Display Width: 200 Mancunian epic rockers Doves often suffer in the indie world's view for their generic similarities to several derided giants of British stadium rock, but there's no other lad-
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Albums that missed our Top 60 Albums list, but at least one of our writers loves.Artist: DOOM Album: Born Like This Label: Lex Image: http://www.popmatters.com/images/blog_art/b/bornlikethis.jpg Display Width: 200 Born Like This represents DOOM's return to rap, with the chrome–domed villain at his sharpest, a menacingly streamlined name and rhymes to match. With no topic beyond his grasp--he hi.
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Albums that missed our Top 60 Albums list, but at least one of our writers loves.Artist: Deer Tick Album: Born on Flag Day Label: Partisan Image: http://www.popmatters.com/images/blog_art/d/deertick_flagday.jpg Display Width: 200 It seems to be the nature of the world to chafe at any spot of contentment in your life, and Born on Flag Day captures that sense of being at odds with your surroundin...
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Albums that missed our Top 60 Albums list, but at least one of our writers loves.Artist: Dam-Funk Album: Toeachizown Label: Stones Throw Image: http://www.popmatters.com/images/blog_art/t/toeachizown-200.jpg Display Width: 200 It’s a music writer cliché to say that something takes a genre from the past and makes it fresh again, but the shoe--or the neon blue shades--fits with LA’s Dam-Funk. Hi
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Albums that missed our Top 60 Albums list, but at least one of our writers loves.Artist: Basement Jaxx Album: Scars Label: Ultra/XL Image: http://www.popmatters.com/images/blog_art/s/scars-200.jpg Display Width: 200 Forget 2012. If 2009 marked the apocalypse, Scars would make a fantastic send-off for planet Earth. In their dependably inimitable manner, Basement Jaxx have crafted an album that f...
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PopMatters Sponsor Mukaizake Unknown Knowns (Hidden Shoal Recordings) Out Now The cliché ‘all killer, no filler’ is often bandied around with very little to back it up. In the case of Mukaizake’s stunning new release Unknown Knowns, the cliché applies. Unknown Knowns kicks off with the fuzzy propulsion of single ‘The Yeah Conditioner’, immediately launching the listener into Mukaizake’
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