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February 9th, 2010 - 12:39 am § in True/Slant

Hardcore Punk's Return to SNL

Crisis of Conformity reunited on “SNL” this weekend. Don’t remember Crisis of Conformity? Perhaps the video of the reunion will jump your memory [via Unlikely Words and The Daily Swarm]: [huluvid id="YVEFp4lescx3IOWrHFyHJw"] Ok, there was no band by that name. But, kudos to “[...]

Tags: Chicago, Crisis of Conformity, D.C., Dave Grohl, Fear, Fred Armisen, Hardcore punk, John Belushi, music, Nirvana, Saturday Night Live, Scream, SNL, Trenchmouth, TV, YouTube No Comments

December 27th, 2009 - 11:04 pm § in True/Slant

The Best Overlooked Albums Of The Aughts

The new year is almost here, and with it comes a maelstrom of “End of the Year Lists.” Here on Ex-Spectator, I’ll be rolling out a few “End of the Year”/”End of the Decade” lists. Today’s list: The Best Overlooked Albums of the Aughts. A while back I started an ongoing feature called[...]

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December 23rd, 2009 - 12:19 am § in True/Slant

The Decade In Emo

It was indeed “A Decade Under The Influence.” But while Taking Back Sunday could string together a few solid hits drenched in a post-hardcore milieu and cut with pop sensibilities, chances are no one in the band could have predicted how influential emo would become in the aughts. The presence of[...]

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November 9th, 2009 - 7:27 pm § in True/Slant

Wale – "TV in the Radio"

I mentioned Wale as a saving grace in hip-hop when I critiqued the “death” of hip-hop. Well, tomorrow the D.C.-Metro area rapper will drop his official debut album, Attention Deficit. So, what’s the word on the album? The New York Times‘s Jon Pareles gave the album a pretty g[...]

Tags: Attention Deficit, Back to the Feature, Clipse, D.C., David Sitek, hip-hop, Jon Pareles, music, The Mixtape About Nothing, The New York Times, TV in the Radio, TV On The Radio, Wale No Comments

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Hardcore Punk's Return to SNL

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The Decade In Emo

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