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Why It’s Okay Not to Like Adele

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I’m sure you’re out there – the dwindling minority of the record buying public that doesn’t own a copy of either 19 or 21 by Adele. I’ve written this article with you mind – you’re not alone, guys! Let me start off by saying “fair play” to the woman. Very few recording artists alive today [...]

Starbucks Supports M83 but Not U.S. Troops

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Agree or disagree, I’m not one of those people who lets an individual’s personal life or ideologies impact my impressions of their art or products that they produce, to a larger extent. Harboring love-hate feelings toward artists is not a problem for me. I’ve always been a Guns N’ Roses fan, though I owned a [...]

The Taste Test: Best Hip Hop Of The Week

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As you may be aware, the Hip Hop genre has a non-stop influx of music released each week, and its very difficult to determine what’s worth your precious time. To help you out, The Taste Test is a new series here at TST where our team of experts find the best material released each week in [...]

Is Kymie for Real? Top Five Publicity Seeking Couples

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They say love is a beautiful thing, but with these couples it’s unclear if it’s love for each other or love for the spotlight. It’s been just a couple of weeks since the world had to witness the beginning of Kanye West and Kim Kardashian’s relationship, and so far we’ve had “KW” earrings, wardrobe malfunctions  [...]

Justified Or Ungrateful: Young Chop Vs Kanye West

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There is a possibility that rapper/producer Kanye West was chastised for what could be considered as an act of humility and kindness. A rare occurrence. Earlier this week, West released a remix of the viral YouTube hit song “I Don’t Like” by up and coming Chicago rapper, Chief Keef. Before Kanye reached out to Keef, [...]

Gotye and Kimbra Post SNL

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Goyte’s appearance on Saturday Night Live made ubiquitous headlines not only for his impeccable performance with Kimbra but also for the hilarious skit before the show and rumors about the artistic partnership between the two.  A very high pressure gig for any artist indeed.  The beautiful Kiwi  female vocalist Kimbra will not continue the tour with Gotye due to her pre-existing European [...]

Eighteen years since his suicide, we can’t get enough of Cobain

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Nirvana: “Freedom from pain, suffering and the external world.” That’s how Nirvana’s Kurt Cobain explained to reporters how he got the name for the flagship grunge band that stormed the music scene in the 1990s. And freedom from pain is what the troubled artist strived for most of his adult life as he struggled with [...]

More Facebook Stupidity, Bon Iver in the Lead

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A few explosively overrated whiny contributions to taint our music industry, a couple of songs for whales to mate to and undeserved Grammys later, Bon Iver is still at it, this time giving away tickets on Facebook. I have to say, the prize package is pretty enticing – a night’s hotel stay, dinner and a [...]