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“Punk Goes Christmas” [Album] (2013)

Since 2000, when the first Punk Goes… compilation album, by Fearless Records was released, we’ve received a new album filled with covers of either famous pop, metal, 80’s, 90’s and crunk songs, every year. What makes these compilations so special is that the songs almost always sound really different from their original counterparts. Rather than […]

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Oh! Lorde!

What were you doing when you were sixteen? If you were me, you were a newly licensed driver, cruising around in your Plymouth Neon listening to Weezer, trying to get by in high school. If you are Ella Yelich-O’Connor, you were releasing a gorgeous tribute to youth’s triumphs and tribulations. Makes all of our youthful […]

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Linkin Park – “RECHARGED” [CD] (2013)

Hot off the heels of their latest collaboration with EDM DJ Steve Aoki on “A Light That Never Comes”, Linkin Park have released a superb collection of remixes of songs originally recorded for their 2012 hit record LIVING THINGS. Featuring re-interpretations of nearly all of the tracks on LIVING THINGS (sans “Tinfoil”, and “In My […]

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Arcade Fire – “Reflektor” [Single] (2013)

It’s fair to say that Arcade Fire’s third major album release, 2010’s The Suburbs,  solidified their place in alternative rock’s history and is now at the forefront of mainstream music.  Now, three years later and with a Grammy for Album of the Year under their belt, the Canadian collective is back and with a new single. […]