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All posts by Doug Rule
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Soundwaves
KNAPP'S ''SOAKIN WET'' REPRISE... Just last weekend, many D.C. dance denizens got soaking wet playing in the rain and the thundershowers in New York. The...
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Youthful Exuberance
''These words are my own,'' Natasha Bedingfield declares at the start of her debut album Unwritten. And the words Bedingfield claims? None other than the...
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Soundwaves
Avenue D ''D'' STANDS FOR ''SLUT''... Enough with all those preening and posing girly-girl dance divas who sing slutty songs you can tell they don't...
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Soundwaves
VAN HELDEN'S COMING CRUNK ROCK... If you haven't noticed, the guitars are surging in dance music, strumming out the new big thing: dance rock. Next...
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Rock Club
On his new album Body of Song, Bob Mould bares himself in nearly every way but the physical, to such an extent it will give...
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Soundwaves
MEOW MIX... Did they take too long? Months after ''Don't Cha'' started dominating every DJ's peak-hour set list, A&M Records has now finally released the...
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Pop Stop
Erin McKeown and Leslie Feist don't share a voice, though you'd be forgiven for thinking so while listening to their latest albums. Both singer-songwriters have...
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Chef's Best
Missy Elliott isn't a chef, but she plays one on her new CD. Comparing music to food is one of the more overused clichés around...
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Twin Peaks
Another indie-rock act might rebel at being lumped with and compared to Avril Lavigne or Ashlee Simpson. But not Tegan and Sara. ''We're like, 'Oh...
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Glamour-Puss
The star -- the real star -- of The Osbournes wasn't the aging rocker who attracted MTV to launch that reality series in the first...
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Jacked Up
''When people only come to a club to get high and to get laid, it makes my job kind of irrelevant,'' says DJ Chad Jack....
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Soundwaves
ERASURE'S ''BLUE'' BELL... Nearly one year ago it was reported that Erasure's Andy Bell would be responsible for two new albums, and both were expected...
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Soundwaves
Pussycat Dolls SONG OF THE SUMMER, ALREADY OVERPLAYED…If you've been out even once in the past couple weeks, you know the song. Don't cha? ''Don't...
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Rhythm Method
There are similarities, sure. But suggesting that Nikka Costa is Joss Stone sassed up with Anastacia attitude does none of the three any favors. Fans...
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Soundwaves
MADONNA'S COMEBACK... Apparently it's not uncommon these days to be puzzled by the mere mention of Madonna's name. In fact, her handlers sounded testy in...
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