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Sleigh Bells’ “Treats” is This Generation’s “Nevermind”

Sunday, May 30th, 2010

I was in college in New York City the first time I heard Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit.” It was the fall of 1991, and I vividly remember the song searing my eardrums in a club called The Building; the dance floor erupted into a euphoric mosh pit.

Nirvana, "Nevermind"
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Open Letter to Rage Against the Machine

Monday, November 23rd, 2009

Dear Rage Against the Machine,

Which “Machine” exactly were you raging against? Was it the Sony corporation – the parent company of Epic Records, the machine that produced and distributed your albums?

Raging Against The Machine

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