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...winners who collectively go on to compete in a Boston-wide battle. Such a high-stakes event promises a wealth of rewards for the eventual winner: $1,000 worth of merchandise from Rolling Stone, a feature on Rolling Stone’s website, a CD release party at Hard Rock Café in the fall, and a three-song demo with a top recording studio in New York City.There were four contestants for this portion of the competition: SupaDupa, The Pears, Pesticide Red, and Fortran. Each band possesses a unique energy that it brings to its live show. According...

Author: By Lillian Yu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: MIT Bands Battle at Tommy Doyles | 2/27/2009 | See Source »

...With mics in hand, we’ll stand against the test of time.” They rhyme with a confidence that tames the complicated electronic melody.Santogold returns later on the track “Whatchadoin?” with close friend M.I.A., as well as rapper Spank Rock and Yeah Yeah Yeahs guitarist Nick Zinner. Telephone dial tones, the chanting voice of M.I.A. and a tribal drum beat transform Zinner’s guitar into an infectious rhythm. Spank Rock’s frenetic rhymes provide the verses to round out a solidly danceable hit. The clear cohesion...

Author: By Charleton A. Lamb, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: N.A.S.A. | 2/27/2009 | See Source »

...inspiration, the appeal of their studio work can be found. The Atlanta-based Black Lips have adamantly defined their music as “flower punk,” implying a paradoxical combination of emotion and energy, but their fifth studio album is composed mostly of trite, standard punk-rock songs that seem only to scream the message that the band is still full of teenage angst. The song “Take My Heart” opens the album with a hackneyed blues guitar riff and the whiney, gruff singing of frontman Cole Alexander. “Big Black...

Author: By Matt E. Sachs, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: The Black Lips | 2/27/2009 | See Source »

...Jindal, Gov. Bobby • channeling by of the voice of 30 Rock's Kenneth the NBC page • David Brooks is appalled by speech of • Fox News commentators are appalled by speech of • "volcano monitoring" program is idiotically mocked - "Instead of monitoring volcanoes, what Congress should be monitoring is the eruption of spending in Washington, D.C." - by • Washington Post is appalled...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Paul Slansky's Weekly Index of the News | 2/27/2009 | See Source »

...Much of that rosy outlook is pinned to a rock-solid faith in the Chinese government. These signs of new life in the national economy are seen by some economists as evidence that Beijing's massive monetary and fiscal-stimulus measures are kicking in. In November, the government announced a $586 billion spending package, mainly in new infrastructure projects, and since then, policymakers have introduced a long slate of measures to boost consumer spending. The government raised pension payments to retirees from state-owned enterprises, hiked teacher salaries, cut sales taxes on some vehicles and subsidized purchases of appliances...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: China's Economy: Rare Signs of Optimism | 2/27/2009 | See Source »

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