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4 items by Jenn Pelly

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  Breaking: Screaming Females | ARTICLE

  Who: Bred in one of the country's strongest DIY punk communities, the New Brunswick, New Jersey-based trio Screaming Females have actually got only one shrieking lady. Her name is Marissa Paternoster, and she is 2009's answer to...

  July 1, 2009 12:21 PM ET
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  U2 Rock Fordham University: On the Ground at the "Secret" Set | ARTICLE

  "I joined a rock & roll band so I could get out of going to college," Bono told students at New York's Fordham University at 8 a.m. this morning, during a somewhat-secret six-song U2 set at...

  March 6, 2009 12:47 PM ET
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  Inside the World's Largest Album Collection, The 3 Million-Strong RecordRama Archive | ARTICLE

  In 1951, at the age of 12, Paul Mawhinney bought his first record, Frankie Lane's Jezebel. His collection has grown quite a bit since: Mawhinney has dedicated his life to acquiring every recording issued in the U.S....

  November 17, 2008 3:17 PM ET
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  M.I.A. Ends Retirement, T.I. Spits Surprise Set at Diesel Party | ARTICLE

  On Saturday night, the grand finale of Diesel's international 30th anniversary celebration brought M.I.A., Franz Ferdinand, T.I., N.E.R.D., Hot Chip and Chaka Khan together under one enormous, makeshift tent for a much-hyped Rock and Roll Circus. It...

  October 14, 2008 4:15 PM ET