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December 2009

16 Rock Myths Debunked!

By Spin Staff

SPECIAL SECTION: Rock'n'roll's greatest fallacies -- exposed!

Tegan and Sara: Across a Crowded Womb

By Josh Eells

They're identical twins who make pop music about intense relationships. But they'll never find one more intense than their own.

Metal in the Garden of Good and Evil

By David Peisner

With bands like Baroness, Kylesa, and Blacktusk turning up the volume, Savannah, Georgia, has gotten a whole lot heavier.

In My Room: Ezra Koenig

By Stacey Anderson

Album Reviews

Adam Lambert

For Your Entertainment

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A debut even Simon Cowell could love.
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50 Cent - Before I Self Destruct

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It's not the G-Unit leader's birthday anymore.
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Norah Jones - The Fall

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Don't know why she didn't do this before.
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Them Crooked Vultures - Them Crooked Vultures

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Three's company for Grohl, Homme, and Jones.
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Kid Sister - Ultraviolet

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House-music shout-outs overshadow rhyme skills.
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Wale - Attention: Deficit

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Post mix-tape acclaim, D.C. MC finally makes his case.
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Omar Rodriguez-Lopez - Xenophanes

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Mars Volta mad scientist edits his experiments.
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Dashboard Confessional - Alter the Ending

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King of emo-folk pain embraces two-state solution.
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Julian Casablancas - Phrazes for the Young

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New York's grooviest rocker spiffs up his sound.
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Weezer - Raditude

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Rock's most maddeningly hummable practical joke continues.
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Shakira - She Wolf

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Latin pop mami down for whatever, wherever.
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Robbie Williams - Reality Killed the Video Star

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The ego again requests clearance to land.
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Annie - Don't Stop

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Disco diva next door calls the cads on the carpet.
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Slayer - World Painted Blood

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The godfathers of thrash bleed for you again.
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