Lauren Boisvert lives in Nashville, TN, where she also writes about music on the blog Lauren is Listening. She is in the top 0.001% of Arctic Monkeys listeners, and wants to remind everyone that Chumbawamba is and always will be anarcho-punk.
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MIKE CLARKE/AFP via Getty Images On This Day in 2006, Lucky Oasis Fan Has ‘Daft Punk Is Playing at My House’ Moment
In December 2006, Oasis fan Ben Hayes found himself with Noel Gallagher in his living room after winning a BBC Radio 1 contest.
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Goedefroit Music/Getty Images Why Nirvana’s 1991 Top of the Pops Performance Sounded so Different (And Who Kurt Cobain Was Actually Imitating)
In November 1991, Nirvana gave an offbeat performance on the BBC’s ‘Top of the Pops’ in protest of lip-synching rules.
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Will Heath/NBC via Getty Images Olivia Dean Secures (Partial) Win Over Ticketmaster Resale Debacle, Urges Artists to Explore Their Options
Olivia Dean has secured partial refunds for fans who bought overpriced tickets after a 1300% price spike on Ticketmaster.
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Jamie Squire/Getty Images WATCH: Post Malone Saddles up for Halftime Show During Chiefs-Cowboys Thanksgiving Day Game
Post Malone helped kick off the Salvation Army’s fundraising campaign with a halftime show during the Chiefs-Cowboys Thanksgiving Day game.
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Kevin Mazur/Getty Images The Best Marching Band Performances of This Year’s Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, As Determined by a Former Band Kid
As a former high school band kid, the best part of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade is the marching bands; here are the top bands today.
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Scott Legato/Getty Images Before He Was Performing at the Detroit Halftime Show, Jack White Was Running the Oddest Upholstery Company You’ve Never Heard Of
Before Jack White was Jack White, he owned an odd upholstery studio in suburban Detroit that people didn’t really understand.
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Justin Goff Photos/Getty Images When I Die, Bury Me With These 10 Albums Like a Pharaoh Surrounded by Treasures
The only question worth asking after we die is “What are we bumping on the celestial stereo, guys?” Here are the albums I’m taking to Heaven.
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Gutchie Kojima/Shinko Music/Getty Images The 1990s Superstars That Made the Red Hot Chili Peppers ‘Nervous,’ Calling Them a ‘Powerful Entity’
The Red Hot Chili Peppers once recalled touring in the early 90s with an alt-rock powerhouse at the height of their fame.
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Ian Dickson/Redferns 3 Spacey Prog-Rock Albums From the 90s You’ve Probably Never Heard
Prog-rock is usually associated with the 1970s, but the 90s carved out a niche for spacey improvisation as well.
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Kevin Winter/Getty Images On This Day in 2002, Justin Timberlake Released a Scathing Pop Hit, Fueling the Fire Around His Breakup With Britney Spears
In 2002, Justin Timberlake shed his good-guy image with “Cry Me A River,” paired with a controversial music video that alluded to his ex.
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Marissa Ann The One-Album Wonder of Meanstreak, the First All-Girl Thrash Band
Meanstreak emerged in 1988 as an all-female band in the male-dominated thrash metal scene, releasing only one album in their time.
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CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/AFP via Getty Images Lily Allen’s Cathartic and Revealing Album ‘West End Girl’ Was a ‘Nightmare’ to Hold Onto
Lily Allen called the experience of waiting to release the album ‘West End Girl,’ which explores themes of her divorce, a “nightmare.”