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Raging against the machine

When the United States was preparing to go to war with Iraq last spring, politically minded music fans were hard-pressed to find a new rallying anthem.


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Providing some aural pleasure

The number of emerging high-tech concert halls, Bose home theater systems and iPods alone is evidence enough that the phenomenon of "perfect sound" has taken America by storm.


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Stroking the Fire

In 2001, The Strokes burst out of New York's East Village club scene into a rap-rock and pop-filled world with nary a turntable or choreographed dance routine in sight.