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super furry animals

Despite being the eighth studio album from Gruff Rhys and his Super Furries, Hey Venus! celebrates the band's move to Rough Trade Records by essentially paying homage to their late '90s beginnings...


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luego

Campus band (sort of) Luego returns to campus Saturday night to release their new EP, I Know, I Know, at the Duke Coffeehouse before kicking off a regional tour.


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27 dresses

The wedding and the romantic comedy were born to be together. From Four Weddings and a Funeral to The Wedding Date, they run the gamut from enjoyably cutesy to painfully bad. Thankfully, 27 Dresses...


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Power traces

The typical history lesson wouldn't cite Memphis and Muscle Shoals as historical sites, nor Solomon Burke and Maceo Parker as contributing professors.


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cat power

My grandfather always used to tell me, "For an artist to make a cover album, it takes determination and a sense of history.


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magnetic fields

Stephin Merritt is not a happy guy. And never has this been clearer than on Distortion, the first album in four years from his most famous vehicle, the Magnetic Fields.


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kooley high

What's the recipe for kool? Take a bit of Outkast and Lupe Fiasco, add a dash of old school R&B, a Grammy-winning producer, throw in some home-grown Raleigh funk and stand back


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Play brings Europe to Durham

A harrowing tale of humanity and art in the face of totalitarian oppression, William T. Vollmann's award-winning 2005 novel forms the basis for Europe Central, a play that will force the audience...


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Smooth going for Rocky Horror

Perhaps one of the most-beloved and well-known musical comedies featuring an uber-sexualized-transvestite mad scientist-and very possibly the only one-The Rocky Horror Show has made its flamboyant...


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New courses mix tastes and class

Senior Joshua Kazdin is the type of guy who would make the perfect bartender. He knows everything about alcohol, from the history to the best way to mix it. Kazdin, however, has already filled his...


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there will be blood

As the ominous title suggests, Paul Thomas Anderson's There Will Be Blood is an instant American masterpiece, offering a tangled vision of violence, greed, religion and oil.


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cloverfield

For months, the hype surrounding the mysterious Cloverfield has led to all kinds of speculation. Finally, it is here, and oh how it was worth the wait.