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The Record
11:18 am
Tue August 7, 2012

Antony's 'Future Feminism': Stage Banter As Statement Of Purpose

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Antony performs in Oslo, Norway in 2011.

Originally published on Tue September 18, 2012 6:22 pm

All Songs Considered Blog
10:17 am
Tue August 7, 2012

Watch Tom Waits' Bracing, Beautiful 'Hell Broke Luce' Video

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Tom Waits.

Originally published on Tue August 7, 2012 11:59 am

Mountain Stage
9:46 am
Tue August 7, 2012

Ben Sollee On Mountain Stage

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Ben Sollee on Mountain Stage.
The Two-Way
8:44 am
Tue August 7, 2012

Composer Marvin Hamlisch Dies, Family Spokesman Says

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Marvin Hamlisch in 1979.

Originally published on Tue August 7, 2012 10:04 am

"Marvin Hamlisch, who composed the scores for dozens of movies including The Sting and won a Tony for A Chorus Line, has died in Los Angeles at the age 68," The Associated Press reports.

According to the wire service:

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All Songs Considered Blog
7:15 am
Tue August 7, 2012

Song Premiere: Stars, 'Backlines'

Originally published on Tue August 7, 2012 9:04 am

Predicting the sound of any given Stars song takes some doing: The Montreal band traffics in everything from joyfully guitar-driven power-pop to synth-based dance music to string-swept ballads that detail the heartbreaking minutiae of doomed romance. Even the lead voices shift from song to song, with Amy Millan and Torquil Campbell singing to, over and about each other, occasionally swapping verses.

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