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It’s not the gender of the voice that defines music I like. It’s the talent, emotion and message behind it.

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For some reason it is way more difficult to score tickets to red-hot acts now than ever before. What gives?

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April means big news for music season. Here are six records you should definitely dig into this month.

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Today we learned that the new Yeah Yeah Yeahs record is coming out on April 16th. Also there’s a song about mosquitos on it.

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Everyone listen closely: Beyoncé is BACK.

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If people discovered more imaginative places to take their ho pics, places far, far away from the bathroom mirror/sink.

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Bald headed, barefoot, cooch exposed — whatever — in 1999 Britney Spears was everything. She may not be a powerhouse singer a la Adele or Jessie J., but she’s the one artist I actually want to hear remixed. Don’t even come out with an album of original songs — just get to the point and give us the remixes.

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If you don’t like Bob Marley & The Wailers, or this song, then I don’t like you. That is all.

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I want to be a standup comedian so I watch and re-watch The Best of SNL on VHS. I have the music montage memorized and I know when to hide behind the couch because the guy dressed in purple with high-heeled lady boots is on and he can see me through the television.

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There must’ve been something in the water in the early ’00s {read: so much cocaine} because indie rock was riding an indestructible wave. You Are Free by Cat Power and Is This It? by The Strokes were career-making albums along with the first offering from NYC gloom rockers, Interpol.