and make it a good one
Despite the hundreds (if not thousands) of subgenres within metal, virtually all of them stand up and give a tip of the hat to what is known as "The Big Four": Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax. Genres and styles may come and go but the Big Four are forever.
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The Big Four Cinema Simulcast: Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax
TORONTO - Serious music fans got two for the price of one at Massey Hall on Tuesday night as acclaimed singer-songwriter John Hiatt opened for The Band's beloved drummer-singer Levon Helm.
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The Grinnin Mules brought the thunder, and the Cadillac Saints chased the lightning away on the Tennessee Lottery Stage last night. Two great back to back performances started off another great night on night six at Riverbend.
More here: Chattanooga's Live Music Scene - Riverbend Day 6 Review, Day 7 Preview
Bakerstreet session: Bill Henderson, Claire Lawrence, Camille Henderson, Howie Vickers, Ed Henderson and (back to camera) Saffron Henderson rehearse at North Vancouver music studio for River Rock concerts.
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Once a year, local life seems to mellow out. That's for the East Lansing Art Festival, which returns this weekend. "People have fun, they're relaxed, they're in the sunshine," said Erin Zindle, who fiddles and sings with the Ragbirds.
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For 47 years, East Lansing festival has kept its focus on one thing - art
In the early hours of a spring morning in Chicago, a bevy of lost souls sought guidance from a renegade rocker. We may have come seeking mere entertainment but in the end, the show was so much more, Butch Walker and the Black Widows brought us and our dreams to the road to redemption.
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Butch Walker: The Road To Redemption
For three weeks at the Grande Prairie and District Encana Music Festival, young musicians will put forth what they have learned over this last year, both in school and on their own. They will be judged, they will be critiqued, they will benefit. Bryth Harms, Aniket Kali and Emilie Davis, all 10
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LIFE: Musicians of all kinds take to the stage over the next couple of weeks
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans is a weird title, but a great, crazy film. Its greatness is, in fact, inseparable from its craziness, or from Nicolas Cage's fantastic, raging, brilliantly over-the-top performance as the bad madman cop, Terence McDonough.
More here: Wilmington on DVD: Bad Lt.: Port of Call New Orleans, The Last Stage, The Squeakquel
Photos by Erez Avissar and Sanchez and Kitahara ; Above: Surfer Blood by Erez Avissar Now something of a SXSW tradition, we've once again teamed up with our friends at the Windish Agency to present the fifth annual Pitchfork/ Windish Austin Party. The party went down yesterday afternoon at Emo 's (603 Red River St.), and featured 12 bands on both the outdoor stage and the Emo 's Jr. indoor stage ...
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Billboard's Ann Donahue breaks down every live performance of "American Idol" Season 9, from the top 24 contestants to the last one standing.
Continue here: 'American Idol' Recap: Tim Urban Mounts A Comeback (Billboard)