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This has been one of the greatest years in pop rock history but you'd never know it from the so-called music press or the rebarvative awards shows.

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I actually respect these younger musicians a lot more, because they're making music they love even though they know they can't get rich with it anymore.

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The Matt Berry song (my hearing is so bad I can't really get all the words) not only soundslike it could be from the late 60s, but the opening sounds like he "borrowed" it from "Paint It Black."

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That song totally sounds like something Sonny & Cher would have sung. In fact, if I close my eyes I can even see what they would have worn while singing it on their show.

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They aren't a new group anymore, but any time that I can get to a performance by The Struts, I make sure to attend.

Bands and artists used to tour to sell records. Now they don't even sell records, they share them, and tour to scrape out a meager income. Sad times indeed.

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With regard to Babymetal, after they did a concert featuring Rob Halford of Judas Priest, the word went forth: "If they're metal enough for Rob Halford, they're metal enough for you." Interesting band; they definitely have the chops.

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Goat is great. Those unison vocals instead of harmonies make for a great sound plus there is a nice groove and everything's just weird enough.

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