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"One of the great ironies of this three-film, two-decade mission is that we thought we were making a film about bad children, the inside story of why kids kill."

Umphrey’s McGee returns with their fifth studio album in their storied decade-plus career. Death by Stereo , which was released on September 13, is a varied collection of tunes spanning multiple genres from garage punk to metal to progressive rock to country to funk to 70s R&B and 80s synth pop.

Darkest Hour might be D.C.’s hardest-working band. For more than a decade, the heavy-metal quintet has been touring endlessly, both at home and abroad. It has played at Ozzfest and, quite possibly, in your neighbor’s basement. On Monday night, the group delivered a energetic, if dutiful, 40-minute set at 9:30 Club, riding near the top of the Summer Slaughter Tour’s 11-band bill. At vocalist John ...

Top Gun, the Smiths, The A-Team popular culture reached its height in the 1980s didn't it? Toby Litt on a decade he hated at the time, but is reluctantly starting to admire There's a fantastically annoying ad on Spotify at the moment for yet another Hits of the 80s compilation CD. Voiceover man hails "the decade that just won't die" which is true, even though, along with a large number of ...

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