In North Carolina, state officials said high winds led to sound side flooding along N.

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He's a rock critic for the Chicago Sun Times and co-host of the public-radio rock 'n' roll talk show Sound Opinions.

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Tightly embracing guitar effects and tape loops, Mission of Burma made sound an important commodity in rock 'n' roll, and its members carried that tradition into their first album after a 19-year hiatus, 2004's ONoffON.

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The band formed seven years ago and their sound fuses hip hop, soul, R 'n' B and rock.

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The film explores the then-rusty Sound City Studios where classic albums by Guns 'n Roses, Fleetwood Mac, Tom Petty, Neil Young, Van Halen, Nirvana, REO Speedwagon and others were created.

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Although based on traditional Mande music, this is an entirely new sound as powerful as the best rock 'n' roll bands, and certainly more danceable.

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We want to help destroy rock 'n' roll and we want to start this new sound and vision.

NPR: The '80s Strike Back: Devo's Mark Mothersbaugh

The new disc finds Tapes n Tapes achieving a more cohesive but still resolutely lo-fi sound.

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Dakar's Orchestre N'Guewel offers "Mi Guajeo, " and while the opening notes initially sound based on Senegalese musical scales and instrumentation, a deeper listen reveals that the chord progression is based on the classic Cuban son montuno.

NPR: 'Africa Boogaloo': An Intro To Afro-Latin Music

In "Backwards Down the Number Line, " guitarist Trey Anastasio, bassist Mike Gordon, keyboardist Page McConnell and drummer Jon Fishman sound genuinely thrilled to be playing together again, as they crank out a five-minute rock 'n' roll anthem that's a heartfelt celebration of enduring companionship.

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