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Mitch Winehouse Reignites Music Career, Remembers Daughter Amy as a Child

MitchWinehouse.co.uk Like countless other musicians, Mitch Winehouse gave up his dream in favor of getting a steady job to support his family. He was a professional singer in the '70s, but left the circuit to work as a cab driver and raise his children. "I put it on the back burner," he tells Spinner. "When Amy started to perform she'd get ...

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Mother Songs: 10 Great Tracks About Mom

If it weren't for our mothers, we wouldn't be alive. Biology aside, mom's can be pretty magical beings. A mother's love is limitless in its potential: it can heal us, make us feel safe, not to mention inspire us. On the other hand, a bad relationship with one's mom can damage your self-esteem or worse. ...

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MNDR Slices Her Face Off for Creepy 'Cut Me Out' Video

Press Here With her electro-pop experiment MNDR, Amanda Warner has continued her untraditional career trajectory. From dabbling with synths in her father's North Dakota studio to living in an artist's commune in the Bay Area to working with uber-producer Mark Ronson, Warner keeps surprising herself along the way. Her latest creation is the ...

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Eels' Mark Oliver Everett Gets Ready to Rock China, Move on From Troubled Past

Autumn De Wilde Eels mastermind Mark Oliver Everett has recorded over a dozen studio albums, wrote an autobiography about his tragic family history and was once mistaken for a terrorist. Now he's set to add another big achievement to his impressive resume: performing in China. "It's exciting because we've never been there, but we're all ...

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Meat Puppets Relive 'Gonzo' Past, Open Up About Cris Kirkwood's Addiction

Jaime Butler This week, the Meat Puppets released their buoyant, upbeat 13th album, 'Lollipop,' an excellent addition to their long and tumultuous career. But rather than looking solely ahead, the band will head to Minehead, England in May to revisit its early days with a performance of its 1985 classic 'Up on the Sun' at the All Tomorrow's ...

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The Antlers 'Disintegrate and Explode' to Write 'Burst Apart' Album

Shervin Lainez Lots of bands devote concerts or, sometimes, entire tours to one specific album, but it's rare that a band does that for an album before it's even released. The Antlers did just that at this year's SXSW when they performed their new album 'Burst Apart' at an NPR showcase. "The idea was NPR's," organist Darby Cicci tells ...

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15 Raunchiest Rock Memoirs

Rock history is littered with juicy memoirs from its most distinguished and deviant sages. From overdoses and groupies to the social upheaval of race relations in America, rock tell-alls paint a portrait that can serve as a backdrop for our national conscience. Plus, they're so damn fun to read. Here are ...

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