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Watch Screaming Females Turn Taylor Swift’s ‘Shake It Off’ into a Booming Punk Anthem

New Jersey’s Screaming Females are known for their rip-roaring punk, led by frontwoman Marissa Paternoster’s scowly growls and piercing guitar shreds. In the latest installment from A.V. Club’s A.V. Undercover series, which films artists covering generally unexpected songs, the band takes on a viciously alternative rendition of Taylor Swift’s “Shake It Off.” Paternoster shimmies her…

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Streaming Music Services Trump CD Sales for First Time Ever

A couple of weeks ago during a less than ravishing conversation with my brother about music, he willingly divulged information that I immediately used against him in the most mocking tone possible: he wanted to buy more CDs. But like – way more CDs. He alluded to a very large, very exorbitant CD order. Of…

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Lady Gaga Covers 4 Non Blondes (Sit Down, Taylor)

With the amount of press coverage, retweets, and YouTube views of Taylor Swift’s new shticky-whatevers, you would think that the young songstress was singing the cure for Ebola. It’s always surprising to me when people/the media/the Internet/your Mom flip their banana hammocks over Taylor Swift so much. I don’t hate her, that silly little Country…