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At this point in time, the only thing on your mind is 5:00. The three day weekend is almost upon us and we can't wait to fire up the grill and crack open one of [...]

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Until now, we've based every Mixtape around a specific theme. Those individual moments and events all benefit from having soundtracks, but every so often we just want to hear some quality tunes. Here are [...]

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When we heard the news that Adam "MCA" Yauch from the Beastie Boys died we couldn't help but put on some of our favorite tracks in honor of his memory. He will be remembered, [...]

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In case you haven't seen the video of Holographic Tupac yet, Coachella 2012 is kind of a big deal. We can't all make it out to the middle of nowhere and sleep in a [...]

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There's a reason "April showers bring May flowers." It's because the weather sucks in April. A leisurely stroll without an umbrella might be out of the question, but you don't have to call the day [...]

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The Music portion of SXSW (we’re not even going to pretend like you don’t know what that acronym means) is as close to Mecca as you can get if you’re a lover of all things [...]

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Restringing a guitar is like agreeing to watch kids that aren't yours. It's fun and exciting the first time, but each time after that it gets progressively worse until you dread each day it comes [...]

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In a world of corporately designed musical acts crafted in boardrooms amongst sales-minded suits aiming simply to push copies, it is refreshing when someone steps out and does their own thing. Love 'em or hate 'em, [...]

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Is your human iPod not keeping up with the latest club bangers? Would you rather listen to the Avicii remix instead of the Eric Prydz one? Are you a DJ that's tired of telling people [...]

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Finally putting that gym membership to good use for the first month of the year isn't always the easiest thing to do. You have to put in the time doing the actual work at the [...]

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When it comes to making music, Trent Reznor is, quite literally, a one man band. When he's not busy being Nine Inch Nails he's one of the most influential composers/producers/songwriters in the business. He's written [...]

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If you're like us, you've been thinking, "When is someone going to step up and make a damn Transformers themed ukulele!?" We know, right? Well thankfully our long wait is over. Seriously though, this Autobot Transformer Ukulele is [...]

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Cards on the table, we haven't picked up a guitar in ages. We were never very good at it to begin with, so it serves a much better purpose hanging on the wall as art [...]

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There's no shortage of music getting released every Tuesday, but it's no secret that most of it is auto-tuned, over-produced, collaborative trash. We want gritty, no bullshit, no nonsense rock that we can put on [...]

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Drinkify is a website that tells you the perfect drink to enjoy with whatever band or artist you happen to be listening to. When we first stumbled upon it all we could think was that, that [...]

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