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The United Kingdom’s infamous music magazine, NME (New Music Express), is celebrating its 60th anniversary and part of the revelry includes features on some of the top musicians of each decade.

Recently, the publication released their 100 Best Tracks Of The Nineties list. Cheeky erotic Britpoppers, Pulp, made it to the top of the pile with “Common People.”

While most of the top twenty artists seem pretty comprehensive to the British ’90s music scene, the list lacks the effervescent pop-punk of the Americas and just about any Oasis song or Foo Fighters’ “Everlong” could have replaced McAlmont and Butler’s “Yes” or Ash’s “Girl From Mars.”

And “Stay Together” as the most-highly rated Suede song? We suppose they weren’t reading the distraught diaries of teenage girl Britpop lovers from the ’90s to make that choice. Lyrics from “So Young” or “The Drowners” are probably etched across many a composition book.

What does NME consider the best songs of the ’90s?

Heather had a chit chat with front man and bass player of the band Dr. Dog, Toby. See what Toby likes to do in his spare time, what was the influnce and recording process behind their new album “Be The Void“, and why Toby nickname is Table.

Check out Dr.Dog as they play the first night of The Cosmopoltians Blvd Social Club, at the Blvd Pool. Doors open at 7pm show starts at 9pm, swimming is allowed!

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NOFX Release New Single, “My Stepdad’s A Cop And My Stepmom’s A Domme”

California punk-rock pioneers, NOFX, have eleven studio albums under their studded belts but fans are clamoring for more from the irreverent, bawdy four-piece that has never been signed to a major label in the almost three decades of their existence.

Yesterday, the band released a new song titled “My Stepdad’s A Cop and My Stepmom’s A Domme.” The premise of the song is how an allegedly moral, upstanding cop’s career is on-par with that of a professional dominatrix–all handcuffs, night sticks, beatings, and boots.

NOFX has a new 7" out today. My daughter helped me with lyrics to the title track even though she doesn't know it. fatwreck.com/news/detail/475—
Mike Burkett (@FatMike_of_NOFX) May 15, 2012

Listen to the new NOFX single here!

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Last night our boy Tom Cruise just didn’t have enough in the tank to take out the champ The Features . Tonight they look to defend their title once again against a doctor!

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Last night The Features knocked the champs out with a very close battle. Tonight, the Tennessee outfit may meet one of the greatest challengers in a decade!

Help Decide Their Fate!!

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Bassist Flea Balzary and guitarist Josh Klinghoffer from the Red Hot Chili Peppers joined the multi-genre, multi-dimensional music maker, Damon Albarn, as part of Africa Express.

The music project has helped bring Western musicians to Africian nations and African musicians to perform collaborations in the United Kingdom. Flea and Klinghoffer were two of the lucky musicians who got to perform in Ethiopia because of the “profound” Damon Albarn co-founded initiative.

“Josh [Klinghoffer - guitarist] and I went to Ethiopia as part of Africa Express with Damon, who was so kind to invite us, said Flea in an interview with NME. “What an amazing place it is. We meet all kind of people, artists, poets, intellectuals. It’s like another world.”

“We had such a good time,” Flea continued. “One time me and Josh went to this orphanage and we took these two little amps and we just started rocking and they left just started laughing. Like three hundred kids standing all in this circle, all from this orphanage and we just started rocking. Just the two of us. They thought it was the craziest thing. It was righteous man. It was a really profound experience.”

More on Africa Express.

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Offspring Say New Album “Days Go By” Has “Message Of Hope”

Huntington Beach’s punk rock icons the Offspring, have celebrated almost three decades as a band, from their start as Manic Subsidal to their current status as music industry mainstays.

The four-piece punk powerhouse played an intoxicated, but lively small gig at Alex’s Bar in Long Beach which they followed up with KROQ/Los Angeles’ Weenie Roast y Fiesta where they rocked the main stage.

With a few near-faultless gigs in their system and an upcoming tour, Offspring is now prepping to release their ninth studio album, Days Go By, this June 26th on Columbia Records. Frontman Dexter Holland said in an interview that on this ninth record, the band is going to “dig a little bit deeper, and that’s what we want to do as well.”

Dexter Holland talks ‘Days Go By.’

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This Thursday, May 17th, tune in for an exclusive performance and Q&A session with M83 from the Red Bull Sound Space.

Antony Gonzales and crew will perform their smash single “Midnight City” along with several other exclusives. Those lucky enough to catch the band’s set at Coachella understand just how special this performance will be.

The session will be webcast one-time only, so make sure you’re tuned in to catch every minute. The webcast starts at 11:00am PT / 2:00pm ET.
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[Gallery] Incubus Thru The Years

Need a little more Incubus in your life?  Check them out at the Joint Hard Rock Hotel & Casino May 25th and 26th.

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The Voodoo Festival has become a thing of legend. For many bands, it’s an absolute must-play on the summer festival circuit.

Watch the band explain the trilogy.