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How Mike Shinoda’s ‘Dropped Frames’ is unlike anything he’s ever done
Linkin Park may not have invented nü metal, but they resolutely defined the genre through their inimitable sound and by fostering a fan community for those whom they represented: disaffected youth who wanted aggressive music that expressed their emotional complexity and frustration via hip-hop and emo-tinged hard rock built to rule the radio. At the […]
Here's how Incubus rejected studio trickery to create their new EP
Incubus have been pounding it out on the 20th anniversary tour of their landmark album Make Yourself, but covering the past only feels fresh for so long. Their latest EP Trust Fall (Side B) sees them reject “studio trickery” to regain the spark that’s kept them, lifelong friends and colleagues, all these years. Vocalist Brandon Boyd explains […]