You know that feeling you get after hearing a new song that inspires you and you can't wait to share it with everyone you know? Music serves as a universal language, communicating ideas and feelings that we can’t always express through conversation. Using this globally shared passion as a platform, the Children’s Cancer Association, with the help of Nike Women and several other volunteers recently launched an interactive website, MyMusicRx. On the site music lovers can download songs from iTunes and simultaneously support a good cause; 5 percent of each purchase is donated to CCA to help ...
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By
DevanCook
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27 April 2011
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04:15 PM
They’re named after a racecar driver and hail from Motor City, but Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr.’s swirling synths and breezy melodies are more comparable to a morning drive on a coastal highway than a high-speed lap around the racetrack. The Detroit duo of Joshua Epstein and Daniel Zott make ...
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By
DevanCook
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20 April 2011
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02:15 PM
Yukimi Nagano, the singer of Swedish electro-pop group Little Dragon, recently told us that her favorite thing about being a woman is “trying to break out of clichés.” For her, “being strong, brave, and courageous is what it means to be a woman.”
Yukimi practices what she preaches. The ...
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By
DevanCook
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14 April 2011
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02:50 PM
She might be a techie—and her personal style, which includes her trademark oversized glasses, could be described as “nerd chic”—but there’s nothing geeky about Amanda Warner, one-half of electro-pop duo MNDR. With its sleek synths and infectious beats, MNDR’s unique sound has evolved over ...
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By
DevanCook
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07 April 2011
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02:05 PM
Smith Westerns’ songs are growing up faster than they are. The trio (all under 21 years old) has graduated from its cult-favorite, self-recorded, lo-fi debut in 2009 to the cleanly polished sophomore album Dye It Blonde. Despite having life experience that barely cracks two decades, ...
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By
DevanCook
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31 March 2011
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08:45 AM
If I could muster the same kind of energy Swedish pop star Robyn puts towards making music for my training regimens, I’d have abs of steel and would be benching 150 right now!
This electro-dance diva is a highly driven music machine, so much so that she released three albums last year: ...
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