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Top 11 Pop Songs About Objects

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Rihanna, clearly airbrushed

Some musicians write about love and others write about politics. Then there are those who write about things. As in stuff, trinkets, baubles, items, junk, bits… y’know, stuff.

Sarah tracked down a bunch of the best for the AOL Music Blog. Amongst them: Weezer, Rihanna, Toby Keith and Kanye West.

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13 Passover Rockers

Perry Farrell and a Rabbi

Perry Farrell and a Rabbi

Easter bunnies aren’t particularly rock ‘n’ roll, so Sarah recently attempted find a bit more of the rock in the Passover holiday instead. The result — Jewish Musicians: Don’t Passover Our 13 Chosen Musical Semites.

In said article you’ll find interesting religious factoids about the likes of Joey Ramone, David Lee Roth, Courtney Love and a whole bunch of other chosen people.

To read the article head over to Spinner.

 

 

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Polaris People For April 6 (Great Lake Swimmers! Plants And Animals!)

Damian Abraham of Fucked Up photo courtesy of Polaris Music Prize.

Damian Abraham of Fucked Up photo courtesy of Polaris Music Prize.

The latest edition of the Polaris Music Prize weekly news roundup is now online.

There’s news about Arcade fires, Great Lake Swimmers as urban explorers and Joel Plaskett doing a bunch of things.

Go read the story over at Polaris Music Prize by clicking here.

 

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Game Of Thrones’ Best And Strangest Musical Tributes

Jon Snow

Jon Snow

Game Of Thrones season two debuts tonight and for anyone who likes swords, knights, fighting, dragons and incest it’s pretty much going to be the best night ever.

There are a lot of people who are totally into GOT and this is clearly evident by all the weird and wonderful video tributes to the show/books that can be found on the internet.

As such, Aaron compiled a bunch of the best music related ones for Spinner and the resulting article “Game Of Thrones: 14 Bizarre And Amazing Musical Tributes” is just the sort of thing Tyrion Lannister would pay a couple gold dragons for.

To read the article, click here.

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Polaris People For March 30 (Plaskett! Mangan! Edwards!)

 

Tegan And Sara photo courtesy Polaris Music Prize.

Tegan And Sara photo courtesy Polaris Music Prize.

The latest edition of the Polaris Music Prize weekly news roundup is now online.

There’s news about Dan Mangan not being an underdog, Kathleen Edwards eating the alphabet, Joel Plaskett getting high and a bunch more.

Go read the story over at Polaris Music Prize by clicking here.

 

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