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ALBUMS: THE FUGITIVIES - FIND ME
SOUNDS LIKE: A sweetly sincere gospel/folk infusion with an unexpected spoken word element that is more Patti Smith's "Land" than The Velvet Underground's "The Gift".

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NEWS: HEADLINES FOR MARCH 10, 2010
Flaming Lips Cast Timberlake in New Flick?; Lil Wayne Goes to Jail, TI Gets Out; Pink Floyd Sues EMI

TORONTO
CMW 2010: CMW 2010 PREVIEW
From Plants And Animals to Alicia Keys, this year's festival seems to quite literally have a little something for everyone.

VANCOUVER
PHOTO GALLERY: 2010 WINTER OLYMPICS, WEEK 2
Library Voices, Jill Barber, Julie Doiron and more.

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ALBUMS: THE WALLSCENERY DEMOS - CHECK THIS!
SOUNDS LIKE: A bizarre mix of Portishead playing around with Jack White's distortion pedal array with their heads in the dreamy clouds.

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NEWS: HEADLINES FOR MARCH 9, 2010
Live Aid Funds Used for Guns?; Conchords Take Flight in The UK; Richards Likes Booze

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LISTS: ART ON OUR SLEEVES: GROSS ANATOMY
Some of the most stomach-churning album covers ever.

VANCOUVER
PHOTO GALLERY: 2010 WINTER OLYMPICS, WEEK 1
Feist, Dan Mangan, Hey Rosetta! and more.

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NEWS: HEADLINES FOR MARCH 8, 2010
RIP Mark Linkous; Belle & Sebastian are Recording and Touring; Simon & Garfunkel Tour? Maybe.

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ALBUMS: THE SHEEPDOGS - THE SHEEPDOGS' BIG STAND
SOUNDS LIKE: A solid if not perfect classic rock album.

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TO THE FOUR CORNERS
SOUNDBYTES: ART ON OUR SLEEVES: BLOOD AND GUTS
When every track on your album sounds like an ogre with indigestion firing an automatic weapon, you gotta put something crazy on the cover. Here are eight of the gore-core scene's craziest.

CALGARY
EVENTS: VANS WARPED TOUR @ RACE CITY SPEEDWAY
Warped Tour 2008 shook up Calgary and SoundProof correspondent Chris Dowsett was there to capture Rise Against, Story of the Year, Cobra Starship, Katy Perry and more...

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FEATURES: BATTLE OF THE BANDS: ZOOEY DESCHANEL VS. KATY PERRY
Just who is trying to copy whom? In this Battle of the Bands, SoundProof pits She & Him's Zooey Deschanel against pop singer Katy Perry.

TORONTO
EVENTS: MAYHEM FESTIVAL @ DOWNSVIEW PARK
From death metal to '80s power metal, Mayhem brought Toronto headbangers the fix of brutality that Ozzfest couldn't deliver.

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FEATURES: A VIDEO HISTORY OF MICHAEL JACKSON
From The Jackson Five to "Thriller" to weird dancing in the backseat of a car, we take a look back at Michael Jackson's forty year career as the King of Pop.

TO THE FOUR CORNERS
SOUNDBYTES: ART ON OUR SLEEVES: ALIEN ALBUM COVERS
SoundProof takes a look at one the greatest album-art genres ever: Alien Album Covers.

LOS ANGELES
SOUNDBYTES: TEN SONGS ABOUT MASTURBATION
As Woody Allen once said: "Don't knock masturbation. It's sex with someone I love."

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BEST OF THE GATOR: WHAT ON EARTH IS . . . CRABCORE? (THE GUARDIAN)
"If you've already stumbled across Attack Attack!, you've probably gone through several cycles. You begin by hating everything about them."

TORONTO
LIVE: MY BLOODY VALENTINE @ KOOL HAUS
The reunited psychedelic shoegaze rockers proved their determination to be the loudest musical act in recent memory.

LOS ANGELES
LIVE: AMANDA PALMER @ THE HENRY FONDA THEATRE
The female half of The Dresden Dolls' Brechtian road show is not an act to miss — even on the final day of a worldwide tour.