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Phil Spector's Wall Of Sound turns 50.

Filed under: Concerts and Tours There must be something in the air in Scandinavia that makes their creative types see the world differently from the rest of us. It's hard to pin down, they seem a little crazier, less inhibited and easily combustible. Oslo's Cocktail Slippers are certainly all of that - guitarist Rocket Queen gave Spinner an insight into their manic world... Describe your sound The sound of Cocktail Slippers...to me it's like the sound of coffee [...]

Filed under: The Hit List When an act names an album after itself, it's often introducing itself to the world, signaling a rebirth or telling fans that this record is its magnum opus. Either that, or they're just not very good at titles. Some ('The Byrds ') have failed to live up to their creator's name, while others (' Christina Aguilera ') have accurately signaled the birth of a star. (By the way, R.E.M.' s 'Eponymous' doesn't count -- that's a title.) And acts with multiple self-titled discs ( Weezer , [...]

Filed under: The Hit List The summer of 2000 belonged to ' Thong Song ' and ' Who Let the Dogs Out .' The dog days of 1997 would have been unrecognizable without ' MMMBop .' But the truly timeless songs of summer are the ones written about the season itself. These all-time summer hits are hotter than black vinyl car seats in Arizona and more fun than running through the sprinkler. 10. ' In the Summertime ,' Mungo [...]