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Our culture critics’ picks for 2010

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Published Dec. 31, 2009 at 7:00 p.m.

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POP AND ROCK BY ANDY GILL ...

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Album: The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Live 1967/68, Paris/Ottawa (Experience Hendrix/Universal)

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There are apparently more than 120 different concert recordings of Jimi Hendrix circulating among collectors, of which the "official bootleg" label Dagger Records has issued around a dozen over the last decade, including the 1968 show at Paris Olympia which, bolstered with three tracks from a Canadian show of that year, is the centrepiece of this set. It's reissued as part of a box set alongside a coloured-vinyl record containing seven tracks from the previous year's Paris show, the package

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Rock Daily By the Numbers: The Official 2009 Blog-Down

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Published Dec. 31, 2009 at 1:00 p.m.

Photo: McCormack/WireImage.com; SCHMIDT/AFP/Getty Images;Kravitz/FilmMagic; Kempin/WireImage.comAs we say farewell to 2009 and welcome a new decade, Rolling Stone looks back at the biggest stories, funniest headlines and “all the news that fit” in 2009. It was the year we lost the King of Pop, the year Adam Lambert and Lady Gaga exploded, the year U2 cemented [ ... ] ...

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2007/2008 Flashback: M.I.A., Bruce, TV on the Radio and the Best Music of the Year

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Published Dec. 31, 2009 at 11:36 a.m.

Photo: Araya Diaz/WireImage.com; FilmMagicFor the past two weeks, we’ve been looking back at the decade in music — the top albums and songs as sweated over by the Rolling Stone editors. Before you dive into our Best Albums and Songs of the 2000s, check out the final two years of our flashback: 2007 and 2008. [ ... ] ...

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Death Cab for Cutie, Pete Wentz, 3OH!3’s Favorite Albums of 2009

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Published Dec. 31, 2009 at 10:39 a.m.

Photo: Bedder/Getty Images; Ach/Getty Images; LaVeris/FilmMagic Rolling Stone unveiled our Best Albums and Best Songs of 2009 — now it’s the artists’ turn. Check out who Death Cab for Cutie, Fall Out Boy’s Pete Wentz and 3OH!3 had on repeat this year (and read Kings of Leon’s Jared Followill’s picks):Death Cab for CutieBrand New [ ... ] ...

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Will Young and James Blunt win biggest selling single and album of the noughties

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Published Dec. 31, 2009 at 9:39 a.m.

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Plus there are high entries for Coldplay, Kings Of Leon, The Beatles and Lady GaGa ...

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Tim Hart, Folk-Rock Musician, Dies at 61

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Published Dec. 31, 2009 at 1:31 a.m.

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Mr. Hart was a founding member of Steeleye Span, one of the first British folk-rock groups ...

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Birthday Party Guitarist Passes Away

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Published Dec. 30, 2009 at 7:00 p.m.

Rowland S Howard, the legendary former guitarist with Australian post-punk pioneers The Birthday Party, has died aged 50 ...

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M.I.A.'s Global Party: The Futuristic Pop Star on Her Decade's Journey

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Published Dec. 29, 2009 at 3:43 p.m.

"I was good at surviving just because of my lifestyle and my life's story"Look back at the decade in our new issue, on stands now: the 100 Best Albums and Songs, Top 10 Movies and much more.The Rolling Stone editors picked eight stars — from Bruce and Beyoncé to Radiohead and U2 — who not only made the best music but also led the way as Artists of the Decade in our ...

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