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By the time Chi's perky pop-reggae descends into an alarming grindie rock-out, you'll hate yourself for having liked it, but as she helpfully points out, "You should watch your lip/ Giving too much gyp/ You need a gobstopper baby".
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The airy sounds of horsehair fiddle and lute, combined with the rumbling growl of "throat singing", remain their forte, flowing sweetly on prairie ballad "Zhang Dan" and more menacingly on rock-out "Golden Zhuo".
Hanggai: He Who Travels Far – review Neil Spencer 2010
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It's no wonder that Berninger's rock-out song "Mr. November" became the musical equivalent to Shepard Fairey's Obama poster in the 2008 election.
Andrea Chalupa: The National's Matt Berninger on Dirty Lovers and Even Dirtier Politics 2010
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Their quirky rock-out ballads full of creepy references to Satan, torture and surrealism certainly was influential (David Bowie has counted them among his favorite bands).
Tangled Up in New 2009
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Their quirky rock-out ballads full of creepy references to Satan, torture and surrealism certainly was influential (David Bowie has counted them among his favorite bands).
Tangled Up in New 2009
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And what's the difference between being a poet with bedhead, a poem with bedhead, and a poem that is a rock-out, anthem-like poem?
He is the very model of a modern major poet... Lemon Hound 2009
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Back on to the first hand, your avatar is a tattooed skinny underwear-showing ho with an appallingly rock-out style of showmanship - the whole aim seems to be to 'rock out' in a stereotypical way, without offering options of twee indie, fey singer-songwriterliness, actual own creativity, etc etc.
A busy weekend tinyjo 2008
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On “We Carry On,” an almost electro-tribal dirge, guitarist Adrian Utley treats us to a Hail to the Thief-era rock-out in its concluding minutes.
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Take one guitar wonderkid and one international burlesque star, throw the two together, and you get a rock-out road show hitting a Canadian city near you!
Archive 2007-07-01 Burlesque Daily 2007
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Take one guitar wonderkid and one international burlesque star, throw the two together, and you get a rock-out road show hitting a Canadian city near you!
Strummin' and Strippin' Across Canada! Burlesque Daily 2007
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