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music landmarks and more that make their college towns unique.

Cobra Starship plays Iowa City with new agenda
A snake sunning itself is a common image - one typically used to represent the height of laziness, especially now, as peak of summer draws nearer. It's lucky for Cobra Starship, then, that the serpent in its name is more commonly used to represent stealth, killer instinct, and power.

OK Go members offer songwriting tips, play acoustic set at Northwestern
Leaving their treadmills and dapper suits at home, three members of OK Go turned the McCormick Tribune Center Forum into their own unplugged concert and songwriting tutorial for a group of about 30 students, faculty and local residents Friday afternoon.

MTV reality show editor-in-chief to attend NYU in fall
With new U.S. label, Dizzee spins in the states
N.E.R.D. Bringing the Beats
Ben Folds Talks Bonnaroo
Rapper Ice-T to orate Langston Hughes Poetry in Indianapolis

My Morning Jacket
Music Spotlight: My Morning Jacket's 'Evil Urges'
My Morning Jacket frontman Jim James has a trick or two up his sleeve, and on "Evil Urges" he pulls out all the stops. The album winds its way through funk, R&B, and of course, some of the band's signature Southern rockers. It's a bit head-scratching, but still another solid effort.

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Music Spotlight: Lil' Wayne's 'Tha Carter III'
Although Lil' Wayne might not be the "best rapper alive," he's certainly one of the most prolific. After the Web flooded with mixtapes in anticipation for "Tha Carter III," the album finally drops, but doesn't quite live up to all the pre-release hype.

Music Spotlight: Death Cab for Cutie's 'Narrow Stairs'
Frigid at first, Augustana warms up the crowd at Dartmouth
Atmosphere - 'When Life Gives You Lemons"
Portishead - "Third"


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