Musically, 2012 wasn’t easy to pigeonhole. There were no sweeping musical trends, save the gradual ascension of electronic trailblazers such as Skrillex and Deadmau5. Or the ubiquity of the latest carefully incubated Simon Cowell boy band, One Direction. No post-Adele flurry of dazzling divas — just singles. Lots of memorable smash hits like “Gangnam Style.”
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In his New York apartment, guitarist Derek Miller found curious objects to photograph for the CD booklet of “Reign of Terror,” the new sophomore salvo from his dissonant duo Sleigh Bells — items such as his paratrooper grandfather’s Purple Heart and bullet-holed World War II canteen.
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For her first year teaching bilingual fourth grade in the south Bronx, Alexis Krauss’ students had no clue about her secret identity. But by year two of her Teach for America program, they’d seen her elaborate punk sleeve tattoo of the Virgin of Guadalupe and begun to catch on.
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