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The Beatles x 100new

How much of the White Album is too much?

North Bay Bohemian | Gabe Meline | 11-15-2013 | Music

For the Citynew

Kendrick Lamar's 'good kid, m.A.A.d. city' rewrites Compton.

North Bay Bohemian | Gabe Meline | 10-24-2012 | Profiles & Interviews

Sea Changenew

Frank Ocean, 'Channel Orange,' and the tides of love.

North Bay Bohemian | Gabe Meline | 07-16-2012 | Reviews

Ear Candynew

Five favorite albums of 2011

North Bay Bohemian | Gabe Meline | 12-30-2011 | Music

Who the Hell Made Rebecca Black’s ‘Friday’ Video?new

The Ark Music Factory, where rich kids go to be overnight superstars or at least the subject of much-mocked viral vids.

North Bay Bohemian | Gabe Meline | 03-14-2011 | Music

Tallying Ability Scores in Indie Rock's Mysticismnew

With more indie-rock bands turning to fantasy imagery in their music videos, which ones are serious about their wizardly ways? A 23-year-old fantasy and role-playing expert helps us sort it out.

North Bay Bohemian | Gabe Meline | 10-02-2009 | Music

Tags: Dirty Projectors, crystals, goblins, swords, YACHT, indie rock, Celebration, Bat for Lashes, Devendra Banhart, Muse, Built to Spill, knights

Mic in Tracks Magicnew

Privately recorded "mic in tracks" snippets washed through the Net during Napster's heyday and these marvelous oddities are too good to keep private.

North Bay Bohemian | Gabe Meline | 03-20-2009 | Music

Tags: Napster, David Dixon, mic in tracks, Stark Effect

Tiny Notes: Philip Glass, In Burstsnew

Small man on the stage. Hunched over a bit. High, squeaky voice, hanging face. Series of pieces, he says, from 1988. Notes repeat and repeat and repeat and repeat and repeat and repeat and repeat and repeat and repeat and repeat and repeat and repeat and repeat and repeat and veer slightly and repeat and repeat and repeat.

North Bay Bohemian | Gabe Meline | 02-12-2009 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Philip Glass, performance, avant-garde music

Music's Wild Ride in 2008new

Campaign songs defined the year: Will.i.am's "Yes We Can," the McCain Girls' "It's Raining McCain," the crazy Laverne & Shirley theme song updated for Hillary Clinton and the Amigos de Obama's mariachi call to Texas voters, "Viva Obama."

North Bay Bohemian | Gabe Meline | 12-30-2008 | Music

Tags: Of Montreal, My Morning Jacket, Vampire Weekend, M.I.A., Marnie Stern, Year in Review, Kayne West, Portishead, Madlib, Lil' Wayne, Yma Sumac

Why I Still Make Tapesnew

I still make tapes because I have always made tapes, and I tend to continue to do things that I have always done.

North Bay Bohemian | Gabe Meline | 12-19-2008 | Music

Tags: technology, M.I.A., Girl Talk, Deerhunter, cassette tapes, Jets to Brazil, Walkman

Razor-Pop Beckons a Minimalist Eranew

What makes razor-pop production so perfect is the illusion of humanity it presents -- the sensation that the artist is singing on a street corner, standing around a burning trash can, with friends as accompanists.

North Bay Bohemian | Gabe Meline | 12-12-2008 | Music

Tags: Beyonce, auto-tune, Cry, Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It), A Milli, Chris Tricky Stewart, Johnny Ray, Lil' Wayne, razor-pop, Terius Nash aka the Dream