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Coveting Cuomonew

On Make Believe, celebrated frontman Rivers Cuomo reaches out beyond Weezer's core audience.
Boston Phoenix  |  Nick Sylvester  |  05-20-2005  |  Profiles & Interviews
Tags: green, Album, Make Believe, Blue, Cuomo, Maladroit, Pinkerton, rivers, Weezer

Waxing Prophetic: Edan Makes Hip-Hop For Art's Sakenew

"This shit is a majestic art form," Edan maintains of hip-hop, "and it has the potential to encapsulate the most intricate musical ideas."
Boston Phoenix  |  Nick Sylvester  |  05-06-2005  |  Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Mr., Def, Jux, Lif, black, Akrobatik, Fakts, One, Beauty and the Beat, Dialogue, Edan

Can Dizzee Rascal And Co. Turn East London's Hip-Hop Into World Music?new

Although grime is still in its infancy, grime MCs kill hip-hop MCs on the mike -- they’re faster, cleverer, and less burdened by tradition. Dizzee Rascal is touring the U.S. as East London's ambassador of grime.
Boston Phoenix  |  Nick Sylvester  |  04-25-2005  |  Profiles & Interviews
Tags: in, Run, grime, Boy, Showtime, Corner, da, Dizzee Rascal, Road, Streets, the

Major Indie Rock: Hot Hot Heat Take their Quirks to the Massesnew

Indie in ethos, acts like Franz Ferdinand, the Postal Service, the Walkmen, and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs made unprecedented mainstream media inroads in 2004. Now, Elevator, Hot Hot Heat’s major-label follow-up to 2002’s Make Up the Breakdown, could be indie’s next major commercial success.
Boston Phoenix  |  Nick Sylvester  |  03-09-2005  |  Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Hot Hot Heat, Elevator

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