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Bass Controlnew
Esperanza Spalding raps about her groundbreaking Grammy Award, discovering the bass and cultivating creativity.
Monterey County Weekly |
Adam Joseph |
09-25-2012 |
Music
Tags: performance, Esperanza Spalding
Our Band Could Be Your Bandnew
How the Brooklynization of culture killed regional music scenes.
Washington City Paper |
Justin Moyer |
09-13-2012 |
Music
The Rise of Intricacy in Indie Rock's Female Voicesnew
The past few years have seen complicated, virtuosic singing—previously confined to big-label product—come to define female artists breaking new ground.
Noise of Summer: How 1990s summer jams made us dumberernew
In the days before earbuds, they were the anthems you knew by heart from just walking around town. And they were catchy and smart. But something happened in the 1990s: Summer jams started getting so subnormal, so tweaked to appeal to below-average intellect, that they'd rightly earn their place as sports anthems or become culturally appropriated by Disney.
Metro Times |
Michael Jackman |
08-27-2012 |
Music
5 More Sudden Awful Musical Marriages We'd Like to Seenew
Boy, that Avril Lavigne/Chad Kroeger engagement announcement came out of left field, huh? Who knows which other terrible music makers are secretly seeing one another right now? Why, it could be anyone! Even...
Houston Press |
John Seaborn Gray |
08-24-2012 |
Music
Carry Him Forwardnew
Remembering the life, art and inspiration of influential indie musician Jason Noble.
LEO Weekly |
Peter Berkowitz |
08-15-2012 |
Music
How Not To Write About Female Musicians, Part 7,081new
Sweeping generalizations about women's intelligence, work and art based strictly on their appearance aren't new, but I've been noticing it more, especially a few awful sentences relating to girls "in heat" and "chick rockers."
Dallas Observer |
Audra Schroeder |
07-31-2012 |
Music
Canadian Music is Boringnew
Canadian music is stagnating, thanks to the perception of a winning formula and outdated government regulations meant to protect the industry from American dominance.
Fast Forward Weekly |
Josiah Hughes and Mark Teo |
07-19-2012 |
Music
Just Me and the Boybandsnew
Or... omygod, why One Direction is, like, totally awesome!
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Mark Kemp |
06-21-2012 |
Music
May the Circle Be Unbrokennew
A tribute to Doc Watson and Earl Scruggs, two Carolina legends.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Mark Kemp |
05-30-2012 |
Music
Tags: Doc Watson, Earl Scruggs
The Pharcyde's Bizarre Ride, 20 Years Laternew
Currently touched up for 20th-anniversary reissue treatment, Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde was a rap gateway drug, a powerfully psychedelic expansion.
L.A. Weekly |
Jeff Weiss |
05-24-2012 |
Music
Pennies From Heavennew
The new streaming economy is here, with or without royalties.
Austin Chronicle |
Doug Freeman |
05-21-2012 |
Music
Tags: Music Business, Streaming Music
Motown Revivalnew
Remembering the Marvelettes and the hit factory's beginnings.
Metro Times |
Travis R. Wright |
05-16-2012 |
Music
Scratch and Stitchnew
The well-tailored line between hip-hop artists and the streetwear companies hustling to promote them.
Chicago Reader |
Leor Galil |
05-14-2012 |
Music
Tags: Chicago hates you, ShowYouSuck
Namaste, M.C.A.new
Adam Yauch, who died Friday at 47, was the conscience of the Beastie Boys.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Mark Kemp |
05-10-2012 |
Music
Tags: Beastie Boys, Adam Yauch
