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Prophets, Not Profitsnew
The Watts Prophets' often harsh message still resonates for hip-hop heads nearly forty years later.
East Bay Express |
Eric K. Arnold |
01-23-2006 |
Music
Eight-Bit Symphoniesnew
Musicians are finally discovering the best music of the 1980s -- Nintendo songs.
East Bay Express |
Rob Harvilla |
01-17-2006 |
Music
Live After Deathnew
The posthumous projects that keep on coming out beg the question: Is Tupac overrated?
East Bay Express |
Eric K. Arnold |
01-09-2006 |
Music
Tags: Tupac Shakur
Rap It Upnew
The Black Eyed Peas, Cowboy Troy and Hot Karl represent the year's worst in urban music.
East Bay Express |
Eric K. Arnold |
01-03-2006 |
Music
The Rise and Fall of an Indie-Punk Labelnew
Green Day funded much of the rise of Berkeley's Lookout Records, but the band will no longer keep the troubled firm afloat.
East Bay Express |
Rob Harvilla |
09-20-2005 |
Music
Metal Has a Big Headnew
A cable show that worshipped the metal gods even when grunge chased them off the big stage is now being shunned by those same bands.
East Bay Express |
Chris Thompson |
07-18-2005 |
Music
Rebirth of Slicknew
The reorbiting Digable Planets are "cool like dat" once again. More than a decade after winning a Grammy, the trio makes its comeback.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
06-27-2005 |
Music
Internet Spawns Wave of Roboscalpingnew
While rubes are waiting in line for tickets to U2 and other hot concerts, scalpers' robots are buying up all the best seats from Ticketmaster online.
East Bay Express |
David Downs |
04-06-2005 |
Music
Wimpy White Guys With Guitarsnew
At a German restaurant in Alameda, Calif., acoustic artists like Bart Davenport attempt to make their music heard above the roar of the crowd.
East Bay Express |
Rob Harvilla |
03-14-2005 |
Music
A Few Frolics Frazzled Over Flick About the Bandnew
Three young filmmakers just unveiled a documentary about the Bay Area jazz quintet, and members are debating whether a little dog in a funny hat really has a place in the movie.
East Bay Express |
Rob Harvilla |
01-03-2005 |
Music
Bay Area Alt-Rock Station Becomes Hip-Hop Tastemakernew
San Francisco's Live 105 is giving rappers like Outkast their mainstream breakthrough.
East Bay Express |
Eric K. Arnold |
11-08-2004 |
Music
Mobb Music Prospers Onlinenew
Be afraid, America. Be very afraid. Young rap thugs have discovered the Internet.
East Bay Express |
Eric K. Arnold |
08-31-2004 |
Music
Country Music Survives: Time for Hipsters to Ride Mechanical Bullnew
Country is cool again. And not hipster-approved alt.country. No, this here's Wal-Mart country, unabashedly poppy and populist.
East Bay Express |
Rob Harvilla |
08-23-2004 |
Music
Pitchfork's Progress: Influential E-Zine Gets Spoofednew
The funniest Onion-esque fake news story penned so far this year sprang from Sub Pop Records, which deserves full credit for "Pitchfork Staff Member Says 'Hi' to Real-Life Woman."
East Bay Express |
Rob Harvilla |
07-16-2004 |
Music
Tags: Illinois, Chicago, record labels, Minnesota, Pitchfork, Minneapolis, a Pitchfork writer and advertising director, Anniversary's album Your Majesty, bootlegged videos, Canadian art-rock collective Broken Social Scene's You Forgot It in People, Chris Jacobs, Eric Carr, Pitchfork mastermind Ryan Schreiber, staff writer Brent DiCrescenzo, Sub Pop's marketing director and unofficial ringleader of the Popdork parody
