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Female MCs Battle 'Hos'new
Female MCs respond to Don Imus and Russell Simmons. "Blame the market," one says.
East Bay Express |
Eric K. Arnold |
05-16-2007 |
Music
Never Mind the Shit, Here's Coachellanew
Is this annual desert festival an ordeal or orgasmic experience? Yes.
J Dilla's Dogsnew
European Vacation, a concert-tour DVD that documents Dilla's last days, is causing some controversy.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Craig D. Lindsey |
05-14-2007 |
Music
Girls Rock: Gibson Guitar Summer Campnew
This isn't charm school: the girls create bands and self-esteem.
The Memphis Flyer |
Bianca Phillips |
05-11-2007 |
Music
The St. Louis Symphony is Ready to Hit the High-Tech Notesnew
The symphony took its first, albeit tentative, foray into online digital music distribution after a handful of symphonies across the country have begun offering recent and archival recordings online.
Riverfront Times |
Randall Roberts |
05-11-2007 |
Music
Fab Gadgetsnew
The Bay Area Beatdrop crew rides the techno comeback -- and the latest DJ craze ... WiiJing!
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Marke B. |
05-10-2007 |
Music
UK Pop Starlets Vie for America's Heart of Darknessnew
Call them the new British bitch pack: barefoot soul shouter Joss Stone and her ascendant sistren, skankin' Lily Allen and torchy Amy Winehouse (Corinne Bailey Rae's exempted due to being a queen of nice and hazy sentiment and, well, yes, color).
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Kandia Crazy Horse |
05-10-2007 |
Music
Forgiving the Past Through Elliott Smithnew
Smith's new posthumous disc, New Moon, doesn't just assemble stunning tracks from the prime years of the indie balladeer's solo career -- it assembles my memories from the prime years of a relationship that lasted more than a decade, with a boyfriend I was going to marry.
Max Bemis, the Auteurnew
Say Anything's frontman wants you to pay no attention to the man behind the curtain who's begging for attention.
Baltimore City Paper |
Jess Harvell |
05-08-2007 |
Music
Tags: Say Anything
It's a Badu World ... the Rest of Us Just Live In Itnew
Erykah Badu's new project, the Cannabinoids, is a collection of 10 other musicians intended to "put some fire up under the ass of hip-hop in Dallas."
Dallas Observer |
Jonanna Widner |
05-08-2007 |
Music
Seven Ultra-violent Mexican Songs to Put You in a Bueno Spiritnew
Violence and Mexican music go hand in hand like tequila and lime.
Betty Davis is Backnew
Light in the Attic revives the records of the long-lost soul diva -- it may be the label's most artful move.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian J Barr |
05-07-2007 |
Music
Critic's Dictionary: The A'snew
Here's our insider's look at words that start with the letter A.
Houston Press |
Olivia Flores Alvarez |
05-07-2007 |
Music
Rock DILFs Are Hard to Come Bynew
Rock 'n' roll dads are either deadbeats, anger-management ragers or completely clueless.
The Georgia Straight |
Sarah Rowland |
05-07-2007 |
Music
New Royalty Scheme May Shut Most Webcasters Downnew
The music industry, led by the RIAA, has once again enlisted the government to do its dirty work -- this time it may very well have derailed the evolution of radio into the digital age.
Chicago Reader |
Miles Raymer |
05-07-2007 |
Music
