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Sydney's The Presets Don't Quitnew
Since the band's inception, the classically trained musicians have been churning out dance-pop music with electronic proclivities. There's not much of a dance scene in Australia, so they looked to the dance floors of Europe and Aussie rock 'n' roll progenitors AC/DC and Midnight Oil.
Chicago Newcity |
Garin Pirnia |
09-10-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Sweatshop Union Brings Its Politically Conscious Hip-hop to Americanew
Not many hip-hop artists hail from Vancouver, and even fewer can claim Iranian heritage and a father who spent 10 years as a political prisoner.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bill Forman |
09-09-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
SiX Finds White-trash Redemptionnew
"I don't think rock 'n roll is supposed to be comfortable," he argues. "There's a whole new wussy generation of well-taken-care-of kids that somehow didn't have to cut their teeth at the roots of rock 'n roll."
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bill Forman |
09-09-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: SiX
Nicole Reynolds Mines Her Past Loves and Returns for Something Unordinarynew
On Unordinary Mine, most of the lyrics seem to come from a place of adoration and uncomplicated love.
Philadelphia City Paper |
M.J. Fine |
09-09-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Nicole Reynolds, Unordinary Mine
Baltimore Hip-Hop's Biggest Outcasts Find Their Niche As Mania Music Groupnew
"We're like a gang of misfits, people that nobody wanted," says Dwayne "Headphones" Lawson, 28, describing the group of musicians whom he brought together to form Mania Music Group.
Baltimore City Paper |
Al Shipley |
09-09-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Daedelus Revisits Rave's Everything-Goes Approach to Music Mixingnew
Messy isn't necessarily sloppy; it can still be calculated. The mess-as-aesthetic is something Daedelus does best.
Baltimore City Paper |
Michael Byrne |
09-09-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
D-Locc da Chop Envisions Taking Over the Kansas City Hip-hop Crownnew
The core acts from local R&B and rap label and promotions company Van Brunt Entertainment — Cash Image, D-Locc da Chop and D-Locc's little brother, Slopp da Gambla — grew up around Van Brunt Boulevard and 20th Street on Kansas City's east side.
The Pitch |
Nadia Pflaum |
09-09-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Cover Band Panic Disorder Finally Releases an Album of Originalsnew
The band has been grinding away three nights a week for the past two years, trying to make a name for itself — though the reality is that cover gigs are what pay the bills.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Jonathan Cunningham |
09-09-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Brazilian Forro Star Chico Cesar Returnsnew
For a variety of reasons, Latin American proponents of music from the native lands often pretend that race and class aren't relevant when it comes to music. But listen to the rhythms and the lyrics and it's easy to see that race and class are right up there in the forefront.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Jonathan Cunningham |
09-09-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Pittsburgh Legends Don Caballero Return with 'Punkgasm'new
Meet the new Don Caballero. Or rather, the new new Don Cab.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Aaron Jentzen |
09-08-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Don Caballero, Punkgasm
How Long Can Girl Talk Run?new
Just hours before his new album is sent to the Internet, Gregg Gillis is at home: a two-room Wilkinsburg apartment crammed with the detritus of his life on the road as internationally acclaimed mashup artist Girl Talk.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Aaron Jentzen |
09-08-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tortoise Not Really in a Hurrynew
Chicago post-rock icons would rather be proficient than prolific.
NOW Magazine |
Bryan Borzykowski |
09-08-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Tortoise
Brilliant New Film Documents Youssou Ndour's Spiritual Questnew
What first appears to be a conventional film biography of the Senegalese superstar reveals an entirely different dimension of Ndour.
NOW Magazine |
Tim Perlich |
09-08-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
MGMT Hypd Abt V-Fstnew
Ben Goldwasser and Andrew Van Wyngarden are currently living the rock star life they only fantasized about while writing the lyrics to their debut single, Time To Pretend, a few years back.
NOW Magazine |
Jordan Bimm |
09-08-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: MGMT, Spectacular
The Always Fiery Fear Before the March of Flames Finishes Its Fourth Recordnew
While Fear prepares for its upcoming tour, frontman David Marion talks about the new record.
Westword |
Dave Herrera |
09-08-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
