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Kid Sister, the New Queen of Hip-Hop?new
With only a minute amount of material actually released, the buzz around this potential new queen of hip-hop is so overwhelming that when her mug graced the cover of URB this summer the immediate gut reaction was "Yeah, that makes a lot of sense," and not "Wait, she doesn't even have a record yet!"
Chicago Newcity |
Tom Lynch |
07-30-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Hard Lessons Learn There's No Easy Waynew
To simply say newly storied Motor City trio tours, however, is almost an understatement. The Hard Lessons spent more than six of the last 12 months on the road and they estimate that they've performed at least 600 shows since they formed nearly five years ago.
Metro Times |
Bill Holdship |
07-29-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: B&G Sides, The Hard Lessons
Mulatu Astatke and the Swinging Addis Scene of the 60s Pop Up in Many Unlikely Places Latelynew
The seductive slink that characterizes the captivating music of Mulatu--who is to Ethiogroove what Fela Kuti is to Afrobeat--is a combustible concoction of traditional Ethiopian modes and rhythms mixed in with some nasty Nuyorican boogaloo and busted out with the boisterous bash of a Question Mark and the Mysterians frat rocker.
NOW Magazine |
Tim Perlich |
07-28-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Avett Brothers Rose From Obscurity to Balance on the Brink of Famenew
So many goals are behind them: selling out New York theaters, playing the Grand Ole Opry, wowing the biggest American rock festivals. But this new deal with Rick Rubin's American Recordings puts the band in a different league.
INDY Week |
Grayson Currin |
07-24-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Pharcyde Reunite for Rock the Bells Blowoutnew
This culture often kills the dreams of hip-hop optimists like me, but 2007's Wu-Tang Clan/Rage Against the Machine reuniter and Rock the Bells president Chang Weisberg has brought about another miracle: all four original members of the Pharcyde are set to perform together on hip-hop's biggest tour of 2008.
NOW Magazine |
Addi Stewart |
07-21-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Page Six is a Long Way from Black Tide's South Florida Homenew
It's safe to assume it was the first time a bunch of West Kendallites appeared in the New York Post's infamous gossip column. And it's especially notable because they did so for indirectly inciting a minor riot in L.A. alongside a famously celebrated, then disgraced, then semi-redeemed memoirist.
Miami New Times |
Arielle Castillo |
07-21-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Play-N-Skillz Cements Its Reputation as a Production Team with Lil Wayne's Latest Singlenew
So can Dallas get some respect as a source for hip-hop?
Dallas Observer |
Pete Freedman |
07-21-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Matisyahu: A Hasidic State of Mindnew
if you delve into his music and embrace the solid songwriting and instrumentation attached to it, you'll discover that Matisyahu (born Matthew Miller) is more serious about his craft than most people give him credit for.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Jonathan Cunningham |
07-16-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Afromotive's African Travelogue Runs Deepnew
Made popular through the music of Fela Kuti, the sounds of West Africa now resonate through the mountains of North Carolina courtesy of Asheville's The Afromotive.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Grant Britt |
07-16-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Afrobeat, The Afromotive
Grand Ole Party Makes Its Breaknew
GOP has been earning heavy local media buzz for more than a year. But it's only been in the last few months that the band has earned national press and exposure with slots at South by Southwest, Coachella and Bonnaroo.
San Diego CityBeat |
AnnaMaria Stephens |
07-16-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Grand Ole Party, Humanimals
Leslie Feist Spent Years on the Road Before "1234" Hitnew
Now her touring days are numbered.
Westword |
Dave Herrera |
07-15-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: indie rock, Feist
Seminal Seattle Grunge Group Green River Reunites for a One Nightnew
Eight months ago Mark Arm, current Mudhoney front man and Sub Pop warehouse manager, e-mailed his old friends Stone Gossard, Jeff Ament, Alex Vincent, Steve Turner, and Bruce Fairweather to see if they'd be interested in bringing their now-legendary band Green River together for Sub Pop's anniversary.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian J. Barr |
07-15-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Willie Nelson Doesn't Have to Keep Performingnew
That makes his insistence to keep doing so all the more remarkable.
Dallas Observer |
Pete Freedman |
07-15-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Willie Nelson
Seun Kuti Carries His Father's Afrobeat Torchnew
The youngest son of Nigeria's legendary Afrobeat originator Fela Kuti, known for his own energetic and passionate performances, is convinced that you need to see him on stage.
Montreal Mirror |
Erin MacLeod |
07-11-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Stevie Wonder on the Death of Ray Charles and His Hopes for Barack Obamanew
His 2007 U.S. tour, A Wonder Summer's Night, is his first broad-based national tour in over a decade, inspired by the 2006 death of his mother, Lula Mae Hardaway, a sharecropper's daughter born in Alabama in 1930.
Boulder Weekly |
Ben Corbett |
06-30-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
