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Stop Making Centsnew
Spotify's stateside launch offers music-lovers 15 million free tracks, but at whose expense?
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bill Forman |
07-28-2011 |
Music
Amy Winehouse, R.I.P.new
Many in the online peanut gallery are saying that the death of Amy Winehouse was "inevitable"—that the gamut of her gossip-page-worthy problems was going to result in sadness no matter what. It is hard, as someone who has watched the music news cycle up close for the past few years, to think that she hadn't already had enough tragedy befall her, to wonder if this particular closing chapter wasn't preventable somehow by not rushing her back to the stage when she clearly wasn't ready, or if the point-and-gawk cycle was just too powerful.
The Village Voice |
Maura Johnston |
07-23-2011 |
Music
Tags: Amy Winehouse
Sublime with Rome: Yours Trulynew
It's hard to fairly judge Sublime's first album in 15 years.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
07-20-2011 |
Reviews
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Womannew
Aretha Franklin's early years -- which is to say before she had discovered her style of soul or become its queen -- come into focus in Columbia Anthology.
Metro Times |
Brian Smith |
07-15-2011 |
Music
Our guide to the Pitchfork Music Festivalnew
In the past few years Pitchfork has started booking a stage at Primavera Sound in Spain and collaborated with All Tomorrow's Parties for a festival in the UK, and this fall it launches a festival in Paris. But Chicago is still the influential online music magazine's home base, and the 2011 Pitchfork Music Festival is the seventh large-scale event it's hosted here.
Chicago Reader |
Miles Raymer, Peter Margasak, Kevin Warwick, Bill Meyer and Leor Galil and Mara Shalhoup |
07-14-2011 |
Music
New York Dolls Continue to Strut Their Stuffnew
An interview with singer David Johansen of the New York Dolls.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Grant Britt |
07-11-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: New York Dolls
Moby: Destroyednew
The tenth studio album from the electronic architect constructs clean, sophisticated landscapes while displaying an illuminated sense of emotional desolation.
San Antonio Current |
Veronica Salinas |
07-08-2011 |
Reviews
Brian Eno's (First) Golden Yearsnew
Never did a man with so little have so much influence in the history of music.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
06-17-2011 |
Music
Tags: Brian Eno
Weird Al: Perform This Waynew
'Weird Al' Yankovic prepares to release a new album—yes, including Lady Gaga parodies.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
06-13-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Prince is Untouchablenew
There’s taking things to the next level, and then there’s Prince.
Seattle Weekly |
Duff McKagan |
06-13-2011 |
Reviews
Tags: Prince, Duff McKagan
New Primus Sucks Just as Much as Old Primusnew
If there are people who deny the moon landing simply because they can’t fully comprehend such an occurrence, they might as well say the same about Les Claypool’s bass playing.
YES! Weekly |
Ryan Snyder |
06-08-2011 |
Reviews
Tags: Les Claypool, Primus
DJ Quik: Trials and Tribulations of a West Coast Legendnew
Like most redemption stories worth telling, this one starts with the lowest point: solitary confinement in the West Valley Penitentiary, where for most of the sweltering summer of 2006 DJ Quik contemplated the cruel arc of his rise and fall.
L.A. Weekly |
Jeff Weiss |
06-03-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: DJ Quik
Goodbye, Gil Scott-Heronnew
New York has killed the counterculture poet and singer.
NOW Magazine |
Joshua Errett |
05-27-2011 |
Music
Anarcho-Klezmer Punk Partynew
San Diego's Di Nigunim carries with it a message of hope and change.
Chico News & Review |
Ken Smith |
05-19-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
A Break for Charles Bradleynew
At 62, the soul singer finally releases his debut album.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
05-09-2011 |
Music
