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Good Background Music: Efterklant's 'Magic Chairs'new
If Denmark exists primarily in the imagination of Hamlet's "unweeded garden" of "things rank and gross in nature," then Efterklang is here to put a shiny veneer over those dark currents.
Tucson Weekly |
Sean Bottai |
03-17-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: Magic Chairs, Efterklang
Changing Their Tune: The Low Anthem's Stylenew
The Low Anthem loves old instruments, new microphones and creating their own style.
Tucson Weekly |
Linda Ray |
03-17-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Problem With Independent Hip-Hopnew
I’m reluctant to admit it, but I don’t listen to much independent or alternative hip-hop these days, or at least not nearly as much as I did in college, when Rhymesayers, Def Jux and Stones Throw records were as much a part of my diet as ramen noodles and macaroni and cheese.
Shepherd Express |
Evan Rytlewski |
03-12-2010 |
Music
The African Zeitgeist: Bassekou Kouyate, Tradition and Innovationnew
While hipster America's romance with West African music may not last long, a live look at the source is long overdue (in fairness, there aren't a lot of options). There's no better opportunity than with Malian Bassekou Kouyate.
The Portland Mercury |
Andrew R Tonry |
03-11-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
Rodrigo y Gabriela Strum and Pluck with Extreme Originalitynew
Rodrigo y Gabriela could have been just another heavy metal garage band from Mexico City and you'd never have heard of them. But a fateful decision to sell their equipment and buy nylon-string guitars and plane tickets to Ireland changed everything.
Charleston City Paper |
Stratton Lawrence |
03-10-2010 |
Concerts
How Dancing Desert Stars Informed YACHT's New Albumnew
“YACHT is not a cult,” reads the mission statement of the electronically inclined Portland, Oregon pop duo, who perhaps protest too much. They have a philosophy, a belief system, followers, mystical symbols, a grand council (the YACHT Trust) and a work method that involves trance states
Montreal Mirror |
Lorraine Carpenter |
03-07-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: YACHT, See Mystery Lights
Xiu Xiu Pulls Off the Theatrical, Self-Loathing Thing Pretty Wellnew
Look past the twittering electronic blips and beeps on Xiu Xiu’s latest record and you find some pretty heavy, caked-on, manic-depressive drama (not to mention just plain batshit-crazy weirdness).
The Inlander |
Leah Sottile |
03-05-2010 |
Reviews
Getting to Know Ke$ha, Pop Sensationnew
It was the day after Christmas, and we were dancing at 12th & Porter while Ke$ha danced barely three feet away. She already had the No. 2 song in the country, but she wouldn't be a global it-girl for at least another week. In retrospect, we should have cut in.
Nashville Scene |
Sean L. Maloney |
03-05-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
NOVO Festival Gathers Up Baltimore's Most Speechless Artistsnew
When's the last time you described a band as "instrumental"--as in, the first thing that comes to mind about whatever you're listening to?
Baltimore City Paper |
Michael Byrne |
03-02-2010 |
Concerts
Lyrikill.com Bumrushes South Florida TV Reportersnew
'This is how we do,' whispers the rapper, who calls himself Lyrikill.com. 'We stake it out, and then if you look right over these bushes, you can see they 'bout to go live... And when they go live, that's when we hop out these bushes.'
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Gus Garcia-Roberts |
03-02-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
Dallas Cowboys Lineman Tries To Cast His Huge Shadow On The Music Industrynew
At 6 feet 6 inches, 365 pounds and one of the strongest dudes to ever play in the National Football League, Dallas Cowboys' Pro Bowl offensive lineman Leonard "Bigg" Davis could crush me with his thumb. Instead, he's going to play me a lullaby.
Dallas Observer |
Richie Whitt |
03-01-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Spirit of the Boogie: An Interview With Kool of Kool & the Gangnew
It's a good thing that Mr. Robert "Kool" Bell didn't answer his cell phone when I first tried to call him. Had he picked up, I wouldn't have had the pleasure of hearing his groovy voice mail greeting: "You have reached Kool, and it's kool to leave a message."
Weekly Alibi |
Jessica Cassyle Carr |
02-26-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
Redneck Woman Gretchen Wilson's Search For Radio Redemptionnew
Just over a year ago, Gretchen Wilson looked into the abyss. Her third album, One of the Boys, had tanked. The label team that had guided her 2004 debut CD Here for the Party to quintuple platinum sales had largely been swept away in the wake of a corporate merger.
Nashville Scene |
Rob Simbeck |
02-26-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
Damian Lazarus Talks Techno and the Changing Face of Electronic Labelsnew
Damian Lazarus is sitting at the dining-room table of his Echo Park home trying to recover from a five-day touring blitz that he and his label mates at Crosstown Rebels have just finished. He's a bit worn down, but that's part of the deal.
L.A. Weekly |
Randall Roberts |
02-26-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
Nothing Not New: I'm No Critic But I'm Also Not a Fan. I'm a Listenernew
I'm no critic. Even though I am paid to write about music — thanks to my role as a blogger responsible for writing about one new CD a day at www.NothingNotNew.com, an ostentatious yearlong project that has me listening to nothing not released in 2010 during the year 2010.
Phoenix New Times |
Jay Bennett |
02-23-2010 |
Music
Tags: www.NothingNotNew.com, Jay Bennett
