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An Open Letter to Morrisseynew
Bigmouth strikes again.
Riverfront Times |
Annie Zaleski |
05-18-2007 |
Music
Psychic TV Evolutionnew
Genesis P-Orridge continues to go against gender.
New York Press |
Maggie Serota |
05-17-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Psychic TV
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
Alvin Batiste: Bringing it Homenew
He's carved his place in the jazz continuum by teaching others how to take their place there -- and by showing that those who teach can also play.
Gambit |
Jason Berry |
05-16-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Alvin Batiste
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
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
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.
Top Hats and IEDSnew
Damon Albarn and Paul Simonon talk fashion, the Clash, Katrina, and the blessed routine of the Good, the Bad, and the Queen.
East Bay Express |
David Downs |
05-09-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
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
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
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
This Is the Best Damn Thing?new
Whatever, Avril Lavigne goes straight to the top.
Boston Phoenix |
Sharon Steel |
05-03-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Avril Lavigne, The Best Damn Thing
