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Sound and Spirit: Elliott Smith's Archivistnew
Larry Crane talks about standing in on New Moon.
Willamette Week |
Casey Jarman |
05-02-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Elliott Smith, New Moon
Allen Toussaint: On Top of the Chartsnew
The legendary pianist, songwriter, producer and Big Easy Entertainer of the Year is as sharp and prolific as ever.
Gambit |
Alison Fensterstock |
05-02-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Allen Toussaint
Soul-sucking MySpace Does Have Upsidesnew
Ultimately, as loath as I was to join the cult, I have to admit that MySpace has revolutionized the way I experience music.
Product Lines of the Rich and Famousnew
Music moguls P. Diddy and Jennifer Lopez are among the honchos showing their spring fashions this season, and that got us to thinking -- what other products have singers slapped their names on?
Houston Press |
Olivia Flores Alvarez |
04-30-2007 |
Music
Not Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll, Not Too Young to Dienew
Nick Cave won't go gentle into that good night; Amy Winehouse won't go to rehab.
Chicago Reader |
Jessica Hopper |
04-30-2007 |
Reviews
Coachella: Everything Old Under the Sunnew
This year's reunions are definitely worth talking about.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Don Waller |
04-27-2007 |
Music
Coachella: 12 Predictions for This Year's Festivalnew
No doubt Coachella will have its share of known knowns, and possibly a few known unknowns, but let us theorize for a moment about the unknown unknowns.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Richard Thomas |
04-27-2007 |
Music
Everybody Wants to Rule the Worldnew
Well, maybe Jarvis Cocker doesn't, but the former Pulp singer has a few choice words for those who do.
The Georgia Straight |
Gregory Adams |
04-27-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Jarvis Cocker
Kronos Teen Hunger Forcenew
Death and chaos unite the Aqua Teens' cartoon film and acclaimed string ensemble the Kronos Quartet.
East Bay Express |
David Downs |
04-26-2007 |
Music
Soft Machinesnew
With amplified thumb piano and pots and pans in hand, Konono No. 1 prove that good things can happen in Kinshasa.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Kate Izquierdo |
04-25-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Konono No. 1
What to Do When You're Stranded in Chicago for a Week with Man Mannew
Judging by the genre-defying, increasingly manic music that has materialized before me during one sleepless week in the Windy City, Man Man won't be disbanding anytime soon.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Andrew Parks |
04-24-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Man Man
She's All Thatnew
Or, how I learned to stop worrying about liking young R&B strumpets and love my passive sexism and racism.
Baltimore City Paper |
Bret McCabe |
04-24-2007 |
Music
Looking for the Resurrectionnew
Trumpeter and New Orleans Jazz Orchestra founder Irvin Mayfield lost his father -- but found a new purpose -- in Katrina's floodwaters.
Gambit |
Jason Berry |
04-24-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Laptops Change the Way We View Music. Duh.new
In an environment where even audience response is calculated by a computer and the music -- and don't get me wrong, it is music -- is made solely of ones and zeroes, what does the visual matter?
Dallas Observer |
Jonanna Widner |
04-24-2007 |
Music
The Country Music Pistol Packers Hall of Famenew
Billy Joe Shaver was already the greatest living Texas songwriter, and now he's perhaps the greatest country music pistolero of all time -- here are some rivals for that throne.
Houston Press |
John Nova Lomax |
04-23-2007 |
Music
